He was an amateur yachtsman.
In 1986-1989 he was the Master of the Mabel E. Holland, a small retired RNLI lifeboat, in an east to west transit of the North West Passage. This was the second solo transit of the passage and the first British transit.
MacFarlane, J.M. (1992) Northwest Passage Challengers. In Resolution. Spring Issue. Maritime Museum of British Columbia
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