World Ocean Week 2025
I’d like to mark World Ocean Week with a good story, but where to start? There are so many!
Setting Sail for Resilience and Ocean Sustainability
Imagine sailing across the ocean under a vast canopy of stars and dolphins weave through bioluminescent waters below. Such breathtaking moments are more than just beautiful – they are transformative.
Citizen Science (not just) for Yachties!
Sometimes it takes a little bit of lateral thinking ….
Low-cost High-tech Science
I am a fan of crowd-sourcing scientific data. I know it has its challenges, not least relating to quality control and assurance, but in my view that is balanced by the added value of engaging the public in… Read More
Head in the Clouds!
We are celebrating the 250th birthday of Luke Howard, the man who named the clouds. Besides studying languages, pharmacy and natural sciences, he was an ‘amateur’ meteorologist. The Royal Meteorological Society is marking his contribution to the field… Read More
Helena Fos Serda – First Scientist in Residence
Seas Your Future generously reserved a berth for science on each voyage in the summer 2022. This enabled me to recruit young and aspiring scientists, mainly students of relevant degree courses, to work as Scientist in Residence on… Read More
Around Britain in a Tall Ship 2020
During the covid pandemic lockdown in August/September 2020, the sail training charity Seas Your Future and Darwin200.com achieved something remarkable: to organise a circumnavigation of the British Isles in the tall ship Pelican of London.
Challenging Habitat 