Well, I am now a Wharram owner. The transition from ordinary sailor to Wharram sailor was hell.
I paid more than so would have if I'd have bought the same boat last year
, so that annoyed me somewhat. Then I got cranky at the previous two owners; the first because he let the boat go to disrepair, and the second who did no work to improve her. I assumed he was a sailor, but I figured he was a speculator.
But, as things settled I began to feel overwhelming peace with the world. I now saw that it was my duty to refit the cat and get her to cruising trim again. I was majorly pleased, though, just to finally own a Wharram. After all these years of wanting, dreaming and so on, it has finally happened. I feel sense a feeling of utter contentment.
Yes, the tiller connection is weak, the timberwork needs sanding and preserving before painting, there are no electrics, but the bare bones are there. I can begin immediately, and whem I finish, I have a beautiful sea boat to cruise on. And I have this overwhelming feeling that this is it, that this will be my last boat because I want for nothing more in my life.
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