From Falklands warship to adventure cruise ship – tales from a life

in adventure •  7 years ago 

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Most sailors sensibly run for safety if a hurricane is looming, but Rear-Admiral Richard Lippiett CB, CBE is not like most sailors. As warfare officer on a guided-missile destroyer, he found himself chasing a hurricane across the Caribbean in 1979 to deliver emergency relief supplies to islands in its path.

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When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.