Why 'Snark'
Why is our ship called Snark? Not a reference to the snarky American form of sarcasm but to an imaginary beast. Louise Carrol, of Alice...
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- Apr 10
- 2 min
The Rhythms of Snark
Life aboard our sailing barge Snark follows the rhythms of the world. The changing seasons dictate the length of the day and bring fine...
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- Mar 28
- 1 min
Coast and rivers and Tall Ships
Snark is a sea going spritsail barge capable of sailing around the shores of Britain and Europe but uniquely can also cruising deep into...
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- Mar 22
- 1 min
Messing about in boats
‘There is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. In or out of 'em, it doesn't...
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- Mar 16
- 1 min
Classic boats and shanties
After a couple of days mooching around the Scilly Isles our fourth voyage will take us back to Falmouth for the Classics regatta and...
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- Mar 13
- 1 min
in the wake of 'the lucky barge'
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...
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- Mar 9
- 2 min
Heading upstream
The principal port on most West Country rivers was not something-mouth but the head of the tidal navigable river. Thus, Truro not...
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- Mar 8
- 1 min
Sailing past the Needles
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...
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- Feb 26
- 3 min
New plans for 2023
Following our successful circumnavigation of Britain in 2022 we had planned to go further afield in 2023 with a voyage to Copenhagen and...
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- Jan 15
- 2 min
The greening of Snark?
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...
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- Nov 27, 2022
- 3 min
Every path starts at your front door
“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...
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- Sep 13, 2022
- 6 min
The wind gods finally win...
This morning we disembarked our last passengers in Newlyn (Penzance) two days short of our destination Plymouth. The wind gods had...
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- Sep 11, 2022
- 3 min
Voyage around the land of my fathers
Our passengers arrived together, bang on time having met on the bus from Bangor, the nearest station. Only two this time after another...
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- Aug 31, 2022
- 4 min
Irish Sea
Belfast is a strange place. The city centre feels safe and welcoming unlike the last time I visited, however one of our last guests...
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- Aug 18, 2022
- 9 min
Loads of lochs, locks and loughs.
Our passengers arrived in far-flung Inverness wired after stressful journeys by train, plane, car and donkey. Well, no not the donkey...
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- Jul 29, 2022
- 4 min
Over the top ....
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...
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- Jul 19, 2022
- 5 min
into the North
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...
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- Jul 7, 2022
- 5 min
Whoever said the east coast was boring....
I am writing this sitting in Whitby having completed leg 4 which should have been a simple delivery trip from Lowestoft without...
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