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In Port with David Barnicoat

Shipping movements TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 Marshall Islands tanker Kirstin (30,006/09) arrived from Loch Long, Scotland for bunkers in Falmouth Bay and sailed for Nova Scotia, Canada. Sixty years since Marshall Islands tanker STI Battery (29,785/14) arrived from Milford Haven for bunkers in the Carrick Roads and sailed for Amsterdam. British research vessel Severn Guardian (22/12) sailed from the Port Pendennis Marina to Newlyn. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 trans-Atlantic trip Antiguan tanker Sloman Hermes (11,298/12) arrived from Terneuzen, Netherlands for bun- DEVORAN-based designer of kers in the Carrick Roads and sailed for Milford , yachtsman, explorer Haven. and marine archaeologist 87-year- Panamanian landing craft Arromanches (290/87) arrived from the Isles of Scilly to old James Wharram will be cel- County Wharf to load building materials. ebrating the 60th anniversary of his first trans-Atlantic crossing THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 from Falmouth to the West Indies Norwegian vehicle carrier Verona ( 37,237/00) later this month. sailed from No. 2 dry-dock for Le Havre, France. On September 27, 1955 James Dutch salvage tug Bluster (2,311/88) arrived along with his two women crew from Brittany, France to County Wharf and set sail from Falmouth aboard sailed later to take up salvage station in Fal- Tangaroa, a self-built 23 ft. long mouth bay. flat-bottomed double canoe, Liberian tanker Pacific Onyx (28,426/13) ar- rived from Brazil for bunkers in the Carrick which in modern yachting par- Roads and sailed for Pembroke. lance is now called a . Thor Heyerdahl had crossed the FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 Pacific in 1948 from Peru to Poly- Belgian general cargo vessel Fast Sam nesia to prove that the inhabit- (1,983/94) arrived from the River Thames to ants of the central Pacific islands load glass at the County Wharf and sailed for had migrated from South Amer- Gunness, Humber River. ica by raft. A theory now Panamanian bulker Frontier Lodestar questioned by eminent anthro- (92,752/11) arrived from the North Sea Canal, Netherlands for bunkers in Falmouth Bay and pologists. The Western world and sailed for Quebec, Canada. Heyerdahl at this time concluded Bluster (2,311/88) sailed from Falmouth Bay that the Polynesian craft were not for Ijmuiden, Netherlands. seaworthy enough to complete Curacao reefer Sierra Loba (5,100/97) sailed any long ocean voyages. from Falmouth Bay for Amsterdam, Nether- In 1953 at the age of 25, having James Wharram and his two German women crew aboard catamaran Tanagaroa moored alongside the south side lands extensively researched and stud- of Customs House Quay prior to sailing the Atlantic in 1955 ied Polynesian and Pacific craft, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 James embarked on a mission ages, James, from 1973 assisted by low his passion for designing Antiguan general cargo vessel Nordana Emma to prove that these were in fact his co-designer Hanneke Boon, catamarans with his life hav- (9,611/05) arrived from Emden, River Ems, extremely capable vessels. He de- has been designing Polynesian- ing come full circle again with Germany for bunkers in the Carrick Roads and style catamarans for people to a brand new design, the same sailed for Port Colbourne, Labrador, Canada. signed and built the first British Faeroese tanker Fure Fladen (11,377/03) ar- ocean-going double-canoe/cata- build themselves, to bring the length as Tangaroa, a lightweight rived from Teesport to Crossroads for bunkers maran, the Tangaroa. concept of seaworthy, ocean-go- /coastal trek catama- and sailed for Bethiaou, Algeria. James said: “My quest was to ing double canoes to the Western ran, the MANA 24. Dutch general cargo vessel Stellaprima sail the Atlantic to prove the dou- yachting public, meeting a lot of He said: “She has modern fea- (6,902/91) arrived from Alabama, USA to Fal- ble canoe was a seaworthy vessel. resistance from the British - tures and influences, but essen- mouth Bay to await orders. An ambitious project to prove ing establishment on the way. tially the design philosophy that Thor Heyerdahl was wrong.” “Particularly in the early years, inspired me as a young man still SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 With two