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Publisher, literary agent, freelance writer and media producer, Dave spends the majority of his time working onboard his sailing boat Sänna together with his long-suffering wife Marie. They are currently sailing around the world eastwards from the UK and are now based in the Caribbean islands. Dave blogs, records and writes about their voyage to date, their humorous experiences, tragedies and the spectacular locations visited by Sänna and her intrepid crew. Dave is also the creator and writer behind the popular online satirical site ‘The Ship’s Cat’, offering laughter and tears in the world of agony-aunt problem solving for emotionally challenged cats.

In the more sane world, Dave writes for a number of sailing and adventure travel publications both in print and online, working and editing for well-known media names such as National Geographic, Time.Inc and BBC Travel. More recently Dave has branched into the world of indie publishing and literary agency – taking full advantage of the new self-publishing wave that is sweeping away traditional book-print publishing. In the intrepid world of blue-water sailing Dave is a key contributor to the renowned cruising guides produced by Jimmy Cornell, notably World Cruising Routes and World Voyage Planner – utilising Dave & Marie’s vast experience of ocean crossings and sailing to remote locations.

Dave’s non-sailing experience includes high altitude climbing and long-distance trekking throughout Scandinavia, Iceland, Russia, the Alps and Scotland. In between Dave has owned two successful UK and Scandinavian based companies involved in marketing communications and specialist cold weather construction.

You can read more about their circumnavigational voyage by visiting the Sänna website and their circumnavigation sail blog. You can also follow Dave’s social comment blogging on this site… which have in the past been described as “very interesting but largely irrelevant” and leave your comments…

For those of you who follow Facebook you can view the Sänna page here. Dave’s Freelance page is here.