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

Sunday, 18 May 2014

Sam Goodchild

is a west country skipper in the Solitaire du Figaro. He's 24 yrs old and is flying the flag for Plymouth and Falmouth.  His boat is 'Team Plymouth' and Sam wants to focus world attention on our fair city. Its his fourth year in the event and he is already the UK's best placed competitor since the one design rule was introduced in 1991.

Sam says in our local paper that the biggest challenge is looking after your body as well as making the boat go fast.

Well we all wish him luck in our city. Its going to prove to be quite an event!

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