Dinghy cruising - an overnight trip to Cellars beach in a John Welsford 'navigator'
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Arwen is a 15' yawl designed by famous New Zealand boat designer, John Welsford. In this video, part one of three, we sail over to Cawsand Bay on our way to an overnight stop on Cellars Beach at the mouth of the river Yealm.
I built Arwen over two and a half years in my garage and she was launched in 2010. Since then we have cruised the rivers and coastal waters of South Devon and Cornwall. You can follow our adventures at Arwen's blog www.arwensmeanderings.blogspot.co.uk or here on her RUclips channel where you can download videos or themed playlists / plymouthwelshboy .
In episode two we sail across a gusty Plymouth Sound and Wembury bay to anchor just off the little beach where we ground Arwen and then set up the boom tent for the overnight stop. Episode three sees us sailing back to Queen Ann's Battery marina via Drakes island.
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If you would like me to address a particular dinghy cruising aspect in a forthcoming video - drop me a line below and if you have any nice, constructive, friendly advice to improve my sailing skills, please do let me know and thank you.
Fair winds, good sailing, stay safe and see you out on the water sometime. Thanks for joining us on this voyage.
Steve and Arwen
You and Arwen have so grown into each other over the years. Great trip and a good watch. Cheers :)
Thanks Kevin. She puts up with a scatty skipper 😄
Just delightful - thank you so much. I love the thought processes you share.
Thank you. Very kind. Glad you enjoyed it. New vlogs on the way in next few months. Take care now
Hi Steve. So happy to join you on your voyages. I am learning so much by watching, and I mean that in a good and encouraging sense... ; ) Cheers from the fickle winds of Japan.
Glad you enjoy them
@@plymouthwelshboy me too... ; )
Really enjoy your vids. Just behind Roger. 😜
My two favourite poms. 👍🏻
Ian from down under.
Thanks 👍
Looks like you had some really terrific wind in the beginning, but Arwen handled it nicely!
she always handles it better than her skipper does
Great video....really enjoyed it.
Thanks,glad u enjoyed it
Good to see you enjoying the lively breezes, Steve! That sort of conditions is where the Welsford boats really shine, I reckon!
Certainly is ..if only she had a decent skipper 😄
You might raise the heel of the main sprit up a foot or so. Right under the first reef cringle should be high enough to make it much more effective at reducing sail twist. I don't know if that will eliminate the difference between tacks though. Enjoying the scenery. My father's ancestors emigrated from that area about 4 centuries ago. Younger sons wanting land...
worth a try next trip out thanks for the tips
Good to see you're afloat again. Most enjoyable blog as usual.
Thank you .. appreciated
Wow, Arwen is flying. What Larks... thanks for sharing.
And now I have finally resolved the crease situation with some help from my friends....she's like a rocket 😁😁😁😁
Very Good, sail on!
Thank you
Very enjoyable Steve -- thanks. And I also enjoyed the narrower aspect ratios -- a happy accident as far as I'm concerned as I'm tired of the "fish-eye" very wide angled pictures most people set up their GoPros to capture.
Thanks Steve. I film in 16.9 linear but my hero 9 has a quirky side and sometimes it switched itself to 4.3aspecy. I have no idea why...but it can be frustrating 🙄🤣
5he lines can be run in a loop, so the sail takes the loose und up with it, and not pileing up on deck
Explain a little.more?
@@plymouthwelshboy so say its the halyard the line runs down the mast across the deck to the cleate and then some extra before returning back,,,as the yard is hoisted the free end is pulled along to keep it out of harms way , as the yard is lowered it brings the free end with it to add the line back ... think of a big loop with the sail at one side and a cleat at the other
Um.....worth exploring further, thanks for.the tip
I see you fitted a boom instead of the spotter. Does that improve your sail shape
The plans showed a sprit boom yawl option which is the one I went for. I'm sorry I don't know what a spotter is. The sprit boom gives good sail shape when set up correctly
That looks like a nice day for a sail 🙂 Hot weather and the wind off the land is probably always going to result in gusty winds. I've done the bulk of my sailing inland where gusty, shifty wind is the norm. It keeps you on your toes 🙂 I've never liked your mainsail. I think it's an awful design. IMHO you'd be best served by having it re-cut as either a gaff, gunter or more traditional lug sail - all tried and tested designs. Looking forward to the next episode 🙂
The issue with the sail is that I went for half battens and.not full ones as per the plans....and I'm a useless sail trimmer.....other navigator owners with same sail plan don't have the issue.....but then they ain't idiots either 🤣
@@plymouthwelshboy I paused the video at 7:27 and thought about what was seeing. Two thoughts come to mind. One is that your yard needs to be tighter to the mast , the other is your boom is pushing the clew too far aft. Loosen whatever is pushing on the boom and I think the crease will go away.
Good tips will try next time out. Thanks
@@plymouthwelshboy I don't think the batten length is relavent here. The reason you're getting that crease is that the distance between the lower end of the yard and the clew is a lot greater than the sail was cut for. The yard needs somehow be held more vertically to bring its lower end aft. That distance will have be determined by experiment but is probably going to be at least three inches and I wouldn't be at all surprised if it needs to come aft by six inches or more. This has led me to wonder if your main was in fact cut for a gunter rig? I've found a few photos online of Navigators with gunter yawl rigs, some of which have full length battens (a silly idea in my opinion but that's a a differnt topic).
@plymouthwelshboy hi Steve. I agree the mainsail is an issue. Please keep in mind that it is all a work in progress . You built the boat and it is beautiful. Please don’t be too hard on yourself. You out there sailing well. That in itself deserves congratulations.
Steve love your videos, what do you use to keep your oars in place when stowed out the stern during sailing?
Thanks Roy. They are held on by elastic bungee loops which hook over the stern cleats. They are also tied on at the rowlocks so in a capsize they stay close to the boat.
Hi Steve......can you tell me what slip you used to launch Arwen in this film. Also availability/possible to park road trailer and park car there for more than a day if camping out on sail?
Best regards
Andy
Hi Andy. I use QAB marina in Plymouth. U have to pay but you can leave car and trailer there, included in price. Pontoon, hose for wash down , marina cafe etc Alternative, is Mountbatten slip, can park car and trailer in public car park 100m away
@@plymouthwelshboy thanks Steve QAB looks like a very decent slip and facilities.