His book We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea reflects this, and he based the fictional Goblin on his own boat Nancy Blackett (which in turn took its name from a character in the series).
Hans bok We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea beskriver detta, och han baserade den fiktiva båten "Goblin" på sin egen båt Nancy Blackett (vilken i sin tur fått sitt namn från en karaktär i hans bokserie).