A major guru in the sailing world has passed. James Wharram is gone

[CharlieJ]

https://www.wharram.com/news/2021/a-living-legend-lives-no-more?fbclid=IwAR0vVxiQilc7CX5TGru_h9NhJ2UlzWVt2L_OuVlQG6glLwIjPHlLD4eCkhs

[Godot]

Oh no. darn. Time is a female dog. Went the same way as the other great contrarian boat designer, Bolger.

The list of people I grew up reading and dreaming with is rapidly growing smaller as my generation slowly inches towards senior status. Soon all the heros will be younger.

[Frank]

Yes… another sad day..

And yes, your post made me think about the greats that I read as they often contributed articles or wrote books… all of them  influenced me.. and as you point out, gone

Smeetons
Larry Pardey
Bernard Motessier
Eric n Susan Hiscock

I devoured all their writings back in the 70s and 80s
As you say, time stops for no one…