German girls Jutta when people still could not accept motivates me now.” Liberian bulker Belo Horizonte (42,951/12) ar- Schultze-Rohnhof and Ruth that a ‘native’ boat could be as “I think that modern sailing rived from Salvador, Brazil, to Falmouth Bay. good or better a sailing than British tanker Sarnia Cherie (GIB/tco 3,043/07) Merseburger as crew he set sail boats are being priced out of the arrived from Port Jerome, River Seine, France from Falmouth for Las Palmas James Wharram a Western-type yacht, especially market. Not just by 20 per cent for bunkers in the Carrick Roads and sailed for and then onto Trinidad. when such a craft was self-built VAT but by the price of moorings Milford Haven. “From that voyage, with a great- Toulon in France, thereby prov- by an ‘amateur’,” he said. and marinas. The best solution to Irish general cargo vessel Arklow Rebel er understanding of ocean sail- ing that the Pacific double canoe In 1987-92 James and his part- this is to self-build your boat and (2,999/05) arrived from Bordeaux, France for ing double canoes I built a 40ft, was a seaworthy craft, capable of ners built a new flagship, the 63ft to trail it home. bunkers in the Carrick Roads and sailed for V-eed hull catamaran in Trinidad making long ocean voyages. catamaran Spirit of Gaia, which “Assisted by a team of Cornish Hull, River Humber. named Rongo and sailed it 1,500 James, who describes himself they sailed into the Pacific and enthusiasts, local designer and Liberian lpg tanker Navigator Neptune miles north to New York. Then I as a “disciple” of De Bisschop, round the world, to study Indo- CAD expert Simon Holman, the (17,840/00) arrived from Le Havre, France for Pacific canoe-craft. computer cutting firm Fibrefu- bunkers in the Carrick Roads. made the first ever multi-hull voy- said this was probably the reason Marshall Islands bulker Besiktas (94,145/11) age from west to east across the he found himself in Falmouth 60 In 2008-09 James and Hanneke sion and the Cornwall Marine arrived from Puerto Nuevo, Columbia for bun- stormy North Atlantic in 1959. years ago ready to embark on a conceived the Lapita Voyage expe- Network, we have tied all our sail- kers in Falmouth Bay This led me to become a designer thrilling voyage of discovery. dition, sailing two double canoes ing, design and building knowl- of catamarans,” said James. A Fellow of the Royal Geo- based on traditional Polynesian edge into this new 24ft car trailer- MONDAY SEPTEMBER 14 His inspiration for his first voy- graphical Society, James Whar- hull form, from the Philippines sailer design to be sold as an easy Navigator Neptune (17,840/00) sailed from age came from reading The Voy- ram is often described as the to Tikopia and Anuta in the Solo- to assemble ‘Ikea’ style kit boat Falmouth Bay to sea in a south westerly direc- age of the Kaimiloa by French- “father” of multi-hulls. Interna- mon Islands. The ‘Lapita Voyage’ using state of the art CNC ma- tion and slow steaming to wait for orders in man Eric De Bisschop. He said the tionally acclaimed for his sterling was a major expedition in experi- chines, 3D graphics and a design the Atlantic. book is probably the most influen- work, here in the UK he has not mental marine archaeology. concept we hope will appeal to Bahamian passenger ferry Commodore It was the first exploration of (14,000/99) arrived from Portsmouth into No. tial book in his extensive library. had the recognition he so rightly an audience of adventurous, free 3 dry-dock. De Bisschop built a 38ft deserves. one possible migration route into spirited people. “ Panamanian bulker Ocean Cygnus (89.603/06) rigged, Pacific-inspired, dou- His voyages of exploration, de- the Central Pacific by ethnic sail- In a Pathé newsreel clip arrived from Mount’s Bay for bunkers in the ble canoe in Hawaii in 1938 and signs and adventures warrant ing craft. The two boats were do- filmed in Falmouth see the bay and sailed for Port Cartier, Canada. sailed it with a companion across a place in our maritime history nated to the remote Polynesian Tangaroa moored at the quay Besiktas (94,145/11) sailed from Falmouth Bay the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic both locally and nationwide. islands for future transport use. (https://www.youtube.com/ for Europoort, Rotterdam. oceans (via Cape of Good Hope) to Since these first pioneering voy- Today, James continues to fol- watch?v=t72lKIpb3VY).