Biography
He was married to Beryl Boxer Smeeton and the father to Clio Smeeton.
He was a retired army officer.
He was a long distance sailor and he accompanied Beryl and Clio Smeeton on their blue water yacht voyages in the 46' Tzu Hang.
He was the author of several books about their voyages.
In 1950 they sailed from England to Vancouver via the Panama Canal and the Galapagos islands.
In 1956 he sailed from Vancouver to Australia and New Zealand.
He was awarded the Royal Cruising Club Seamanship Medal.
In 1968-1969 he sailed England via Cape Cape Horn east to west.
He shared the award of the Cruising Club of America's Blue Water Medal in 1973 with his wife Beryl, for outstanding performance in cruising and for meritorious seamanship. The Smeetons cruised to almost every area of the globe in the period from 1955 to 1970 in their 45-foot ketch, Tzu Hang.
Military Service
He served in the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst.
He served with the Green Howards (2nd Battalion) and Hodson's Horse, in the Western Desert, winning the Military Cross, and in Burma, where he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order during WWII. (He served in Jamaica, Gibraltar, Egypt, China, and India.
Vessels Owned / Designed
Tzu Hang
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References
Bosher, John F. (2012)
