Captain Clifford Marlow was born in George, South Africa and is the youngest of four kids. His father was an avid fisherman, so Clifford was introduced to shoreside fishing and deep sea fishing from a young age. He finished school in 1988 and then joined the South African Army for two years, becoming an Officer. At the age of 16, he joined the National Sea Rescue Institute, a volunteer organization that performs search and rescue operations along the South African coast. Captain Clifford spent 26 years with them and was a regional leader when he left the organization, training new crew and coxswains at a local and national level. Around the s...