A retired army major is hanging up his oars after rowing nearly 500 miles in homemade tin boats for charity – but not before one final challenge. Michael Stanley, known as Major Mick, first took to ...

Michael Stanley, 84, was seen off by the Duke of Richmond as he set off on the first leg of his sixth year of rowing the tin ...

Mr Stanley in his homemade Tintanic rowing boat (Image: Ben Mitchell/PA Wire) He previously supported Children on the Edge, a Chichester-based charity which supported an orphanage near Kyiv, Ukraine, ...

Army veteran Michael Stanley, known as ‘Major Mick’ at Chichester Yacht Club as he set off on his latest charity venture in his homemade ‘Tintanic’ rowing boat (Ben Mitchell/PA ...

A fresh north-easterly breeze swept across the water, bringing with it a biting chill. However, the bright, cloudless sky provided a welcome contrast, making for an excellent day of racing. Race ...