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Isle of Dogs Sea Cadets hight seas adventure on Solent Hero Aug 25
7 August 2025 · 7 min · 166 views · Portsmouth Harbour
What this video covers
The Isle of Dogs Sea Cadets completed a residential sailing trip aboard the *Solent Hero*, a vessel operated by the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust.▶ 0:00 The crew departed from Cowes, Isle of Wight, conducting sail training drills including man-overboard maneuvers, tacking, and gybing in the Solent.▶ 1:33 Navigation included a transit between the Needles lighthouse and the Coast Guard cottages to clear the Varvassi wreck.▶ 1:59 The vessel anchored in Alum Bay before sailing to Portsmouth Harbour, where the crew berthed at Haslar Marina in Gosport.▶ 2:18 During the transit, the crew navigated busy commercial traffic, including the Ryde-to-Southsea hovercraft and Royal Navy vessels near the Spinnaker Tower.▶ 5:56 They utilized visual transits, such as the alignment of a war memorial and a church, to identify the channel, noting that new construction has obscured these landmarks.▶ 5:31 The trip concluded with a visit to West Cowes via the chain ferry and a final stop at Osborne Bay.▶ 6:53
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