Arwen's meanderings

Hi everyone and welcome to my dinghy cruising blog about my John Welsford designed 'navigator' named Arwen. Built over three years, Arwen was launched in August 2007. She is a standing lug yawl 14' 6" in length. This blog records our dinghy cruising voyages together around the coastal waters of SW England.
Arwen has an associated YouTube channel so visit www.YouTube.com/c/plymouthwelshboy to find our most recent cruises and click subscribe.
On this blog you will find posts about dinghy cruising locations, accounts of our voyages, maintenance tips and 'How to's' ranging from rigging standing lug sails and building galley boxes to using 'anchor buddies' and creating 'pilotage notes'. I hope you find something that inspires you to get out on the water in your boat. Drop us a comment and happy sailing.
Steve and Arwen

Monday 12 August 2013

Costa Rica


Tropical storms

 
Storms are impressive in the tropics. The rumbles of thunder are huge. Lightening forks across the sky in crazy patterns. The sky lights up and the huge downpours that follow bring branches crashing to the floor. I sometimes wonder how tin roofs withstand some of the impact. With the rain comes a refreshing and much welcome breeze which relieves the intense humidity for a few precious minutes. The ground is saturated......huge pools merge and trickle into one another. Everything at ground level sparkles in the merging daylight, glistening like a thousand scattered gemstones.

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The trees sway ominously. In their competition for life, the race for light against their neighbours, many trees have learned to grow straight and tall with slender trunks which sway great distances in the stormy breezes. With all their branches up high, they are top heavy. Whilst I sit here hoping that their roots go deep, in truth I know it is not the case. Tropical rainforest trees are notorious for being shallow buttress rooted and forever toppling down.  Costa Rica brings with it a real sense of Adventure and exploration!

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