He is unlikely to return to the sport full-time in the near future as he is about to row to the Caribbean with TV presenter Ben Fogle in Chay Blyth's Atlantic Yachting Race.
In 1991 he left his career in the fire service to become a professional yachtsman, when he was selected to skipper the 67ft steel yacht Group 4 in Sir Chay Blyth's British Steel Challenge.