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

Wednesday 7 July 2010

checking out Salcombe

I'm off in Salcombe all next week and so popped across late this afternoon to check things out one more time and to meet a few people to discuss strategies etc. Managed to get a few photographs whilst over there.........enjoy!


People getting ready for a dinghy race at one of the slipways
I think these are 'Merlin' dinghies


All pointing head to wind


They appear to be light and probably quite fast I should think


As I walked around to the office, I came across this brace of beauties


One of the lovely little boat building sheds that back onto the creek


Not 100% sure but I think this is one of the Salcombe yawls
Hope he has that securely tied off somewhere


Arrived along the town front just in time to see one of the Merlins tacking up the small creek


He was pretty content just to watch the world drift by


Locals plied back and forth.....moving the myriad of hire inflatables.....


......that congregate like an impenetrable grey pathway behind the Whitestrand Pontoon


The South Sands ferry comes and goes on the top of the tide..........


........watched over by the might of the Salcombe RNLI lifeboat.............


..whilst at the moorings..all the little boats just bobbed about on the tide!

Steve

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