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Sm all W harram c afs voyag ing50 Years of Seag oing c oasfal Trekkers D esigns#l'(-i(.,.(lILll'r'/',?l/(.z,'In the early 70s someHinemoa have crossedoceans as the Atlantic.he W harram story beganw ith a relatively sm allseagoing catam aran 50years ago. TA N GA RO Aw'asa Iittle boat,just23 feetLOA.She proved to be a seaw orthy designather crossing of the Bay of Biscayafter Ieaving England in l955.N everthelessthere w as a lotofroomfor im provem ent. A fter the A tlanticcrossing Jam es W harram clearlyrecognised and analysed her strongand w'eak points.He started to designaportfolio ofcatam aransbased on theIessons learnt and did stick to itw'ithoutany com prom ises untilnow .Contrary to otherdesignerhe did notneglectthe w ish tbrsm aller seagoingcruisers.N ow , after 50 years m any, m anyvoyages were made in small (lessthan 30 feet) W harram catamarans;som e w ere spectactllar, som e faraw ay from the public, som e m aderem arkable offshore trips and othersdid rem arkable tlndertakings bym eans of trailer saiIing.Itw ould beim possible to com pile a com pletereport of aII these 'epic' s'oyages.Thisartiele should giveyou exam plesand a tlavour of w hat can beachieved. D id you know that theAtlantic ocean has been crossedalready seven times(*)by Tikis'?PIO NEERING PHASETom and Carol Jones cotlld betro n side red p io 1e e rs in sm allW harram deep w ater cruising.Sum m er l975 w as considered asdisastrousbetw een the A m erican Eastcoastand the Bermudas.They did alot of cruising in this area onboardtheir 23' Hinel-noa TW () RA B B ITS,'they were offshore Nvhen the w indinereased - Hurricane Blanche Ns'asclosing in: '-I'-lz'c (.'l1(lṯqe(lt() .$'?3?t?//t??-Yails t?/'?J kept /?cr l'lltlb-iltq.QJf-t.zJ$'(.ż?-t?/3?t?//J'1-(-,(Ll1(.e(1t()st()l-l//'/')t?/t?&,J'k-/'7ile /('.?-f'(? 7 -$'tî-etlL-s Jî-gl-t?(7/7/./7(./bvatel. F//t? tl(?r /?& /('??-cx/t?J'. /?&Y l-tel- /?t?t.?st()l-l//'/?()'fl1l/?t? 1-b'(.,(l.z 1t'///7tr??//shtlkillL?'//?t. k ' b()tlt //?t?/-? .(.t11RabbitJî.'ï'/?hel-l6-(')()t#?-(?.b'ttqt.'./?cKb-torl'l/'j'/?.s't?1$-l/-s'//?/-t?/qh z tl/t'?l-t)'t?11.I4'-t?Ircrt?/?t?/t?J,.,(1-1(1St'7/.)/7/'lt-t/-s',b'elj'-s'teel-ing /?c/-$-t?/,'1t.-//7hel-/7t?/7/t?-j'/?ct/(11,1.1 /?t??- stol-l'l . /k'J? jlat t/?&/s-/7k'/.?-!;.Thel-e Jt't)?-s-l:()t???/t'/? /(?xṯzc,I)ettllxc/?c(11-J,ç-t?-s,/i/()('b'(ltel-t27.,?t78/?c b'(ltel-A-t'?/i?//t?/-ail-/?t'?//'/?c (listinctiolîJt.'(?-cltlr(l to ,.7?/q7/4:2. l'Iz'/?t??? the ).rk'p?('/ blebb'Flt'?r(/t.-z-s'/ - 'kt-t? It-t.zp-t? (ll.loltt -i'f? ??ilcs//-4.,-?)the c .J.t.'. B()th l)()(lt t?/?t)/ t.'/-t?Jî'sllrvibl(.,(l )rk'//.?t'??/? I().vk'/? q tt t'??? .J'lhilbz'/a?-t?t'?/t-k'? . g' (1ll,-tl'lillg- 01- /?!//-/k)? . f.t' //7t?L'l-(?)$.'ln the late 7()'s another -W llrral,Discipline- started'. Trailer Sailing.Because ofthe nature ol-having tu'ocanoesputtogether,W l:lrrtlladesignsare easy to be taken onto a trailer.Ifyou keep things sil-nple and nlake afew'adoptions, it's a perfect boat totake w'ith you even ifyotlhaveonly afew' Nveeks of holidays. The tirstreports steln froln TreN'or Clarkson.Hewrasliving in (-iernlany atthattil-neand he tra iIed his23-footH lN E M (')Apretkrably to Greece in the sul-nnler.O nce w hen crossing the Aegean Seabound forTurkey they did stopoveratthe island of Psara. '.-1// tht? Iittle/.?(?r/?t?/r t?//'E?-t?tq/ 3't-c.zl-t.,t?;.est(ltl-( l't?/7J lltïlrl.-aLL'k. 1t?/t?l- //.7t?/ lli - qht, t?(;l-eck 3$.k'?/7 t'? 1-(1th t?1- A'i/?istt??-e-kylression t'?/p/?/v?t?t-/7t?t/ //7t? /)(?t?/./-/t?-1-1e hgea Iàe()r)le Ileceluber2 0()8* @