Arwen's meanderings

' Stacey ' is home and she works!  Pics and video to follow when I can get my son to talk coherently. At the moment he's just d...

Lasse, from Sweden recently launched his navigator and what a beauty it is. He's kindly allowed me to publish one or two of his photos ...

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 posted before about using a tiller tamer on Arwen. I used the design from the Dinghy Cruising Association and if  you look back th...

'Stacey' my son's motovespa 125 super restoration is returning this week from the garage. She is going through her MOT on Monda...

What do people use their VHF for? Now that was a question on the DCA open boat site which flummoxed me somewhat initially because I...

The Burlesdon Blogger has reached 250,000 page views on his blog and that is genuinely impressive. I like his blog; it is always interestin...

Get this........ 'Stacey ' is just about to pass her M.O.T. You have no idea what a huge milestone this is unless of course you hav...

Dave is a navigator owner and he has just posted these photos on the JW forum. I hope he doesn’t mind me posting them here on the blog; I...

I discovered this fascinating Youtube clip - a talk by John and some other colleagues about what to look for in a small boat. It was quite ...