Arwen's meanderings

are beginning to emerge. I think I will head east. The rough itinerary is as follows Day one: Plymouth to Salcombe Day two: sailing aroun...

its a tad old but I came across this lovely report of a dinghy camp cruise. The video shows a lovely navigator under sail about 1 min 34 se...

I was very lucky to get an invitation to sail on a friend's post boat yesterday. It is a very nice boat. Precisely the same lengt...

So I hauled out the plans and went all over them again. The mast isn't short....it's the correct height. The top boom and sprit b...

yes I do have one.....has been researching my problems with the sail and has come up with a couple of useful points. 1.  We think the mast...

heartbroken. My beloved Vauxhall Zafira , 12 years old and 101,000 miles on the clock has finally died. The radiator collapsed, the head ga...

A lovely event....and one day, when I am good enough.....Arwen and I will attend.......one day! http://www.hostellerssailingclub.org.uk/in...

Simple pleasures include going out on 'Stacey', our 1968 motovespa 125 super. Today it was a quick trundle in the early morning sun...

Simeon gave me a good web link Apparently we don't talk about weather he ml in polite sailing circles....sorry guys! Major phoopah! ...

I remain, as always, slightly baffled about some elements of sailing. A eureka moment last year was when Joel, over in the USA managed to g...