6 days ago
Mark Ashley-Miller
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Cruising Association Wessex Branch. Very lively crowd! Mark's speaker fee passed onto the charity.
6 days ago
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Cruising Association Wessex Branch. Very lively crowd! Mark's speaker fee passed onto the charity.
4 weeks ago
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Congratulations!
1 month ago
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Congratulations Mark. An epic achievement!
1 month ago
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Congratulations to Mark and Good Dog for finishing their voyage. Thanks for the memories!
1 month ago
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Brilliant
1 month ago
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Memorable voyaging, with a cruise thrown in.. Well Done Mark on a completed mission
1 month ago
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Happy memories of a windy week from the Royal Irish Sailing Club to Carlingford! And most of all visiting the last of your harbour masters at Drogheda. Enjoy the Aleria Gin!
1 month ago
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A fantastic achievement 👏
1 month ago
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Well done Mark, a tremendous achievement
1 month ago
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Congratulations on such an achievement x
Mark Ashley-Miller is raising money for The Seafarers' Charity and PCC of Sherborne With Castleton
Update October 2023
I HAVE COMPLETED THE CHALLENGE!
255 Harbour Masters met and interviewed. 8,500 Nautical Miles sailed. 310 Harbours visited.
I am raising money for The Seafarers' Charity (formerly King George's Fund for Sailors) by sailing around the whole Great Britain & Ireland, attempting to visit every harbour with a Harbour Master between 2019 and 2024. Starting in Dartmouth in March 2019, my last harbour was Drogheda, Co Louth.
I interviewed each Harbour Master and recorded information about their harbour and their varied job and am posting it on Instagram (@harbourmastersailingchallenge) as I sail along. I attempted to sail into each harbour - but where that was not possible I visited the Harbour Master on foot.
I am supporting The Seafarers' Charity in memory of my father Peter, who was in the Royal Navy. They also support men's mental health having suffered depression myself, and which I am keen to promote.
The Seafarers' Charity has been helping people in the maritime community for over 100 years, by providing practical support to seafarers "in need" and to their families. They support also support those in education or training who are preparing to work or serve at sea. The charity does this by giving grants to organisations and projects that make a real difference to people’s lives, across the Merchant Navy, Fishing Fleets, Royal Navy and Royal Marines. Last year, Seafarers' gave grants totalling £2.5 million to 60 maritime welfare charities. Seafarers' receives no government funding and is heavily dependent on public donations and legacies to maintain its grant-making programme.
10% of what I raise is being donated to St Martin's Church, Lillington, Sherborne, Dorset. I am Church Warden of this beautiful and thriving church, and in return for being released from my wardening duty for my 5 year Odyssey, Seafarers' has kindly agreed to share part of what I raise.
Special thanks to 2023 sponsor: Inland and Coastal Marina Systems who have given £1,500 direct to Seafarers' Charity. A wonderful Irish company! www.inlandandcoastal.com
Thank you for checking out my page. Making a donation is fast, easy and secure thanks to Give as you Live Donate. They'll take your donation and pass it onto The Seafarers' Charity and PCC of Sherborne With Castleton.
5 months ago
June 2023. I have now reached Northern Ireland - what a friendly (and sunny) place it is! I am spending so long chatting to every HM and sailor it may take two years to get around Ireland! I have been sponsored by Irish pontoon manufacturer Inland and Coastal Marina Systems - thank you to Oliver and the team!
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Charity number: 1130082
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