We live in troubled times; the climate crisis, mass extinctions, political instability, eroded freedoms, traumatic life events, are all...

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...

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...

Governments around the world are starting to lift travel restrictions along with testing and quarantine requirements. This is being...

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...

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....

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 · ...

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...

The 20/20 discount for our 2022 summer season end on 20 December 2021. Check out cruise options and details on www.snark.limited.

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...

We recently reviewed our position on a whole swath of decisions which we have taken consciously and sub-consciously as we have been...

The 20/20 discounts on our fantastic Round Britain cruises will end on 20 December 2021 Don't miss out on this fantastic offer, book now...

Leg 2 White Cliffs Sometimes there is little to separate nostalgia and cultural heritage except intent. There’ll be bluebirds over The...

Sailing Around the British Coast 1 The English Channel. How it started (perhaps) Under Henry VIII, the English had generally pissed off...

We are going to sail Snark around Britain next summer. I have sailed sections of our route before, on state-of-the-art racing yachts; on...

Barging around the four nations After two years of stop-start operations and general frustration, we have decided we need to do something...

At the end of June we found a crack in our spreet, the big diagonal spar that supports the main sail peak and the top sail clew. A new...

Following publication of the IPCC report yesterday there can be little doubt that the climate is changing. The extreme weather events we...

With the Covid pandemic easing a bit and more people getting vaccinated we have just arranged a new cruise to close this summer's chaotic...

Snark, pictured at Cotahele by the National Trust, during a beautiful early morning trip up the Tamar, having anchored off Pantillie...

We're back! With a great range of UK sailing holidays and yoga retreats for bubbles and groups. We are open for booking for 2021 events....

Summer is coming and all around the country people are starting crash diets in a vain attempt to reverse the inevitable toll on the...

My mum was a typical post war bride. Despite working on Colossus at Bletchley Park, she didn't progress to university to study maths but...