Goodbye to a friend and a legend...

[Anomaly]

Not sure where to put this-- its about boats and sailing ultimately (though a far different kind of sailing and thinking about the sea than I think most on here relate to...). James Wharram has passed. Hanneke (Boon) has written a lovely obituary, here:
https://www.wharram.com/news/2021/a-liv ... j8VBQ_7ilM

Several years ago, I spent about 2 months living just up the road from Wharram's place in Cornwall and I would walk down every morning to help with the building of the prototype for the "Amatasi" design. Got to know James during daily chats over a "cuppa" at break times. He was a wonderful person, very generous, very humble, and a delight to converse with. Thanks for launching so many dreams James.

I was looking through old photos and found one of James and I outside the shop where we were building the Amatasi. And another of me and Michael (another builder of the prototype) taking a break from building and going sailing on the "Wayfarer" design on the tidal river behind the shop .

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[BeauV]

The loss to our small community of sailors is always keenly felt when we lose someone of this stature. Thanks for letting us know.