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Since leaving school Peter Manthorpe has made a career of seafaring, in later years specialising in sailing ships. In 2000 he was master of the Duyfken, a replica 16th century Dutch exploration ship, for a re-enactment voyage from Indonesia to Australia. He lives in Adelaide.
