John

Hebridian have announced that Ian Stevenson has been promoted to Master and will soon serve along with Captain Hepburn on board Hebridean Princess.

Ian enjoyed “messing around in boats” from his home town of Oban, and had his first command, aged 9, of his 7'6" rowing dinghy, bought as a wreck and
repaired by himself and his father. As a teenager, he was a keen sailor and fisherman and so with these beginnings, it was a natural step to join the
London & Overseas Freighters as a Cadet in 1993, where he progressed to Third Officer. In 1997, Ian joined the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency as
Second Officer and was trained as a British Sea Fisheries boarding officer. During this time Ian returned to college to sit his Chief Officer’s exams,
being promoted to First Officer and spending a short time in command of one of their

Ian joined Hebridean in 2001 and has served on both ships. Ian returned to college once more in 2003 to sit his Master’s exams and was shortly
afterwards promoted to Chief Officer. Captain Stevenson is very much looking forward to taking command of Hebridean Princess, where, having
recently moved to Oban, he will be closer to home.

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John

Past cruises:
Apr 03 Norwegian Sun - W Caribbean
May 04 Norwegian Dream - Mediterranean
Nov 05 Radiance of the Seas - E Caribbean
Nov 05 Radiance of the Seas - W Caribbean
Oct 06 P&O Arcadia - Spirit of the Caribbean
May 07 Fred Olsen Braemar - Dutch Weekend
Oct 07 Norwegian Gem - Shakedown
Oct 07 Vision of the Seas - Mexican Riviera
Nov 07 Monarch of the Seas - Baja Cruise
July 08 Queen Elizabeth 2 -Holland & Belgium
Nov 08 P&O Artemis - Panama Canal

Seranade of the Seas - Alaska Cruise Cruising in: 179 day(s), 12 hour(s), 16 minute(s)