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

Tuesday 11 March 2014

Just received

A copy of Roger Barnes's book on dinghy cruising. Roger is president of the Dinghy Cruising Association. His book is called 'The Dinghy Cruising Companion'.

Very first impression.......high quality, excellent pictures, very comprehensive, lovely writing style, authoritative......I could go on. Every time I flicked randomly to a page, I learned something new, or found something thought provoking.

I am really looking forward to reading it and putting lots more skills into practise. Roger is one of our greatest dinghy cruisers and his experience and that of DCA colleagues is hard won.

On first impression.......get your copy fast!

Steve

4 comments:

Bob said...

Based on your initial impressions, I turned to Amazon, found the book and discovered it has "not yet been released." I ordered it - or, rather, pre-ordered it. Of course, Amazon doesn't indicate a release date, so I'll have a surprise coming one of these days!

Thanks for sharing your initial impressions.

Bob

Simeon said...

Thanks for the tip, Steve.

I just downloaded a copy to read on my Kindle and Samsung tablet. It's excellent so far!

steve said...

Hey Bob
Got mine from amazon uk
Preordered it back in January I think. I've been reading it slowly, first two chapters. Well written; nothing major if you are an experienced sailor. I'm not so its been brilliant. I love Roger's style of writing, warm, informative in low key way, concise, direct, simple and clear. His little sections on his experiences, sort of diary pieces really, or cameos are charming, humorous, and wonderfully descriptive. They really put across the delights and tribulations of dinghy cruising.

Wish I could write like that!
I still think, for me, at least, it has been an excellent purchase.

Steve

steve said...

Simeon
You are welcome
Enjoy

Steve