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I have been fortunate enough to live a decent life. But in the end, the ocean is how I see it. The last thing I want to do is sail. I would like to see the ocean change hands."
His father, John, a former ship engineer and business consultant, retired in 2006 and started his own company, in which he was responsible for the logistics of the shipbuilding, landings and the weather forecasting of the sailing vessels. In his spare time, he has been doing research on the seas, fishing and marine life at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His latest book, The End of the World, is out now in paperback and the first five pages of English.
He is also one of the few people in the US to have had a sailboat. He believes that the sailing industry has been in a state of flux – the last thing we need is a new wave of people to be brought to the surface. "If we had more people on board, we would have got a better sailing industry. People would have joined the fishing industry, and the ocean would have changed."
But if we could get the ocean to change hands, he envisages, there would be more people sailing on board to help with the construction of the new docks. "So if you have more people, you would have a better quality of life. You would have more water and more money. And those things would be more important to the industry."
He is not just optimistic, he believes. "I think that there is a lot of hope in the ocean, and I think that there is a lot of hope that we can create a better world."
The next few years will see the start of a new phase of the industry, and the end of the fishing industry altogether. But he is not pessimistic. "I really hope that there will be more people on board and that the fishing industry will be reformed. The fishing industry has been going on for 30 years. So if we got more people, we would have a better quality of life. But if we didn't get more people, we would have a better quality of life. And in the end, the ocean is how I see it."
John said that he has been on the boat for three years, but never had a chance to sail. He had just finished his PhD and was looking for a job. "We are not in an age where we can sail. And we are not going to be able to sail if we don't have experience. But I have got experience sailing boats. And I am very happy with the way we are going to be able to do it."
Sailing began in the 1970s, when he and his wife, Suzanne, began sailing at a sailing school near Bristol, and then moved to the US. He had done a solo course in the 1960s and 1970s, and then continued to sail as he learned more about the craft.
He has a passion for fishing and has been writing about it, and he believes that the movement to the sea is a very positive one. "It is just a very exciting time to be