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The Isle of Dogs Sea Cadets completed a residential sailing trip aboard the Solent Hero, a vessel operated by the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust.Watch The crew departed from Cowes, Isle of Wight, conducting sail training drills including man-overboard manoeuvres, 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 utilised 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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