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Tilting at windmills...
The best meals are made with the best ingredients and when it comes to authentic Spanish produce the best comes from our friends at Brindisa. They chase around Spain searching for the best artisan produce, made in the traditional way. Their latest delivery has just arrived in time for this weekend's Winter Dining , places are still available! So that isn't just chorizo, that's organic acorn fed 100% Iberico chorizo from Salamanca made from free range black pigs. or just any
Oct 211 min read
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Just one day to go...
We start our Winter Dining tomorrow. It's all ready to go starting with our Spanish menu. We have made a few changes for this season....
Oct 91 min read
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Time to head inland........
The gods are being kind to us this week. We are booked to go up the Exeter Canal to the centre of the city tomorrow morning. Last week...
Sep 231 min read
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Blow winds, and crack your cheeks...
The wind is howling up the estuary and as the tide rises it covers the sand banks and saltings and creates a fetch of over 4 miles for...
Sep 142 min read
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Spain has arrived...
Our first wholesale delivery from the Spanish specialists Brindisa has just arrived ready for some menu development cooking and tasting...
Sep 41 min read
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Winter Dining bookings are open !
We are now taking online bookings for Winter Dining onboard the Snark at Piazza Terracina in the heart of Exeter. We are open for all on...
Aug 291 min read
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Veering slowly and losing its identity….       Â
The other Thursday evening the weather forecast, on the app appropriately named Windy, was very clear; there will be a gale in Lyme Bay...
Aug 263 min read
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The white tree
When we started our Snark adventure it wasn't just a boat we needed, we also had to obtain professional qualifications allow us to take...
Aug 232 min read
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To the Isles and back...
We made it! After two abortive tries this summer we finally got to the Isles of Scilly last week. The trip out on Sunday was uneventful...
Aug 182 min read
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How far have you been in that?
Is a question we are often asked by casual admirers while we are berthed on a public quayside. Sometimes followed up by ' You been round...
Aug 62 min read
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'He had softly and suddenly vanished away.'
Big news….Qiao and I have decided this will be our last Summer Sailing season. We will run the Winter Dining on board in Exeter over...
Jul 111 min read
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....a beautiful pea green boat.
We see many special and unusual boats on our summer sailings but sometimes the most modest is the most eye catching! Who knows who was...
Jul 61 min read
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'...a truly amazing and memorable week...'
We are back at Old Kea, sitting out some strong SWerlies, after a wonderful week sailing along the SW coast from Topsham to Falmouth;...
Jun 221 min read
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Did you have a quiet week off?
We had a mixed week sailing back from Falmouth to Topsham. Some overly windy days kept us in the rivers; Fal, Truro, Lyhner, Dart, Exe...
Jun 141 min read
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Old Kea
Old Kea church tower peeping through the trees This week is our off watch between summer sailings, so inevitably it is raining and about...
May 272 min read
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May 160 min read
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and so to sea
It seems an age already but in fact we only left Topsham a week ago for our first summer sailing. We barely slithered off the Topsham...
May 112 min read
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Getting ready to head to sea.
Snark is a big boat and big boats generate long maintenance lists. We have finished checking and raising the rig after our canal transit...
Apr 252 min read
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Our summer adventures have begun...
Since we finished our Winter Dining we have been hard at work (well most of the time) getting ready for the Summer Sailings. We have new...
Apr 161 min read
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money, money money....
While would be nice to have a few more guests for both the Summer Sailings and Winter Dining, our business keeps ticking over; the...
Apr 32 min read
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20% last minute discounts for May voyages....
We have places available on our all inclusive 7 day voyages in May. For routes and dates below. We would always rather have more...
Mar 301 min read
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The Greening of the Snark
Since her conception we have always tried to make the Snark as sustainable as possible. But that is not as easy as it sounds and we have...
Feb 282 min read
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Thank you all for your support.
Last night we served the final dinner of our 24/25 Winter Dining season. That's something like 75 services with over 700 diners, some of...
Feb 271 min read
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Cruise the South West this summer
Join us for one of our unique, all inclusive, seven day trips along the spectacular coast of Devon and Cornwall. Devon and Cornwall are...
Feb 112 min read
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