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 between 2009 and 2025.
Arwen has an associated YouTube channel so visit www.YouTube.com/c/plymouthwelshboy to find our most recent cruises and click subscribe.
Although 'Arwen' has now been sold to another family and is sailing in new water, this blog will remain a source of inspiration and information for those interested in dinghy cruising and sailing the local waters around Plymouth Sound. So, continue to drop us a comment or ask a question and happy sailing and fair winds to you. Steve and Arwen
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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