Local Business supports ASPIRE360 Round Britain Challenge Plymouth based Ace Fire & Security have pledged their support to Morvargh Sailing Project and their #ASPIRE360 voyage by donating new fire extinguishers for use aboard their Tall Ship Helen Mary R. ASPIRE360 is fantastic opportunity for eight young people aged between 14 & 18 to experience the United Kingdom in …
The Christmas and New Year breaks are over and we're back aboard Helen Mary R getting everything organised for #ASPIRE360 and working on the (thankfully) decreasing jobs list! There are just 88 days until we slip lines from Plymouth's Sutton Harbour to great fanfare and cheers with just 8 young people. Selecting the final 8 to …
Yesterday I was interviewed by Heart FM, BBC Radio Devon, BBC Radio Cornwall and had a television film crew from the BBC visit Helen Mary R in Sutton Harbour! Certainly not a normal day for me but a huge day for Morvargh Sailing Project. The reason for this flurry of (and continuing) media attention is …
It’s amazing that some of Transat Bakerly fleet are now a massive 2000miles away from Plymouth; and they only left on Monday afternoon! They still have another 2000 miles to sail however and there are depressions in the Atlantic that are about to shake things up. Looking back closer to home we’re cheering on Loïck …
You might be aware that in 2013 we discovered that Helen Mary R's standing rigging needed to be replaced. Sadly we didn’t have the reserves in place to pay for the rigging and had to make the very difficult decision to suspend operations. This started a personal journey of ups & downs as Morvargh is very …
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