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

Thursday, 18 July 2013

Sailing up to pontoons

Spent yesterday on the lake sailing a 21' drascombe. It is such a lovely boat to sail. More importantly, I managed to sail up to and more amazingly stop alongside a pontoon three times. Three times! I sailed up to a pontoon more yesterday than I have in my entire sailing career.
Extraordinary.......and I felt quite chuffed. Managed to stop alongside perfectly in a breezy crosswind, all under control.
I like draws complies. I like Arwen better but if I didn't have Arwen, I'd definitely want a drascombe.

Steve

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