Goodbye to a friend and a legend...
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2022 6:34 amNot 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 .
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 .