Hi everyone and welcome to my new blog. My name is Steve and i am the lucky owner of a John Welsford designed 'navigator' named Arwen. I built her over three years with the help of my father, father-in-law and two children. She was launched in August 2007 at Queen Anne's battery marina in the barbican area of Plymouth. This blog is a record of our voyages together around SW England.
A welshman displaced to wonderful Plymouth in SW England; a novice sailor and boat builder with a passion for all things to do with the sea. My learning curve is vertical....but hey that's what makes life interesting isn't it! So follow my journey as I learn to sail Arwen,grappling with charts, tide tables and passage planning so that I can become 'a dinghy cruiser'
Cruising Tug
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Peter Leenhouts of the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding, Port
Hadlock which is located on Washington State's Olympic Peninsula, northwest
of Seattle...
Mystery
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Visiting friends over at Shamrock Quay I spotted this lovely gaffer.
She's quite small around 22 feet, the hull lines are very fair, with hollow
bow secti...
September run
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September had a few nice sailing days and this day was no exception. Very
little to no wind but warm and sunny. Derrick brought by pictures that he
took fr...
Cruising - Seawall Contour
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I'm amazed how many people watched the night sailing video that I put on
here as it is one of those subjects that is far better to actively partake
in ra...
Centreboard Modifications
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Way back in this blog (27 Nov 2011) is a post about the centreboard. The
centreboard was not shaped correctly according to the plans. At that time I
decide...
Friend Ship Canal Boat by Phillip Thiel
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Speaking of launchings, my good friend and shipwright supreme, Rick
Johnson, has been building a canal boat designed by Phillip Thiel of
Seattle Washington...
Back on the water
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Sorry for the complete lack of blog content recently. We bought a house
and getting it and the yard cleaned up have been taking up a LOT of time.
We final...
5am on the Shore of Loch Oich by Ardrishaig
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[image: 2012-06-05_05]
One of the advantages of camping in Scotland in the summer is being woken
early by the dawn. On day four of Sail Caledonia I woke...
Cruise of the Joan: Blindfold to Belfast, 1923
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There may be reason to doubt early 20th century sailing adventurer WE
Sinclair’s sanity, but I don’t have any question about his sharp sense of
humour, so ...
2013 Everglades Challenge
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Warren Richey just posted this outstanding YouTube film that he made about
the 2013 Everglades Challenge.
Wow! I would really like to do this someday!
Texas 200
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No, I didn't do the TX 200 this year, but we did take a little
sailing/beach trip down to the coast at the same time. I've been wanting
to get more experi...
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Its been much too long since I posted here, the past year has been not as
much fun as one might like, but the health issues are somewhat under
control and...
update
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When we returned from our honeymoon we had a couple of weeks left in
August. In that couple of weeks we needed to pack our Apartment and move
down the road...
Dale's shed of dreams
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A perfect shot of Dale's workshop, containing his embryonic Welsford Scamp.
This is really a picture of the results of a captured imagination. I'll
post ...
taste of summer, plastic palm trees
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I found my first ripe tomatoes this morning. The small cherry tomatoes are
nearly two weeks ahead of schedule, which is surprising considering the
cold ...
Timeout Life...I Have A Boat To Build
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I had to take some time out from life to spend with Summa. She was becoming
jealous and I honestly do not blame her. I picked up where I left off and I
mus...
Sea of Poppies
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[image: Sea of Poppies (Ibis Trilogy, #1)]Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
The Sea of Poppies offers vast imaginings in stunning, his...
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