Downstream

‘I assumed I would have to
go to the PLA, and because of
my sailing experience I knew
the shipping channel. I
produced a plan and
explained how I would be
accompanied, and what my
abilities were. I had no
problem at all with the PLA.
I’d done a lot of homework.’
His correspondence bears
this out. In July that year he
wrote to the Harbour Master
to seek ‘advice and support’