Ken Endean, a sailing instructor at the age of 20, spent the next 34 years in the construction industry but also cruised extensively in home waters between Scotland and Biscay.

He has been a regular contributor to Yachting Monthly and Practical Boat Owner‘s cruising and pilotage columns since 1977 and is the author of Adlard Coles Nautical’s Channel Havens, a popular guide to the South Coast.