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

Saturday, 9 April 2011

great news

'Annie' has been launched. Rob has all the details on his site at http://middlething.blogspot.com/

He also has a neat video clip of 'Annie' moving off the pontoon under the power of his electric pod. Neat gizmo - love it! It is a real pleasure to see this boat launched. Rob is a consummate craftsman who has made several small design changes leading to an excellent, highly crafted navigator. Rob thinks things through and takes his time. He is author of the book 'something about navigator' which I highly recommend. I've read it a couple of times now and keep learning something new every time I do.

Well done Rob. I know you will get many years great pleasure and enjoyment from 'Annie'

Steve

1 comment:

robert.ditterich said...

Thanks again Steve, you were one of several Navigator people who were in my mind during Annie's first sail. I'm sure Annie enjoys having sisters on several continents!