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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...
Jul 7, 20225 min read
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Leg 3 to Essex and beyond....
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...
Jul 2, 20227 min read
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and on to London
Our lay days on Eastbourne were spent fitting our new Rain Man water maker and doing running repairs to the mizzen, all complete and...
Jun 21, 20226 min read
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and we are off...leg 1 Plymouth to Eastbourne
So, we are finally on our way after months of planning, building, fixing, marketing, worrying, more planning, endless e-mails to harbours...
Jun 21, 20224 min read
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Navigating troubled waters and reaching calmer seas....
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...
May 14, 20223 min read
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Funding, Awards and Memberships
It always feels good to receive recognition for what we are doing on Snark. Over the past few months a number of organisations have...
Apr 24, 20222 min read
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Highlands and islands adventure
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...
Apr 11, 20221 min read
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Barging around Kent
Our summer will be spent sailing Snark around the British coast. Each of the ten legs has its own particular character and focus. 'White...
Apr 2, 20222 min read
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All systems go
A couple of guests have contacted us to check that the Round Britain Voyage is still on. We are happy to confirm that despite the...
Mar 20, 20221 min read
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Business Declares
We are excited to announce that Snark Ltd has joined Business Declares, the diverse group of businesses that have committing to...
Mar 17, 20221 min read
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Cobles (with one b)
The most iconic vessel still sailing the north east coast of England is undisputedly the coble. These evolved from the Vikings longships...
Mar 6, 20221 min read
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Storms and teacups
The weather is finally settling down after the terrible triplets Dudley, Eunice and Franklin have been battering us for the last week. At...
Feb 24, 20222 min read
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Whitby connections
Weather gods willing, Snark will arrive in Whitby on 6 July 2022 at the end of the 4th leg of our Round Britain Jubilee Cruise. We will...
Feb 17, 20222 min read
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I must go down to the sea again,
We live in troubled times; the climate crisis, mass extinctions, political instability, eroded freedoms, traumatic life events, are all...
Feb 9, 20222 min read
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Drifters, wherries and smacks; keels, sloops and the old Billy Boy.
On our cruise around the British coast we have now left the Thames and are heading up the east coast of England through the muddy waters...
Feb 4, 20223 min read
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Stumpies, Boomies and Mulies, Bawleys, Dobles and Smacks.
If you were to sail down the Thames on the Clacton-on-Sea paddle steamer in 1900 you would be welcomed by a diverse and picturesque...
Jan 29, 20224 min read
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Just because you can doesn't mean you should....
Governments around the world are starting to lift travel restrictions along with testing and quarantine requirements. This is being...
Jan 26, 20222 min read
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the power of the wind
For millennia mankind has found ways to harness the wind to help move goods and people around the waters of the world. There are lots of...
Jan 6, 20222 min read
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The Thames Match
We have discovered that the second leg of our tour is passing through Gravesend just one day before the running of the 90th Thames Match....
Jan 3, 20221 min read
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Sailing Around Britain in 2022
There are so many reasons to join us for one or more legs of our summer 2022 cruise Around Britain it’s hard to single one out · ...
Dec 26, 20211 min read
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mud and meridian lines
When we bought Snark's bare hull in Essex we had the four sections transported by land over the Thames to Turks Shipyard, which occupies...
Dec 23, 20212 min read
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Dec 20, 20210 min read
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Book now to get your 20/20 early bird discounts - only 4 days left.
The 20/20 discount for our 2022 summer season end on 20 December 2021. Check out cruise options and details on www.snark.limited.
Dec 16, 20211 min read
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Book now to get your 20% discount
If your dithering on whether to book now or wait until later we would like to remind you that our 20/20 early booking offer ends in...
Dec 6, 20211 min read
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