Hi everyone and welcome to my new blog. My name is Steve and i am the lucky owner of a John Welsford designed 'navigator' named Arwen. I built her over three years with the help of my father, father-in-law and two children. She was launched in August 2007 at Queen Anne's battery marina in the barbican area of Plymouth. This blog is a record of our voyages together around SW England.
Saturday, 14 January 2012
Up and running and functioning well.........
one tohatsu outboard 3.5 hp standard shaft. Been serviced, worn parts replaced and ticking over sweetly.
A welshman displaced to wonderful Plymouth in SW England; a novice sailor and boat builder with a passion for all things to do with the sea. My learning curve is vertical....but hey that's what makes life interesting isn't it! So follow my journey as I learn to sail Arwen,grappling with charts, tide tables and passage planning so that I can become 'a dinghy cruiser'
Cruising Tug
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Peter Leenhouts of the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding, Port
Hadlock which is located on Washington State's Olympic Peninsula, northwest
of Seattle...
Mystery
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Visiting friends over at Shamrock Quay I spotted this lovely gaffer.
She's quite small around 22 feet, the hull lines are very fair, with hollow
bow secti...
September run
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September had a few nice sailing days and this day was no exception. Very
little to no wind but warm and sunny. Derrick brought by pictures that he
took fr...
Cruising - Seawall Contour
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I'm amazed how many people watched the night sailing video that I put on
here as it is one of those subjects that is far better to actively partake
in ra...
Centreboard Modifications
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Way back in this blog (27 Nov 2011) is a post about the centreboard. The
centreboard was not shaped correctly according to the plans. At that time I
decide...
Friend Ship Canal Boat by Phillip Thiel
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Speaking of launchings, my good friend and shipwright supreme, Rick
Johnson, has been building a canal boat designed by Phillip Thiel of
Seattle Washington...
Back on the water
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Sorry for the complete lack of blog content recently. We bought a house
and getting it and the yard cleaned up have been taking up a LOT of time.
We final...
5am on the Shore of Loch Oich by Ardrishaig
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[image: 2012-06-05_05]
One of the advantages of camping in Scotland in the summer is being woken
early by the dawn. On day four of Sail Caledonia I woke...
Cruise of the Joan: Blindfold to Belfast, 1923
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There may be reason to doubt early 20th century sailing adventurer WE
Sinclair’s sanity, but I don’t have any question about his sharp sense of
humour, so ...
2013 Everglades Challenge
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Warren Richey just posted this outstanding YouTube film that he made about
the 2013 Everglades Challenge.
Wow! I would really like to do this someday!
Texas 200
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No, I didn't do the TX 200 this year, but we did take a little
sailing/beach trip down to the coast at the same time. I've been wanting
to get more experi...
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Its been much too long since I posted here, the past year has been not as
much fun as one might like, but the health issues are somewhat under
control and...
update
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When we returned from our honeymoon we had a couple of weeks left in
August. In that couple of weeks we needed to pack our Apartment and move
down the road...
Dale's shed of dreams
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A perfect shot of Dale's workshop, containing his embryonic Welsford Scamp.
This is really a picture of the results of a captured imagination. I'll
post ...
the channel, the timeline and a no-name storm
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The ever-inquisitive Barry did a little research on the shoaling behind
Metompkin Island on Virginia's Eastern Shore and found some very
interesting inform...
Timeout Life...I Have A Boat To Build
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I had to take some time out from life to spend with Summa. She was becoming
jealous and I honestly do not blame her. I picked up where I left off and I
mus...
Sea of Poppies
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[image: Sea of Poppies (Ibis Trilogy, #1)]Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
The Sea of Poppies offers vast imaginings in stunning, his...
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