Sailing up the river Lynher
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'Mudlarking at midnight part two'.
'Mudlarking at midnight?' Part One can be found at • Sailing up the river L...
In this video, part two of three about an overnight cruise up the river Lynher, we make upwind passage to Dandy Hole, where we dry out on the little marsh mud spit called 'Redshanks Beach'. We put the home made galley box in to actio for an evening meal and then battle with strong incoming spring tides to keep Arwen in the right drying out position on the beach.
0130 the following morning finds us having to relay a kedge anchor in thick mud under a bright full moon.
You can find out lots more about Arwen, a John Welsford designed 'navigator' day sailing and cruising dinghy by visiting her blog at www.arwensmeanderings.blogspot.co.uk
Use the search bar to find posts on everything to do with dinghy cruising, from building galley boxes, to safety gear carried on board, sleeping arrangements and passage logs about our microadventures along the SW Devon/Cornwall coasts and their rivers. The blog has been going for fourteen years now.
Our KZread channel is conveniently arranged into playlists covering topics such as west country rivers, maintenance projects and more. Primarily a visual diary for my future '80 year old self', it also promotes dinghy cruising around the Plymouth Sound Marine National Park area.
We proudly fly the burgees of the Dinghy Cruising Association and the Small Traditional Sailing Boats group - both of which can be found on Facebook.
We look forward to you joining us on our cruising adventures and we welcome any constructive, positive comments and tips. Arwen's skipper is primarily a self taught sailor and both he and Arwen think we can all agree she deserves someone with much better intuitive sailing ability, skills and knowledge, to do justice to her incredible design and sea worth properties.
Take care now and fair winds to you all.
Steve and Arwen
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Thanks for another great episode and inspiring all small boat owners to do big things! That big white boat in Dandy Hole sank this week. Just the mast sticking up, so be careful next time anyone goes up the Lyner.
@plymouthwelshboy
9 ай бұрын
Oh my 😲 thanks for the warning. Sad that boats are left like that.
Another delightful video, Steve! I so enjoyed following along on Google Maps as you tacked up river, looking ahead, starting with your mention of Jupiter Point, and continuing on, spotting the beach at Dandy Hole, seeing photos that people had taken and uploaded from there and Wacker Quay. I’m sorry for your anxious night at anchor, but I am glad that you could muster some semblance of a sense of humor for your closing red-lit remarks! I’ve heard that “Life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans.” and it’s certainly been that way in my neck of the woods! All the best to you and yours!
@plymouthwelshboy
9 ай бұрын
Thanks Chris. All good fun in the end and lots of learning as always 😆👋
Thank you. Nice cruise. Brings back memories. I used to have a wooden 22ft-er on a mooring at Cargreen, and would visit the Lynher quite a bit.
@plymouthwelshboy
9 ай бұрын
It's a lovely stretch of water isn't it
Thank you Steve ,Im sitting here in The Bay of Islands NZ with page 59 of my old South England Pilot open : tracking up the Lynher River with my finger..As always a great experience to travel with you...and not a smudge of Tamar mud to be seen my 'ansome !
@plymouthwelshboy
9 ай бұрын
Most welcome. It's a lovely stretch of water, one of my favourite
Another wonderful one, Steve. You mentioned "Patience is a virtue," which got me thinking of something by W.H. Auden: "Virtue is always more expensive than Vice, but cheaper than Madness." Hope your aren't driven to mud-madness. Cheers, and looking forward to the next one!
@plymouthwelshboy
9 ай бұрын
Lovely quote. I'm a lot more patient now I'm retired 😆
@mikeu5380
9 ай бұрын
@@plymouthwelshboy As am I... I guess these are the gems that come to retired profs...
@plymouthwelshboy
9 ай бұрын
absolutely
Cracking video Steve. I like your attitude to circumstances, " no need to flap, we'll just see how we can deal with it. " I solved the poor bomb aiming with the snuffer lid on my Trangia, I cheat and use an old Tuna tin, it's bigger and easier to land first shot on the Trangia...😄
@plymouthwelshboy
9 ай бұрын
Now why have I never thought of a tuna tin...what a clever idea 😆
I really enjoyed this! I live very close to the Lynher and have kayaked on it a few times. Barely made it back in to Forder Creek on that spring flood this year! My dream is to get a small boat myself and do exactly this, get out on the water and explore our beautiful home. Thank you for sharing.
@plymouthwelshboy
6 ай бұрын
You are most welcome. I'm toying with getting a decent inflatable kayak to tow behind arwen but also to take on our motorhome travels as well. Glad you enjoyed the videos take care now
@MegaSeany1
6 ай бұрын
@@plymouthwelshboy we also kayaked back to Forder from Cotehele this summer. Highly recommended. Any top tips for a new sailor looking to explore the Tamar/Lynher/Sound and nearby coastlines? Many thanks!
@plymouthwelshboy
6 ай бұрын
depends on what kind of boat you have. If you are using a dinghy and towing - explore your local slipways in advance before launching always helps. Get a good navigation app like navionics and if exploring up river - an OS map of the tamar valley is also useful.
@MegaSeany1
6 ай бұрын
@@plymouthwelshboy thank you!
Big old tide !
@plymouthwelshboy
9 ай бұрын
Yeah fierce some even in the last two hours
@dirtywetdogboatsandsailing6805
9 ай бұрын
@@plymouthwelshboy The Lynher does seem to be late with it's flow at springs. Dandy hole is one of the few places where iv'e had an anchor drag.
@plymouthwelshboy
9 ай бұрын
some extraordinary tides at the moment so many places flooding
You will laugh about it later, were the car keys lost or just covered in mud? All the best and looking forward to part 3.
@plymouthwelshboy
9 ай бұрын
I am laughing now. The car keys actually worked... unbelievably....and my legs have never looked better after the mud dip 😆
@philj3727
9 ай бұрын
Lol i think I'll leave that out of my beauty regime😂
@plymouthwelshboy
9 ай бұрын
postscript - did bugger all for mine!
Simply messing about on the water.
@plymouthwelshboy
9 ай бұрын
Yup. Great fun 😆