Arwen's meanderings

Hi everyone and welcome to my dinghy cruising blog about my John Welsford designed 'navigator' named Arwen. Built over three years, Arwen was launched in August 2007. She is a standing lug yawl 14' 6" in length. This blog records our dinghy cruising voyages together around the coastal waters of SW England.
Arwen has an associated YouTube channel so visit www.YouTube.com/c/plymouthwelshboy to find our most recent cruises and click subscribe.
On this blog you will find posts about dinghy cruising locations, accounts of our voyages, maintenance tips and 'How to's' ranging from rigging standing lug sails and building galley boxes to using 'anchor buddies' and creating 'pilotage notes'. I hope you find something that inspires you to get out on the water in your boat. Drop us a comment and happy sailing.
Steve and Arwen

Sunday 26 March 2017

Rather Breezy

A short stroll along the Slapton coast to see the semi resident humpback whale which hopefully is taking up a residency over the forthcoming spring and summer. His/her speciality is 'breaches' which do seem rather spectacular when seen from the cliffs along Hallsands.

Recently our cetacean friend made national news by getting caught in one of the lobster pots off Beesands but all is well thanks to British Divers Marine Rescue Unit and the RNLI and some local fishing boats.

Of course, with the sun shining for the first time and spring in the air, we forgot to check the forecast. I know. I know!
Say nothing!!


3 comments:

Bursledon Blogger said...

We're out of practice or is it just careless with the weather too, hint of sunshine and not a thought about wind strength, probably not as bad as where you were but we had a hard cycle north to windward along the Salterns trail around Chichester harbour .

Max

Stuart said...

Still, it must beat pumping and sponging out Arwen!
Stuart

steve said...

Did it beat pumping out Arwen...sort of. Although I find it sometimes tedious, it does reacquaint me with my boat during the winter months. And yup, definitely out of practice. Every year I forget everything and have to start again...sail trimming, navigation, passage planning. Ho hum!