Joe Earl was born in Sheffield in 1941. He left home at the age of 14 to attend the training ship `Indefatigable` in Anglesey, after almost two years there, he went to sea as Deck Boy in the Merchant Navy. He later obtained his Master's certificate and commanded ten ships during his career including five years as Captain of the Bristol Steam Navigation's `MV Apollo`. After being made redundant in 1991 he became a Tug Master working out of Avonmouth and Portbury until taking early retirement in October 2000. He now lives in Sand Bay, Weston-Super-Mare.

Available Collections of Seafaring Verse by Captain J S Earl

1. The Men Who Missed The Tide:

ISBN 0 7223 3477-X

2. I am a Western Ocean Mariner

ISBN 978-1-905553-30-3

To obtain a copy of the book send an This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to Joe who will snail mail them out at an approximate £7.00 rate/item (including P&P).