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

Friday, 28 February 2014

the box.................................

well here it is

the box....a family heirloom.......


it will need rubber neoprene gaskets and new hinges

side on; one corner is splitting and needs some work

a bit of a split in the top too but this is some fifty years old......

perhaps a wee bit more work that I'm initially anticipating?
 
hinges will need sorting as well and may be rabbeting the tops to fit better?

pretty cavernous.........

and a pretty, very old metal petrol jerry can which holds a fair old amount
 
 

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