My Grandad was friends with James. I never met either of them before they passed away sadly but reading his copy of 2 girls 2 catamerans has been such a lovely and heart warming experience. James can sound a bit ‘of his time’ and maybe sometimes a bit self congratulating in the book but I mean fair play because the three of them did pull off a crazy and historic feat. Such a nice call to adventure and a free thinking account of life as sea people. I loved it and think I want to build a boat…