By the time he was 19, Rob Harris had circumnavigated the world three times. And for the next ten years, as a marine engineer, served on almost every type of ship, from cargo tramp vessels and oil tankers to luxuary passenger ships and coastal ferries. A late university engineering degree gave Rob the opportunity to move from the marine operational front line to the realms of ship building. A career that saw him supervising the building of large ships and oil rigs. The work took him worldwide - Norway, Denmark, Spain, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Australia, Japan and Brazil.