Drizzly Days in the shallows
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ม.ค. 2025
- An overnight cruise in early Spring, deep in the shallows of the Rade de Brest, featuring lots of drizzle, wading about on muddy saltings, cooking and musing on American and European table manners.
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MY NEW VENTILE BOAT TENT
Ventile is the trade name for a tightly woven long staple cotton developed in the 1940s by the Shirley Institute in Manchester and originally manufactured by Talbot Weaving in Chorley. It was used in the production of immersion suits for pilots forced to ditch in the sea during WW2, and continued to be used for this purpose long afterwards. As the Lancashire cotton industry began to decline, Talbot Weaving partnered with Stotz & Co in Switzerland to dye and finish their products, and eventually Stotz & Co started weaving their own cloth to a similar specification, branded EtaProof. Then Talbot Weaving began buying fabric from Stotz & Co, branding it as Ventile for sale in the UK - until Talbot Weaving was finally dissolved in 2019. Stotz & Co had purchased the Ventile brand name in 2017 though, so the fabric continues to be manufactured in Switzerland - called Ventile in the UK and EtaProof in continental Europe.
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I purchased my Ventile cloth on the roll from Pointnorth in the UK. Pointnorth are very helpful in the selection of outdoor fabrics, and I recommend them.
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AVEL DRO
Do you want a boat like mine?
Avel Dro is an Ilur designed by François Vivier, and built of clinker plywood by Les Charpentiers Reunis of Cancale in 1994. I bought her in France to import her into the UK, and more recently returned her to France again before the Brexit trade restrictions were imposed.* The design is based closely on the traditional inshore fishing boats of Brittany in the early years of the twentieth century, hence her single boom-less lugsail rig and lack of a mainsheet horse, (sometimes controversial among my viewers). Although rare in Britain, Ilurs are relatively common in France. The name Avel Dro is Breton, and basically means a whirlwind.
Length 4.44 m
Sail area 12.2 m²
Beam 1.70 m
Draught 0.25 / 0.86 m
Design category C3
François Vivier's website (in English):
www.vivierboats...
Similar dinghies can often be found for sale on the website of the French magazine Le Chasse-Marée:
www.chasse-mar...
Or try Le Bon Coin, (where you can buy anything in France):
www.leboncoin.fr
*Since January 2021, Great Britain (but not Northern Ireland) residents who buy a boat in France or elsewhere in the EU, with the intention of importing it into the UK, need to pay VAT and other duties on the import. This also applies to UK boats exported to the EU.
MUSIC
Footprints in the Sand - Roots and Recognition featuring Melanie Bell
from Epidemic Sound
Not really alone when you bring 30,000 of us with you. Thank you Mr.B.
Hehehe. That's right.... we're waiting the next venture.
@@nicholasfernandes2217 living vicariously!
Make that 40k
@@thetraditionalsailor Go small, go simple, go now!
L.P.
A drizzly day being no match for a sunny disposition :)
It's good to hear from you, again. It's been too long. I have you to thank... or perhaps to blame... for my recent purchase. I just bought a 1980 Siren 17, built by Vandestadt & McGruer Ltd. (CANADA)-- and a trailer to go under it. It is a fractional sloop with a minimum 8 inch draft, a steel swing centerboard, and a displacement of 750 lbs. It has a very large cockpit and a small cabin that's roomy enough for two. A cruising dinghy! I would have never considered one until I started watching your videos.
Congratulations! Not sure where you sail but an acquaintance of mine used to sail on Lake Simcoe in a Siren I sailed there on a Sirius. Bay of Quinte is excellent for the Siren also, enjoy.
@@johnoflegend1529 Thanks, mate. I live in the tropics of Florida. Lots of Harbor and Bay sailing, but mostly salt water. I used to live in Michigan and have sailed Lake St. Claire many times, several in the winter.
Sirens are fun little boats, our 1986 boat is in Montana. We've slept two adults and a child in ours, but it was snug! There is an active FB page for Siren owners and a couple of TH-cam channels with Siren content as well if you're interested in seeing other's adventures.
Congratulations sounds like a lovely boat. I bought something similar (a Quim 16) a few years ago and it’s the best boat I’ve ever had!
