With the initial “RN,” Roger Nadin always thought he was destined for a career in the Royal Navy. Instead, a 25-year career in the British Army called.

He built his first boat at the age of 14 – a salmon canoe and became a canoeing instructor in the Army Canoe Union and sailed in various places around Europe.

Having fun both building and using small boats took him to the rivers of the Alps, the seas off the British coast, the Baltic, and the French Atlantic coast.