In retirement , Larn is still active in diving , mostly in the Isles of Scilly where he contributes a regular column on maritime history in the local magazines Scilly Now & Then and the Scillonian Magazine . His other interests include figurehead and ship carving , and model making . When in 2007 the council of Scilly commemorated the 300th anniversary of the great naval disaster of 1707 , Larn was among the principal organisers and also gave public lectures , as did Dava Sobel , author of '' Longitude '' , and Sir Arnold Wolfendale , the 14th Astronomer Royal
great naval disaster of 1707
Scilly naval disaster of 1707
Richard Larn