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, 12 September 2012

quick don't miss it....a welsford video

I discovered this fascinating Youtube clip - a talk by John and some other colleagues about what to look for in a small boat. It was quite illuminating. I discovered by chance through the openboat forum and then later discovered that our good friend Joel (Yo Joel - how ya doin - and well done sir!) had recorded it with John's permission.  It's about 55 minutes long but well worth sticking with. So throw out the kids for an hour; pack the Missus off shopping; take the phone off the hook; find a comfy chair and a beer or cuppa...and sit back for some intellectual discussion about what makes a good safe small boat!

Well done Joel!

Steve

 

4 comments:

Joel Bergen said...

Thanks Steve, I have another video too, from John and Howard that I will post on my blog and it's on my YouTube channel as well. Feel free to link to it if you like.
-Joel

Joel Bergen said...

Sorry Steve, I was asked by Howard Rice to remove this video because they are going to produce a book and film for sale.
-Joel

steve said...

Ah - OK no problem - I will work out how to remove the video from the blog. Thanks for letting me know. You take care. Chat soon

Steve

steve said...

Ah - OK no problem - I will work out how to remove the video from the blog. Thanks for letting me know. You take care. Chat soon

Steve