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Author: Hanneke Boon
Deganwy – Now And Then
A Visit Into The History Of Wharram In April James and Hanneke traveled to North Wales and visited the site where Rongo, the first multihull to cross the Atlantic from West to East, was moored on the beach in Deganwy (1964-1969) and Tehini was built on the end of Deganwy pier (1968-69). This is where…
60th Anniversary of the first West-to-East North Atlantic crossing by Catamaran
Rongo during trial sail in Trinidad On 30th September 1959, 60 years ago, the 40ft catamaran Rongo sailed into the Conway River in North Wales after crossing the North Atlantic from New York. Rongo was the first catamaran to have made this difficult voyage, sailed by the now world famous catamaran designer James Wharram and…
Spirit of Gaia Renovation – Part 12
The Final Lap Gaia work 2019 started on May 1st. My previous blogs and Facebook posts had again attracted new volunteers that wanted to experience spending time with James and myself whilst working and sailing on Gaia. First to join us were Paul and Amanda. Paul hailed from Manchester, in fact from the same part…
Spirit of Gaia Renovation – Part 11
Spring 2018 We had the happy news that Ruairi had managed to persuade the boatyard to haul us out with their winch. Haul out day was arranged for May 9th, a week after our arrival. The big winch was able to pull Gaia up the gentle slope on greased logs. Heavy webbing strops were looped…
Spirit of Gaia Renovation – Part 10
Autumn 2017 We returned mid September together with Brian and were joined by two new volunteers, Paul, a Web designer and massage expert, came from England, and Italian Paolo arrived from Milan by car. But first there was another problem – Rats! Rats! We were moored in the ‘raft’ close to the shore by the…
Spirit of Gaia Renovation – Part 9
Two and a half years have gone by since my last instalment. Spirit of Gaia was launched and sailing, but there was still more work to do. Spring 2017 Gaia was left moored on the outer pontoon in Messolonghi Marina for the winter of 2016-17. On our return the next Spring we knew we could…
Wharram Hui Cornwall 2018 – Event Report
The summer of 2018 in the UK was one of the warmest and nicest for many years. So it was a great pity that during the long planned Cornish Hui at the end of July (27th, 28th, 29th) the weather broke and strong winds and rain came rushing in over the weekend. Still the boats…
Ross Edgley Swims Around Britain
Ross Edgley has swum all the way round Britain! On November 4, 2018, Ross Edgley became the first person to swim around mainland Great Britain. He did so in the record time of 157 days. During this voyage he was escorted by the Wharram Pahi 52 ‘Hecate’ as the indispensible support ship. Ross started his…
Wharram Hui Cornwall 2018
Friday 27th July Arrive by boat or car and gather at ‘Wharram HQ’, in Devoran, Cornwall. The boats can moor alongside Devoran Quay, at the top end of Restronguet Creek. The quay can be reached about one hour before high water, which is at 18:00. Some bigger boats may have to moor further out in…
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