James Wharram
OCC Lifetime Award - 2021
OCC Lifetime Cruising Award 2021 is presented posthumously to James Wharram (deceased 14th Dec. 2021 aged 93). Wharram, considered by many as the father of modern multi-hull cruising, was a free-spirited sailor and designer who specialised in double-canoe style sailing catamarans, inspired by the Polynesian double canoe.
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