LOGBOOK

Sailors keep logbooks of their voyages and scientists keep research journals. This logbook is a record of our voyage and a summary of our research and findings.

Rebecca

Oct 12, 2018
9 min

The results are in, what did we learn...?

Its been just over a month since we returned from our Clean Seas Odyssey Project, sailing 1000M around the western part of the English Channel educating ours...

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Rebecca

Oct 6, 2018
3 min

The n(i)b of the problem

On Saturday after our open day in St Peter Port, us intrepid ladies set off like a band of ninja litter pickers - honed for the task at heel. We delved into ...

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Rebecca

Sep 23, 2018
3 min

Maybe we jumped to conclusions...

Thank you George Monbiot for raising the issue that we cannot simply go on as we have. We agree that we need a new system: we cannot just replace one thing i...

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Rebecca

Sep 9, 2018
6 min

Comparing apples with apples...

When we were in Brighton we went for a jaunt, food shopping to stock up Amelie for our next voyage west. Nick and I thought we could set ourselves and our cr...

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Rebecca

Aug 23, 2018
5 min

A swinging time in Tregiuer

We had a relaxed start in Roscoff, munching on croissant, relishing the simple beauty of a scheme that delivers your previous nights' order to the marina in ...

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Rebecca

Aug 12, 2018
5 min

L'Aber Wrac'h to Roscoff: It's all a matter of scale

On our trip on Tuesday, there was little wind and what there was was coming from a rubbish angle for our intended journey from L’Aber Wrac’h to Roscoff, so u...

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Rebecca

Aug 6, 2018
5 min

Camaret to L'Aber Wrac'h: Fog and French recycling

We started our journey north under clear but dark skies yesterday morning. We were sailing from Camaret near Brest to L’Aber Wrac'h on the north east tip of ...

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Rebecca

Aug 3, 2018
6 min

There is no away, and there is no more

We hear that to encourage people to take care of plastics, we should give them a value, and one way that has been much discussed is through a deposit return ...

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Rebecca

Jul 25, 2018
7 min

We don't always finish up where we intended to at the start

It seemed like the logical place to start, but of course logic doesn't always prevail in reality, especially what with sailing from A to B (most probably via...

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Rebecca

Jul 8, 2018
4 min

How do we turn off the tap?

We love cleaning beaches! We find beachcombing treasures, we are relaxed by the sound of the sea, we get exercise, explore new places and meet new people. It...

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Rebecca

Jun 29, 2018
2 min

Questions, questions...

Like you, we have been horrified by images of sea plastic pollution. They are awful to look at, mostly because we know we collectively are at fault, harming w...

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Rebecca

Jun 16, 2018
3 min

Sunday 10th June: Poole Harbour Boat Show - Day 3

What an exciting and sunny day aboard! Today we were visited by Imogen from Plastic Free Bournemouth who came along with a film crew to find out what we are ...

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Rebecca

Jun 16, 2018
2 min

Saturday 9th June: Poole Harbour Boat Show - Day Two

Saturday dawned sunny and it certainly seemed to draw in the crowds with over 30 folks clambering aboard to have a look around the boat and talk to us about ...

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Rebecca

Jun 16, 2018
2 min

Friday 8th June: Poole Harbour Boat Show - Day One.

As the information boards went up, along with the deck tents we had another “wow - this is really happening” moment, but soon were busy preparing our various...

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Rebecca

Jun 14, 2018
2 min

Thursday 7th June: Sailing from Beaulieu to Poole

The day dawned overcast but we were finally ready to start our odyssey and so, after setting the jib, we slipped our lines at 0700 to catch the last of the e...

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Rebecca

Jun 9, 2018
1 min

A haiku a day keeps the plastic away

Born and brought up around the jade-green waters of Hong Kong, Claire now lives in North Oxfordshire (yes, it’s pretty much the furthest you can get from the...

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Admin

May 2, 2018
9 min

The Clean Seas Odyssey and me - Nick Beck

Find out more about the Clean Seas Odyssey in this interview with Nick Beck - co-creator of the project. How will the project work? On a practical level we w...

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Admin

May 2, 2018
13 min

The Clean Seas Odyssey and me - Rebecca Sykes

Find out more about the Clean Seas Odyssey in this interview with Rebecca Sykes - co-creator of the project. What do you think the problem is? The root of th...

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Admin

May 2, 2018
2 min

Sailing to #SaveOurSeas - Launching the Clean Seas Odyssey

Today we are pleased and excited to launch the Clean Seas Odyssey project aboard the Amelie Rose. In one month from now we will start a three month voyage of...

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Logbook

The results are in, what did we learn...?

The n(i)b of the problem

Maybe we jumped to conclusions...

Comparing apples with apples...

A swinging time in Tregiuer

L'Aber Wrac'h to Roscoff: It's all a matter of scale

Camaret to L'Aber Wrac'h: Fog and French recycling

There is no away, and there is no more

We don't always finish up where we intended to at the start

How do we turn off the tap?

Questions, questions...

Sunday 10th June: Poole Harbour Boat Show - Day 3

Saturday 9th June: Poole Harbour Boat Show - Day Two

Friday 8th June: Poole Harbour Boat Show - Day One.

Thursday 7th June: Sailing from Beaulieu to Poole

A haiku a day keeps the plastic away

The Clean Seas Odyssey and me - Nick Beck

The Clean Seas Odyssey and me - Rebecca Sykes

Sailing to #SaveOurSeas - Launching the Clean Seas Odyssey

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