2023

It's getting better all the ti-y-ime...

Now is the time to book your last minute summer break, right here in the UK. We have some places on the seven day Three Rivers Voyage...

We're off to the Isles of Scilly !

Some last minute changes to arrangements mean we will be starting and finishing our last voyage in Fowey, in Cornwall. Three days...

Big changes and new adventures

We have been making plans over the winter for some big changes in how and where we operate and the activities and adventures we offer to...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...