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For sixty-five years, Wharram has designed, built, and sailed craft of Polynesian double canoe form, demonstrating with them that the sea, far from being a barrier between the islands, is their \u003cem\u003ehighway\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the Tom Cunliffe foreword:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The stream of designs from his board has set generations free, but with a set of Wharram plans you get so much more than the drawings. 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