My story is really a personal one for James.
When my husband David Graham was a young boy in Manchester, England, James' family were neighbours and David met James and talked boats with him occasionally I gather.
David and I met and married in the early 6o's then emigrated to Australia and though David worked in the aircraft industry he maintained a great interest in boats.
In about 1989 David was begining to think about early retirement and what we would do. At this time we had a trailer sailer which we took all over the place. David however had bigger and better ideas, he would build a catamaran, which he did, it was not a Wharram but we had it for nine years after our retirement, and enjoyed every minute of it.
We had to sell her in 2005 as David became sick and passed away on Jan. 1st. this year aged 70yrs.
I thought James might be interested in this little story and what influence he may have had on this young boy living in industrial Manchester.
Pauline Graham
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