Thursday, 24 October 2019

Charlestown near St Austell

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Went for a stroll with a good friend around Charlestown this morning - plenty to see and admire Four boats in today for maintenance ...
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Sunday, 20 October 2019

The joy in sailing a John Welsford designed navigator

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Tim Ingersoll, over the pond, posted a stunning picture of 'his last sail before the fall ' on one of the Facebook dinghy sailing f...
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Thursday, 10 October 2019

Rowing a navigator

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On my recent trip over to the river Yealm the winds were fickle and so becalmed just off the western end of the breakwater, I had my firs...
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Tuesday, 1 October 2019

Can you see what it is yet 2?

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Tarrah......it is finished. Can you now see what it is? Sounds like Playschool or Blue Peter........I liked those programmes as a kid - h...
Sunday, 29 September 2019

Returning home from the River Yealm in the John Welsford designed navigator 'Arwen'

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Here is part two of my mini day sail over to the Yealm and back - enjoy.  Part one can be found in a previous post last week.
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Saturday, 28 September 2019

outboard maintenance - switching out an integral fuel tank

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Those who follow this blog will know recent tribulations with my outboard. A 2011 four stroke MFS 3.5B Tohatsu outboard, it developed a slo...
Saturday, 21 September 2019

Dinghy cruising a welsford navigator - 'well it wasn't exactly Frogmore Creek was it?'

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Enjoy. Part two out sometime towards end of next week
Friday, 20 September 2019

a leaking outboard tank

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Nope, it isn't the petrol cap. I discovered a hairline fracture crack on the neck of the tank, just below the screw thread area. It run...
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Monday, 16 September 2019

I was supposed to be heading for Salcombe but......best laid plans and all that

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I was on the launch ramp at Salcombe. Steve, the Batson Creek boat yard manager had just been disturbed by me and bought across so I could ...