BORN 1957
ASSOCIATIONS Fellow Royal Geographical Society.
1973-75 Management trainee John Lewis partnership
1975-78 Diver Royal Navy
1978 Diving instructor on brigantine “Christian Bach”
1978-82 Watch-leader and master rigger on reconstruction and sailing project for China Clippers Society
1982 Founder/fundraiser of/for “Clipper Challenge” Raised £150.000 sponsored by B.E.T. Plc
1982-88 Diver in North Sea oil industry
1986 Maritime co-ordinator for Anglo American project “Godspeed to America” (on behalf of State of Virginia)
1987/8 Fundraiser for formula 2000 driver. Raised funding to set up a F3000 racing team.
1989-2003 Founded and ran Western Isles Sailing and Exploration co Ltd (director) Ran whale-watching holidays in Hebrides, Canaries, Azores, Norway and Madeira. Assisted in various cetacean surveys, d.n.a. sampling programmes, film documentaries, BBC, Nat Geo etc
1999 (4 months) Assisted in killer whale documentary in Crozet archipelago for BBC Nat geo.
2000 - to current Established Oceanus Ltd. Run whale-watching holidays in Dominica, Hebrides, Mexico, Canaries, Mediterranean, Belize and others
2002-2004 Established Oceanus Films (Partner).
2004 - 2008 Founded Club Marguerite. A private club, the aim of which is to sail around the world on their own vessel, looking for cetaceans.
2010 Bought my own boat with the aim of sailing around the world to look for and photograph whales.
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Smoothtail mobula leaping - Gulf of California
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Smoothtail mobula leaping - Gulf of California
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Killer Whale attacking a Common Dolphin - Gulf of California ;
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Cory's sheerwater and common dolphin preying jack mackerel
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Fin whales bowriding a catamaran - Gulf of California
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Boobies dive bomb a shoal of fish - Gulf of California
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Botlenose dolphins at surface - Gulf of California.
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Large ball of Blue jack mackerel Azores
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Blue jack mackerel being preyed upon by common dolphins
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An adult and two young Short-finned Pilot Whale Canary
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Killer whale head surging out of water - Gulf of California
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Killer whale travelling at speed - Gulf of California
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Smoothtail mobulas in formation - Gulf of California
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A leaping mobula ray Gulf of California
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A breaching humpback whale Gulf of California
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A Short-finned Pilot Whale surfacing in a silky sea Canary
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Atlantic spotted dolphin in the clear waters of the Atlantic
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Two pasing Short-finned Pilot Whales Canary islands
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