Sailing the Seas on a Wharram Tiki Wooden Catamaran: Durban, KZN #wharram #sailing #catamaran

#OffshoreAdventures We motored 13 nautical miles offshore on a Wharram Tiki to wave hi at a friend working on the Leon Thevenin cable ship near Durban in South Africa. A calm and glassy ocean made for an epic day out at sea. The ship was 13 nautical miles offshore, working on a cable repair 450m down on the seabed. This Wharram is owned by my friend and skipper Struan Campbell. Struan is a very experienced yachtsman having spent time sailing and doing yacht deliveries across the Atlantic and Indian Oceans from places like Florida and France, and locally he currently takes part in races like the Vasco Da Gama yacht race between Durban and East London. These sturdy catamarans have been used in sailing across the atlantic as well as in many well documented around the world sailing adventures. He purchased the boat a few years ago after seeing a Wharram Catamaran for sale in Durban which he bought and refurbished. #wharram About James Wharram In the mid 50&based on his research into ancient Polynesian boat design, James Wharram built the first off-shore Catamaran in Britain and sailed it out into the Atlantic. While the world&yachting community still did not accept such a design as a worthy sea-going vessel, James was landing his 23&&Canoe&called TANGAROA in Trinidad in the West Indies. There he built a second 40&Polynesian style Catamaran, RONGO, and in 1959 sailed it up to New York and back to the UK accompanied by two German women - being the first to sail a...