Shane Michael Couch Biography

Born in Lancashire near Liverpool, England in 1963. His father, uncle and grandfather all served in the Navy, so his youth was filled with stories of the great ships that were built and sailed from the nearby River Mersey. From the Trans Atlantic Packets and Clippers to the great Cunard and White Star liners he spent many hours studying the huge collections in the Liverpool Museum.

Worked as an aeronautical engineer for many years. Moved to Cowes on the Isle of Wight, the world famous center of yachting. Living and working on the Isle of Wight, surrounded by water he was inspired by the great yacht races of the past. He extensively researched the history of yachting both in England and America, collecting original race reports for the whole period of 1868-1914 and many original lines plans of the great schooners and sloops of that period. He was particularly interested in the history of the great international schooner races of the 1870's and the rivalry between the American Cutter and Sloop of the 1880s. In 1997 he was commissioned by the German Yachting Historian "Dr. Kiristin Lamerting" to depict the German Kaiers five Meteors racing together to be used for her book "Meteor".

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