Sailing Samphire
VOYAGES ABOARD A SADLER 32
From South Coast waters towards Atlantic horizons
Follow Samphire’s passages, destinations and life aboard as she is progressively prepared for longer voyages and an Atlantic adventure.
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Where is Samphire now?
When Samphire is underway, her latest published position and route progress can be followed through PredictWind. Fuller sailing logs and reflections from aboard are recorded through SailTies and the voyage journal.
View PredictWind Track | View SailTies Logs | Read Latest Voyage
Tracking may be delayed, paused or presented only as the most recent completed passage where appropriate for privacy and security.
Latest from aboard
Short photographs, reels and day-to-day moments are shared on Instagram. Longer passage stories, routes and practical reflections are kept here in the journal.
The first passages of the season
Samphire is returning to active sailing while preparation continues for longer trips, offshore resilience and a future Atlantic circuit. This area features the latest passage report, photographs and linked track data.
Read the Voyage Journal | Sailing Season 2026
Places Samphire has taken us
Harbours, anchorages and coastlines reached aboard Samphire, beginning on the South Coast and growing with each longer voyage.
Meet Samphire
Samphire is a Sadler 32: a capable British cruising yacht with ambitions considerably larger than her dimensions. She is being progressively prepared for longer passages while still being used for the sailing that makes the work worthwhile.
- Design: Sadler 32
- Type: British cruising yacht
- Current sailing area: South Coast and Channel waters
- Longer-term ambition: Atlantic and Caribbean cruising
A boat with a documented past
Before she became Samphire, this Sadler 32 sailed as Samingo II and underwent an extensively documented restoration between 2011 and 2013. That inherited history now sits alongside a new phase of preparation for longer voyages.
Preparing for bigger water
The work below deck, in the engine bay and at the chart table that makes longer passages possible.
What does an adventure like this really cost?
A developing, transparent record of buying, maintaining and preparing an older yacht for longer voyages.
Occasional updates from aboard
Receive occasional updates when Samphire completes a new passage, reaches somewhere worth writing about, or when a particularly useful part of the refit record is published.