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About Me
- steve
- A welshman displaced to wonderful Plymouth in SW England; a novice sailor, motorhomer and boat builder with a passion for all things to do with the sea. Follow my journey as I learn to sail Arwen, grappling with charts, tide tables and passage planning so that I can become 'a dinghy cruiser' And by the way, just occasionally, little snippets about our travels and adventures. Subscribe on this blog and at www.youtube.com/c/plymouthwelshboy for videos about dinghy cruising. I look forward to hearing your comments, tips and thoughts.
My Blog List
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Over and Out - Last week I sold Annie to a new friend Rob from Atlanta. He and his friend Steve came to Urbanna and spent the morning with John and I at John and Vera'...
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chemical pioneer & esso brussels - SEA WITCH / CHEMICAL PIONEER Built: Bath Iron Works, MELaunched: 1968Length: 610 ft / 190 mBeam: 76 ft / 23 mDraft: 35 ft / 11 mCrew: 40 ESSO BRUSSELS / Pe...1 year ago
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Calms - Fine settled weather, great for rowing, kayaking, cycling and riding motorbikes - not so great for sailing Below Bursledon pool looking more like a mill ...3 days ago
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The Van de Veldes: Greenwich, Art and the Sea - My last art post was about the simply awful Hogarth exhibition at the Tate, which was just terrible, having no interest in art or Hogarth or historical ...1 day ago
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From last year to next year - It’s hard to believe that a year ago my trip to Antarctica was just about to begin. I had just finished eight days of quarantine and was on my way to join ...4 months ago
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Lion Creek - Sea-Country book extract - My book Sea-Country is no longer in print and in due course I will be making the book available from my own website in digital format only. Meanwhile, I...
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Short, odd season. - I’ve been slack with this blog. It’s been such a strange year. Daisy G was repaired, very well, by Traditional Shipwright Services, who are literally next ...1 year ago
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Moving this blog to Wordpress, Nov 2014 - I am going to continue this blog on a new *Wordpress *site. I have got tired of the restrictions and changes that occur to the image library here on Blogsp...
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Greatings from Doryman - *The voyage ethereal continues apace...* When this weblog was introduced, I didn’t really know where to take it. Then, I found the beautifully functional ...3 weeks ago
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Removing Butyl Tape: Suggestions? - *Gardens'* CB case leaks a fair bit when sailing to windward. The case has three parts: the main trunk; a 'box' (housing the CB uphaul rigging); and a 'c...5 months ago
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Outstanding small boat adventurer Howard Rice tells his story for the Dinghy Cruising Association - Visit the Dinghy Cruising Association here.1 week ago
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Three "Nearshore Anchoring" methods for small boaters - During last year's Salish-100 small boat cruise, I did a presentation and demonstration of the three "Nearshore Anchoring" methods that I frequently use....1 month ago
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June 2018 - Sprint to the Finish!! Warning: This is the most boring blog post, with the best ending All this Spring I’ve been totally jamming to get finished and get t...4 years ago
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Don't you just love the smell of Acetone in the morning? - A New Year, A New Build. Everything Starts at the beginning, although in this case the beginning was over ten years ago. The Katie Beardie. story i...2 weeks ago
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<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< HAMMERED >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - If you look just below the eye of the storm and then a little to the left you will see a small green circle which marks the city of Whangarei where I hav...5 weeks ago
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days six and seven - Chez Webb - Only five days into the trip yet Webb's place on Hilton Head is too inviting of a place to not stop and visit. His condo on Skull Creek quite literally...10 hours ago
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The Sea Wolf, a review of the 1904 novel by Jack London - [image: 533823] [image: 917894] [image: The Sea Wolf]The Sea Wolf by Jack London My rating: 4 of 5 stars Action drama from the beginning of last century d...4 years ago
Popular Posts
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If you search a few posts back you will see that I built a new outboard engine maintenance stand. I based it on plans off the internet but ... -
What I was aiming for was something like a cross between this……. and this...... But what I got was this………… Not... -
I have been thinking of making some nice wooden blocks for Arwen over the summer along with a new pair of 9’ 6” oars. Now the garage h... -
I’ve been thinking of putting a tent on Arwen but I can’t afford to get one purpose built so I’m going to have to improvise. There are two ... -
How do you keep busy during a lock down? During the BIG lock down in spring, I cut and constructed 35 wooden garden steps with gravel infill... -
The stand is finished. It didn't take as long as I was expecting - which means all the plans I have listed for occupying myself during ... -
The blog post before this one outlines the day. Here is the vlog to go with it https://youtu.be/DtpTiSCvKH8
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The two galley boxes alongside each other for the first time. Slightly different heights and widths for various reasons which I won't b... -
A quick winter project is a second galley box for Arwen. The first galley box project can be found here https://arwensmeanderings.b...
2 comments:
Steve, are you planning on joining the DCA rally at Calstock next weekend. May4-6? I am thinking of bringing my wooden Swallow Bayraider. Mark
Hi mark. Have messaged you
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