Arwen's meanderings

To go sailing. I have just worked my third fifteen hour weekend in a row and there is still a mountain of coursework, essays and books to m...

safety torch bracket fitted. New brackets to hold mooring pole on starboard deck........fitted. New catches to make under deck forward hatc...

well, a new winch and strap. The other had corroded badly over seven years. New bearings fitted and greased well. The others had lasted ver...

I'm not quite sure where he is heading with these, whether it be a regular series or some one off videos, but they are good and useful....

see this YouTube. Start it at around 35 minutes in......i guess to stop the centreboard doing this on Arwen some form of downhaul on the ce...

so there we were in a small pub in Bradford on Avon, just a short hop from the regency town of Bath. For those readers living abroad, Bath ...

a splendid Georgian house, a grade II listed building. Period features are found everywhere, from fire places to window shutters, from beau...

a lovely post from a truly thoughtful blogger and sailor..........a snippet of a log from one of Teresa's students............. ...and...

it was such an immense privilege to sit in a room and listen to members of the DCA chatting away about their boats and adventures. What an ...

Nervous!  What shall I wear? What shall I take?  Do you turn up with biscuits, cake, boat parts? Do I need a pen and notebook? I'm of an...