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Notice of the Annual General Meeting of:

The Dinghy Cruising Association

Saturday March 27th

London or SE - venue TBA

10:30am - 5pm

Guest speaker James Wharram

In the mid 50's, 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's yachting
community were busy dismissing such a design as a worthy sea-going vessel, James was landing
his 23'6" 'Double Hulled Canoe' in the West Indies. There he built a second 40' Polynesian style
Catamaran and sailed it back to the UK accompanied by two young German girls, being the first to
sail a catamaran across the North Atlantic These amazing Trans-Atlantic crossings and the follow up
book "Two Girls, Two Catamarans" has etched the name 'James Wharram' into the annals of
yachting history.