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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lily Ford

Retired major rows to Isle of Wight in home-made tin boat for Ukraine charity

PA Wire

A retired Army major who rowed across the Solent in a home-made tin boat for charity said the journey “couldn’t have been better”.

Michael Stanley, known as “Major Mick”, set off in the “Tintanic” across the Solent on Saturday, making his way from Hurst Castle in Lymington to the Isle of Wight.

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