Classic Boat - May 2018

CLASSIC BOATER OF THE YEAR

MAX

CAMPBELL

There seems to be a bit of a

fix-it-and-go theme emerging in

the Classic Boater of the Year

award. Your chosen winner two

years ago was Leo Goolden, who

restored a Folkboat and sailed it

to Antigua. This time, you voted

for Max Campbell, stepson of

boatbuilder Dave Cockwell, who

restored a Clyst-Class sloop,

Flying Cloud, in Cornwall. With

that done, Max took of south a

few weeks before his 21st

birthday, with pal Harry, on a

sailing ‘surfari’ of the French and

Spanish coasts. Harry was

benevolently kidnapped “by a girl

in a van” but Max decided to

carry on, crafted his own

windvane using bits found in a

local boatyard and sailed his

22-footer to Grenada, sufering a

bad skin burn en route, but

savouring every moment of the

adventure of a lifetime.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

JAMES WHARRAM

James Wharram hardly needs introducing.

In 1956, he made the first Atlantic crossing

by multihull, the 23ft 6in (7.2m) Tangaroa

designed and built himself for £200, and

crewed by two German girls. In 1959 they

were the first to cross the north Atlantic

from west to east (NY to Wales) by

multihull, the 40ft (12.2m) Rongo. Since

then, he has sold more than 10,000 of his

plans for cruising multihulls worldwide,

and some consider him to be the father

of modern multihull sailing. More than

that, James has always espoused a ‘less

is more’ philosophy, looking for simpler

ways to build and rig his afordable boats.

Of particular note is his simple, but highly

ecient, Wharram Wingsail rig. He is 90

this year and shows no sign of stopping.

He is, simply, a living legend.

‘

The sense of freedom was

irrepressible. A fortnight before my 21st

birthday, with no real plan, we loaded up

Flying Cloud and sailed south

’

MAX CAMPBELL

C/O JAMES WHARRAM

C/O MAX CAMPBELL

Awards

2018

RUNNERS-UP

RESTORATION

OVER 40FT

HAVSORNEN

52ft Tore Holm design,

built 1937

RESTORATION

UNDER 40FT

GLENDHU

28ft Alfred Mylne

design, built 1950

TRADITIONAL

NEW BUILD

WALBERSWICK FERRY

15ft, built by IBTC

Lowestoft Marine

Services

SPIRIT OF TRADITION

OVER 40FT

OUI FLING

52ft Spirit Yachts

design and build

SPIRIT OF TRADITION

UNDER 40FT

TERROR

20ft Paul Gartside

design, built by BBA

student Jonathan

Lloyd-Davis

POWERED VESSELS,

RESTORATIONS

SPARK OF LIGHT

36ft Herbert Woods

design and build

POWERED VESSELS,

NEW BUILDS

LAURE

18ft speed boat built by

Simon Hawksley at BBA

Awards

2018

Winners

THE