John Patterson
John is a son, husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend. He describes himself as an ordinary bloke but knows there is no such thing. He grew up as a country boy in coastal Whitsunday area of North Queensland, Australia where he gained his love for the ocean. At seventeen he ran away to sea. Closer to the truth he says that he joined the Navy to escape the confusion, anger and lostness he felt as a teenager. In the navy he specialised in hydrographic surveying and enjoyed a thirty...
