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, 4 April 2016

Tomorrow

winds 7 - 9 knots with gusts up to 12 or 13; from west north west and rounding to west. Less than 5 % chance of rain. Tide is HT at 1730, a 5.1m high tide. Low tide is 0.9m at 1100. My sailing window is from 0800 to1430.

So looks like a possible goer. No family commitments until 1630. Days like this seem rare so I aim to make the most of it. I have no particular sailing plans. I'm thinking

  • Some sailing onto and off moorings by Drake's island or out in the Cattedown if there isn't too much traffic
  • Some testing of floaty camera platform with new weights attached
  • Testing of adjusted rowing oars
  • A sail on the tide up the Plym if there is sufficient water
  • A sail over to the breakwater and back
  • Maybe over to Cawsand for a coffee and test of the new anchor buddy system
Any day out on the water is a good day.

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