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Isle of Dogs Sea Cadets sailed the Solent aboard Kaluki, a vessel owned and operated by the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust and sister ship to Solent Hero, on a weekend charter funded by the Ulysses Trust.0:01 The group based out of East Cowes Marina on the Isle of Wight, arriving by Red Funnel ferry during an alien-themed festival.0:32 A morning RIB run in the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust rigid inflatable took the group into Cowes to explore the marina.0:32 The main sail ran west through the Solent in 10–15 knots toward the Needles, passing Yarmouth and rounding the South West Shingles sandbank.1:57 Fog closed in at the Needles fairway, reducing visibility to roughly one boat length; the crew identified two temporary wreck markers — vertically striped yellow and blue — with a mast visible above the waterline.1:19 The return leg to Hurst Castle included a spinnaker set bearing the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust logo.3:07 The following day the group anchored in Osborne Bay.3:27 Paul, the unit's CEO, notes that each Isle of Dogs Sea Cadets charter directly funds one place for a young cancer patient to sail with the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust.0:57

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