Kate Brodie Author

Born in Exeter and bought up on the River Exe, Mark Fishwick began sailing at an early age and explored the rivers, creeks and harbours of the West Country in his parent's sloop. He moved to Cornwall in 1973 and since then has enjoyed a varied nautical life encompassing commercial fishing, charter skippering in the West Indies, yacht delivery, boatyard work, writing, photography and just occasionally sailing for fun! Kate Brodie grew up in Dorset and returned to the West Country over 30 years ago as the GP in Topsham up to her retirement in 2020. Kate is an accomplished sailor, both as a European Champion dinghy sailor and as a cruising yachtswoman (completing a UK circumnavigation, largely single-handed, in 2020, raising over £10,000 in aid of MacMillan Cancer Support). She currently owns a Westerly Storm, Hullabaloo, for cruising and shares a Jeanneau Sun 2000, Ra, for racing.