AUTOBIOGRAPHY

I came into this world during one of its bloodiest conflicts, WW2. Not that I can recall any part of it. Not only was I too young, I was in a part of the world that claimed neutrality, South Africa. To be more precise, I was born in the shadow of Table Mountain, Cape Town on the 1st October, 1941; some 82 years ago…

SEA KAYAK TOURING

The older hands among you will remember the first edition of this manual, first published in 1976. I am gratified that at the time it went to four editions and sold in its' thousands as I only originally wrote it to help me with the theory side of the British Canoe Union (BCU) Advanced Sea and Open Water…

SEA TOURING

I first put this book together in 1975 when preparing to take the Advanced Sea Proficiency Award. It grew out of the notes I put together at the time and as I could not find a book with all the necessary subjects under one cover I decided to publish these notes in book form…