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The Ancient Mariners Sailing Podcast
Spirit of Gaia is coming home
Season 1, Ep. 23
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This week Brad and Andrew welcome the co-designer of Wharram multihulls Hanneke Boon, and Pilot-Cutter skipper and academic, Rebecca Sykes, for a fascinating conversation. We chat about Hanneke's extraordinary life of designing and sailing these revolutionary traditional vessels, founded right here in Devoran. Rebecca is the skipper of the Pilot Cutter Tallulah, and has a list of accomplishments too long to list here, both academic and afloat. We chat about bringing traditional sailing methods and construction back to life in the more than 10,000 sets of plans sold by Wharram. Hanneke and Rebecca are about to embark on a voyage home with the original Spirit of Gaia back to Falmouth, aiming to arrive to be part of Falmouth Classics this summer. Enjoy this episode, it's a real treat!
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