Sealink and Beyond Stephen was Chief Pilot for

Stephen was Chief Pilot for many years and Captain of the Parish of Lonan

Published 31st March 2026

Sixty years on

its Marine Department rose to the highest levels of efficiency and set the standard which was forthcoming throughout the entire period of railway ownership

Sealink and Beyond Stephen was Chief Pilot forSealink was synonymous with ferry travel around the British Isles. Sealink & Beyond reviews this famous business from 1969, through privatisation and hostile takeover, until 1995 when the name was quietly dropped. Providing a full operational history, the book places Sealink in the context of an era of rapid change: from the after effects of Beeching to the Irish troubles, the Falklands War and Thatcherite privatisation, the Sealink story was heavily