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, 17 September 2011

and it was almost a fairy tale ending

..........but not quite. Team Korea, a nearly all British crew, couldn't quite do it and came second in the ACWS Plymouth match racing leg, to the bookies favourite Team New Zealand.  having won both quarter and semi final heats......they looked slightly exhausted. team New Zealand didn't have any races before hand. well that's the way the cookie crumbles and of course, the New Zealand skipper is more experienced.



Today was thrilling racing and around 25,000 lined Plymouth Sound again. It has been a fantastic week and we are all looking to the fleet race finale tomorrow. So, here for your enjoyment, are my best shots of the day.

Steve

Umpires boat and countdown clock to first race

match racing: two boats go head to head


whilst support crews and coach boats look on

burning 4000 calories in an afternoon's races
the fittest of the fit

jumping from one side to another constantly

all under the scrutiny of helicopters

Artemis showing a fast turn of speed



as helicopters get lower and lower to get those 'head on' shots

the ex navy seal umpires whizz about on upgraded jet ski's

Team china warming up for their match race

whilst getting some coaching encouragement




thousands watch on the big screen on the Hoe

Team Korea......almost but not quite....but wow, didn't they do well



at some starts boats are less than a metre apart


Tomorrow, shots and videos from this weekend and a selection of the odd shots I've taken over the week.


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