If you haven’t tried dining on Snark or if you are planning a return visit, time is running out! There are just two months to dine onboard before our last meal on 1 March. After that, no more Winter Dining, ever! We will be staying in Exeter for the summer instead of going to sea and so we can take private bookings for parties and functions, and we will be running some summer events ourselves. (watch this space). Message us for availability. As the saying goes ‘ book now  to

We are hosting Christmas day again onboard the Snark. We have a few places left for those who haven't sorted their festive arrangements out and don't want the faff of cooking the big bird. We have two organic Devon Geese on order as the centre piece of a blow out traditional feast (vegi options are also served) plus some excellent bottles of vino to wash it all down.

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

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....

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...

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...

Our first wholesale delivery from the Spanish specialists Brindisa has just arrived ready for some menu development cooking and tasting...

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...

The other Thursday evening the weather forecast, on the app appropriately named Windy,  was very clear; there will be a gale in Lyme Bay...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

We are back at Old Kea, sitting out some strong SWerlies, after a wonderful week sailing along the SW coast from Topsham to Falmouth;...

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...

Old Kea church tower peeping through the trees This week is our off watch between summer sailings, so inevitably it is raining and about...

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...

Snark is a big boat and big boats generate long maintenance lists. We have finished checking and raising the rig after our canal transit...

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...

While would be nice to have a few more guests for both the Summer Sailings and Winter Dining, our business keeps ticking over; the...

We have places available on our all inclusive 7 day voyages in May. For routes and dates below. We would always rather have more...

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...