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

Saturday, 25 March 2017

Pumping out a John welsford navigator.........several times!!

Winter brings constant rain in our part of the world and that brings the need to constantly pump out poor old Arwen.
She sits on the sloping drive under her tarpaulins and the rain finds its way in whatever precautions her skipper takes!

As I have ruefully said many times before on this blog, I wish I had had the foresight to put the forward hatches not on the vertical baulk head of the front thwart, but on the actual thwart seat itself.  that will be this summer's project.

In the meantime, Pumping out Arwen continues to be a regular winter ritual!


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