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

Tuesday, 10 August 2010

well...the time is approaching to be brave.....

got butterflies - have quadruple checked my passage plan, waypoints in GPS; checked the weather forecast every hour today.....excessive I know.....but hey - this is my first BIG ADVENTURE in Arwen...so I'm entitled to be nervous. paranoid, terrified.......can you remember your first big solo adventure?

you can follow my progress or lack of it by visiting my shared spot personal locator beacon page at http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0FlAQBV00qKabiiRj1PkYn3Um9x90T0yy

we'll soon find out whether my plans were good or not!  Wish me luck!

Steve
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Bursledon Blogger said...

good luck with the trip and watch out for the cross sea's which can spring up around bolt head - we followed a drascombe into Salcombe a few years ago was tough going for a big boat, but they had made the trip across from Fowey!!

11 August 2010 at 22:08

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