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

Thursday, 9 October 2014

some videos of navigators in action

I occasionally trawl YouTube for videos of navigators in action. Light relief from the rigours of lesson planning, marking and self evaluation in the evenings!

Here are the fruits of tonight's 5 minute search:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DzT_EhhDcM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17U4rzKEoN4


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8NnkUPZtJE


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhGNhZRSgzU

Many of these videos feature Joel and his wonderful navigator 'Ellie'. As always, Joel's site is worth a visit at any time. Go to http://navigatorjoel.blogspot.co.uk/
I promise it wont be wasted time. A mine of information and inspiration. If the link fails, there is a quick link in my right hand side blog roll menu.

Steve



1 comment:

Joel Bergen said...

Thanks for the shout-out Steve. It's an interesting area where Simeon and I were sailing. Right near Anacortes, WA. Look one direction and you see this giant oil refinery with billowing smokestacks. Look the other way and you see pristine islands and the beautiful San Juans. Under our keels is an area with some of the best dungeness crab and salmon fishing around. That was a very memorable camp-cruise and Simeon's Scamp is gorgeous.