tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263863416874538973.post2416849085442250649..comments2024-03-26T06:23:27.120+00:00Comments on Arwen's meanderings: at long last......its been a long time comingstevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06932550661580632605noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263863416874538973.post-54912777535275502982014-03-12T22:16:33.717+00:002014-03-12T22:16:33.717+00:00Don't speak too soon - we have had lovely weat...Don't speak too soon - we have had lovely weather the last few days.....a high is over the UK<br /><br />I'm struggling to remember when that last happened!<br /><br />Steve stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06932550661580632605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263863416874538973.post-85425209051156490962014-03-12T18:44:27.258+00:002014-03-12T18:44:27.258+00:00Hi Andrew,
It's great to hear you'll be ta...Hi Andrew,<br />It's great to hear you'll be taking ownership of Sea Minor and that you'll be starting a new blog. Seems like we haven't heard much news from the Navigator sailors down under lately, so I am looking forward to your blog very much. Although Steve and I live nearly have a world apart, we share the same weather. It'll be great to read of your adventures when we're socked in by rain. Welcome aboard! -Joel Joel Bergenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15368971898993662883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263863416874538973.post-24135787885705848182014-03-12T17:27:23.756+00:002014-03-12T17:27:23.756+00:00Hi Andrew
Another navigator blog is a good thing....Hi Andrew <br />Another navigator blog is a good thing. There is Joel's, mine and robert's; Wayne does a good one as well. The four of them inspire me every time they post. Hey are all excellent sailors with lovely boats. Aren and I muddle along nicely. She is creaky, worn and much loved. Her skipper is worn, creaky and only just learning how to sail. He's only survived because his seaworthy boat looks after him so ell and is patient and orgiving of his mistakes and inexperience. <br />Have fun on your first sail. Send me a link to you new blog and stay in touch. One of he amazing things about the www is he friendships you create electronically wih people who share the same passions<br /><br />Stevestevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06932550661580632605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263863416874538973.post-44349513481616415632014-03-12T10:10:37.665+00:002014-03-12T10:10:37.665+00:00Hi Steve,
I have been following your blog for a wh...Hi Steve,<br />I have been following your blog for a while now and have been a avid fan of the Navigator since first reading about them some four years ago. I'm pleased to say as of next weekend I will have my own Navigator to sail around the Islands of Moreton Bay in sunny Queensland. Your blog has inspired me so I'm going to start my own and hopefully inspire others as you have done. We both seem to have similar professions but I unfortunately have lacked the time and confidence to build a Navigator so have opted to take the easier option of getting in front of the helm by purchasing one that has had some history as the boat Dave M has restored. Keep inspiring sailors and I look forward to reading your postings from the UK. <br />Andrew M Brisbane, Australia<br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17083491356512749267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263863416874538973.post-64821116385496038032014-03-09T08:53:42.797+00:002014-03-09T08:53:42.797+00:00Hey Joel
How you doing/ sorry to hear about weathe...Hey Joel<br />How you doing/ sorry to hear about weather - we have had three months of it as you will have seen from previous posts; we are still cut off from rest of country via rail although they have made astonishing progress on rebuilding the seawall and laying new track at Dawlish in south Devon. farmers on the peat levels in Somerset along with al the villages there are in an awful state, only just now getting back into their flooded homes after six - ten weeks out of them; utter devastation and raw sewage sludge everywhere across homes, and landscape.<br /><br />the beach you talk of is a private one and the police will soon be around in their ribs. no one lands on it. We are short on beaches inside the sound which are landable and that is the only sandy one. <br />if you go west from the western end of Drakes island and slightly north - on the shoreline you will find one or two gun emplacements - and like you they have been turned into country parks.<br /><br />Steve stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06932550661580632605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263863416874538973.post-32319414910147763342014-03-09T00:22:38.119+00:002014-03-09T00:22:38.119+00:00Thanks for that, Steve. I think I needed that as ...Thanks for that, Steve. I think I needed that as much as you did. It's been constant rain here for I don't even know how long now.<br />I was just looking at the area in Google Maps. I think if I were there I would not be able to resist the urge to beach Ellie on that lovely sandy beach on the NW shore of Drake's Island and take a quick look around. I don't know how much trouble I'd be in if I got caught, but it looks like it would be worth it. :-) We have some similar places with old gun emplacements that have been made into parks. Hugely popular.Joel Bergenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15368971898993662883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263863416874538973.post-23697020714407015082014-03-08T23:15:52.331+00:002014-03-08T23:15:52.331+00:00Your turn will come!
SteveYour turn will come!<br /><br />Stevestevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06932550661580632605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263863416874538973.post-55603822666482123212014-03-08T19:57:48.371+00:002014-03-08T19:57:48.371+00:00Well done! Jealous as hell... 2 months 'til I ...Well done! Jealous as hell... 2 months 'til I go in... :o)Steve-the-Wargamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.com