Captains of Ships – Phil Wade

Venerable yacht captain Phil Wade was born in Purley, South London, in 1944 but, as his family emigrated to South Africa three years later, considers himself to be wholly South African.  Phil had an intense introduction to a life at sea by attending General Botha...

Captains of Ships – Charles Shawcroft

Born in Southport to a midwife mother and ambulance man father, Charles may have lived on the sea, but there was more sand than water on this stretch of Merseyside coastline and it certainly wasn’t conducive to sailing.  Instead, his recreational boating started at...