Simple. Affordable. Building your own boat with Wharram Designs is the easiest and most cost effective way to fulfil your sailing dreams. Wharram Self-build boat plans start from only £120. Wharram designs are based on years of practical, hands-on experience of building and ocean sailing catamarans. James Wharram (15 May 1928 - 14 December 2021) was a British multihull pioneer and designer of catamarans . Polynesian beginnings Wharram was born in Manchester, England.
James Wharram Designs Unique sailing catamarans, inspired by the canoes of the Polynesians
On 27 September 1955, James Wharram set sail from Falmouth in a 23½ft flat-bottomed double canoe (now called a catamaran) that he had built himself at a cost of £200, with no engine, and none. Jul 2, 2021 Ruth aboard Tangaroa shortly after the boat's initial launch More than just a sailor and designer, James Wharram, originally of Manchester, England, is also both a free-thinker and an individual clearly dedicated to getting as much out of this life as possible. As a designer of Polynesian double-hulled sailing craft (he hates the word "catamaran") with more than 10,000 sets of design drawings sold, he has arguably done more to popularize the multihull than anyone else. James Wharram, who has died aged 93, stunned the boating world in 1955 when he built the Tangaroa, a flimsy-looking 23 ft canoe-stern catamaran based on boats built by the ancient Polynesians, and.
James Wharram Designs Unique sailing catamarans, inspired by the canoes of the Polynesians
A great pioneer of multihull voyaging, James Wharram sailed from Las Palmas toward Trinidad two days before Christmas 1955. His crew consisted of two girls, Ruth and Jutta, and Pepe the dog. His boat was the 23ft catamaran Tangaroa, which he had designed and built himself. Producer of Polynesian catamaran designs for the home and professional builder. Designed with partner Hanneke Boon. From the designers web site: James Wharram designed his first offshore cruising catamaran, the 23′ 6″ TANGAROA in 1953, before the word catamaran was yet in common use and began sailing with her off the coast of Britain with a two girl crew. Since then, James Wharram. Naval architect James Wharram died on December 14, 2021 at the age of 93. Known for his tens of thousands of catamaran designs, he participated in the development and popularity of the modern multihull, notably with his 1956 east-west Atlantic crossing with two German girls, and later with a north transatlantic crossing from west to east, always in good company. James Wharram Designs, Truro. 3,484 likes · 9 talking about this · 10 were here. Designers of unique, safe and stable self-build double-canoe sailing catamarans. James Wharram is th
James Wharram Designs Unique sailing catamarans, inspired by the canoes of the Polynesians
James Wharram, considered by many as the father of modern multihull cruising, has died, aged 93. The free-spirited sailor and designer specialised in double-canoe style sailing catamarans, inspired by the Polynesian double canoe. Free-spirited sailor and pioneering multihull designer James Wharram passed away on 14 December, at the age of 93. Wharram, who was an occasional contributor to Practical Boat Owner magazine, achieved the first modern catamaran voyage from west to east Atlantic aboard his 40ft multihull, Rongo.
Two vintage movies filmed by Ruth Wharram in the early days of Wharram Catamaran designs.In 1968, James Wharram, UK pioneer of off—shore catamaran sailing an. Published on December 22nd, 2021. James Wharram, known for his unique double-canoe style sailing catamaran designs, passed away on December 14 in Cornwall, UK. He was 93 years of age. James was a.
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James Wharram Designs Unique sailing catamarans, inspired by the double canoes of the Polynesians Catamaran Stability Home Articles How We Design Catamaran Stability By James Wharram and Hanneke Boon 1991 Foreword (James Wharram, 2004) It is 50 years since I designed my (and Britain's) first offshore Sailing Catamaran. Since then, James Wharram, together with his designer- partner Hanneke Boon, has been designing, building and sailing offshore catamarans longer than any other multihull designer. In 1987 the "Multihulls Buyers Guide" showed that James Wharram had sold approximately three times more plans than any other multihull designer in the world. One.
