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

Monday, 16 June 2014

Solitaire du Figaro and the Barbican Jazz Festival

I don't know who the group was but they were really good

Every year the Barbican hums to Jazz and blues

And with lovely weather as well - what a great event

The highest I have ever seen the tide inside Sutton harbour

The last hours before departure

Last minute sorting

...and last minute interviews for French TV

One hour to go before departure


The marshals are ready outside the lock gates

And two by two they exit the locks and cross the Cattedown

Here is our local hero and his boat team Plymouth - whey hey 'go Team Plymouth'!!

40 boats, all identical; all with their engines ready to have sealed before the start line


Passing Mountbatten Breakwater


The sound is proving to be busy
This is the controversial dock dredger I think
It dredges sludge from the dockyards and then goes around to Whitsand Bay to discharge it...which appears to be having a very detrimental effect according to locals

Queen's Harbour Master out and about keeping an eye on events

The delay, because of a lack of wind, was so severe that the ferry ended up
on the scene which caused further delays

Passing Drakes Island and just getting ready for the turn into Millbay Docks

A few more pictures and possibly a video clip of the Jazz festival tomorrow or the day after.






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