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 2 May 2016

Final 'last minute' preparations................


Leroic will be doing it the old fashioned way......self steering and sextant, no satnav GPS stuff!


Final motifs being added to sails........



start line buoys being towed out.....



RNLI inshore on standby



Team Sodebo getting ready..........and interviewed......by french TV





Marshals assembling.......



Team support vessels gathering


who goes where?




"Have we forgotten someone?"




the crowds are gathering....


and the last teams are going out on the high tide








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