Life aboard our sailing barge Snark follows the rhythms of the world. The changing seasons dictate the length of the day and bring fine...

Snark is a sea going spritsail barge capable of sailing around the shores of Britain and Europe but uniquely can also cruising deep into...

‘There is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. In or out of 'em, it doesn't...

After a couple of days mooching around the Scilly Isles our fourth voyage will take us back to Falmouth for the Classics regatta and...

Our third holiday trip this summer will take us from Dartmouth to Torbay to see the famous air show from the sea and then along the south...

The principal port on most West Country rivers was not something-mouth but the head of the tidal navigable river. Thus, Truro not...

The last Thames barge to bring a commercial cargo into the Dart was the S.B. Will Everard who reportedly brought a load of Norfolk reed...

Following our successful circumnavigation of Britain in 2022 we had planned to go further afield in 2023 with a voyage to Copenhagen and...

Well it is true that over the winter months everything seems to go green, from the bottom to the ropes but that's not really what this...

“It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where...

This morning we disembarked our last passengers in Newlyn (Penzance) two days short of our destination Plymouth. The wind gods had...

Our passengers arrived together, bang on time having met on the bus from Bangor, the nearest station. Only two this time after another...

Belfast is a strange place. The city centre feels safe and welcoming unlike the last time I visited, however one of our last guests...

Our passengers arrived in far-flung Inverness wired after stressful journeys by train, plane, car and donkey. Well, no not the donkey...

Well not quite, we aren’t braving the Pentland Firth and Cape Wrath but taking the chicken route through the Cali. However for a Thames...

Whitby is a delightful town, full of history and fish and chips. Very little of this fish is landed locally anymore and you have to...

I am writing this sitting in Whitby having completed leg 4 which should have been a simple delivery trip from Lowestoft without...

Our next guest Barbara arrived at Limehouse basin bang on 4 o'clock having travelled all the way from Hackney by bus (about 5 miles for...

Our lay days on Eastbourne were spent fitting our new Rain Man water maker and doing running repairs to the mizzen, all complete and...

So, we are finally on our way after months of planning, building, fixing, marketing, worrying, more planning, endless e-mails to harbours...

When I posted that live in troubled times a few of weeks ago little did I know I would be adding add war in Europe, the renewed fear of...

It always feels good to receive recognition for what we are doing on Snark. Over the past few months a number of organisations have...

On 31 July we leave Inverness for a 10 day voyage to Belfast. The first four days will be spent cruising through the Great Glen through...

Our summer will be spent sailing Snark around the British coast. Each of the ten legs has its own particular character and focus. 'White...