Anchored on Spirit of Gaia Wharram Designs’ Pahi 63 Wooden Catamaran with Hanneke Boon

When Hanneke Boon, Polynesian Wooden Double Canoe Designer and Head of James Wharram Designs, invited us to meet her in Southern Portugal to experience living at anchor on her flagship Spirit of Gaia, how could we refuse? We loaded up the car and drove across four climate regions to hop aboard Gaia and learn all we can about this minimalist traditional boat ahead of our own classic Wharram wooden boat build.
Our boat will be a tad smaller: a 41ft Wharram Classic Narai Mk IV (learn more on our website: www.voyagevirage.com). This will become our home and Floating Stories Lab, where we merge science, art and storytelling whilst voyaging the world.
Collaborating with leading scientists on the impact of end-of-life fiberglass (GRP) boats on oysters and other marine species, we are curious in exploring bio composite alternatives to GRP and bridging the gap between science and policy.
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[@cervantesyannick01]

Super de voir ces images c’est super cool votre projet on vous souhaite le meilleur ❤

[@sailingbackstage]

Nice video! 💪

[@whitepawrolls]

Would there happen to be a boat tour of this boat? The style has me curious. Thank you.

[@oceannomads.community]

Beautiful! So exciting you got this taste and it fuels your path to sailing life in tune with your values. We added the video to our featured member vids 💙

[@velvetvideo]

I'm in my 50's with nothing and no one and lost everything in a fire. I'm thinking of something like this to live aboard. I'd love to build something like Ontong Java...but I don't even know where to begin or how to go about find any kind of community to plug into. Housing and land is insane these days and I've always loved the idea of having my own ship or floating island....maybe someday.