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 21 July 2016

Practical boat owner article

there is a good article on building a navigator her in the UK in the August edition of Practical Boat Owner magazine.  Mike Price has a come a long way in building his navigator and he has gone for very nice teak strip seating. I look forward to seeing it launched. Arwen's Meanderings gets a wee mention in a box of useful websites at the end of the article along with Joel's, Barrett's, Robert's and John's websites. Duckworks over in the US also gets a mention.

Tomorrow is the first chance I have to get out on the water. The weather is about to break and so I may delay it until Saturday. A minke whale was spotted off Plymouth Sound during the hot weather earlier this week......when I was assembling dad's shed for him......so I am hoping it is still there!!!

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