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Harbourmaster Sailing Challenge progress

One man’s quest to visit every harbourmaster in the UK is gaining momentum.

Since leaving Dartmouth in March 2019, retired businessman Mark Ashley-Miller, 57, has interviewed 78 harbourmasters and visited 90 harbours. He still has an estimated 222 to go in order to meet all of the UK’s official HMs, deputies and assistants.

Post-lockdown, Ashley-Miller is happy to be back sailing his 34ft Nauticat 331 , helping boost the harbours’ incomes. Speaking to YM

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