Thanks so much for showing both sides of the sailing coin with this video! In an Instagram perfection-obsessed world, it's so nice to see that when your gear is not working like you want it to, the weather isn't cooperating, etc. that you're still able to have a great time! Actually inspirational.
A fine film, and bravo for braving the weather. The countryside there looks lovely. Wishing you a good sailing year! 👍🏽😀
You must be becoming frencher, lots of pictures of food. But this is one of my favourite of your videos, it is so hard to capture the windier and wetter days, and you do it really well here. Dare i say, you even come across as quite charming.
Getting better at acting for the camera?
Lovely to hear from you again Roger, I hope you have a good season this year!, funny about the left and right hand fork, if it weren't for a situation like that in a hotel many years ago involving the Monty Pythons and the hotelier, we may never have had Fawlty Towers!, imagine that loss to society. Best wishes to you and thanks. Gérard lacey in Ireland.
Hello Roger, la météo bretonne et ses 4 saisons par jour 🤭, j'avais presque froid à te regarder sous la pluie. Une belle navigation dans un endroit superbe. Merci du partage et bon vent pour la nouvelle saison qui démarre. 👍🏻🙏
Love the comment on continental fork positioning. Agree. Well said!
You're so current Roger! Love it!
I appreciate you going out on a rainy day for us. Always fun to watch, so peaceful.
You had an exiting moment there at 2:30 before you set up another reef 🙂 But your good seamanship kept the boat upright 👍
Greetings from cold Denmark 🙂
Squeaky bum moment
What happens to that boat of it capsizes? Looks like it would fill with water and sink until its gunwales were at sea level. What then?
@@mirror1675 The Ilur has inbuilt foam flotation, plus waterproof bags and stuff. In case you're curious, Roger did several capsize themed videos. Have fun.
All I can say is thanks for this. Regards from Argentina.
Not for the first time Roger shows he’s the only real sailor I know….sure there are others…but like me…all the ones I know are fair weather.
Thanks for another great film.
This is why we look up to you Roger as our dinghy cruising guru. You make a planed passage for the weekend and come rain or shine team Barnes consisting of Avel Dro and Roger go sailing.
And despite the cold and wet conditions you bring us along with you and we love it .
Thank you so much Roger and please don't stop sharing your sailing experiences with us 🙂👍.
great little video. in memory, those less than comfortable 'hardships' become happily pleasurable. i remember living in a little sailboat anchored in boston harbor when it froze over. had to break the ice with an oar and row into the gap. took me a half hour to go fifty yards, but that mcdonald's coffee tasted markedly better than usual. great videos!!!
And you are correct about the knife and fork. I have no idea why the hell we do that!
And I'm still in love with your little cook box. And definitely got a big smile when you held up a well-used Opinel!
I remember my grandma (an English lady) using the knife 🔪 n fork 🍴 like you Mate.
I’m totally enjoying your well done video n sailing adventures.. cheers 🥂 Nick
Malgré la bruine et le froid, Avel Dro navigue !! La nouvelle tente est efficace.. Merci pour ces belles images !
Another very enjoyable video Roger as always. Glad to see that you are ok and out on the water again. I love your little lesson on using the knife and fork. Looking forward to your next video. Thank you.
Knife in right and fork in left hand ! THEN YOU HAVE TO TURN UPSIDE DOWN TO GET THE FORK IN! We love the videos - Please keep them coming. There are very few boats like yours in the states.
Brilliant and beautiful video Roger - massively improved with the culinary corrections given to our transatlantic cousins. 😂
You are fearless Roger, neither fog nor rain deters you from making the most of the day. ❤
Great to see your latest adventures Roger. A miserable day in Brittany on the water is still better than most! We have a a vintage GP14 (which is used a lake in summer) but this is type of sailing which interests me. Exploring your surroundings and discovering these area is wonderful to watch. One day I hope to be able to do this type of sailing. Love watching your videos and thanks so much for your efforts and humour.
I was 7 years old when Dad and his friend, Toby, bought “Kestrel” 🔔25 in 1951. She cost them £25. I learnt to sail on her and later my brother and I got a damaged Cadet for £5. I sailed her on a reservoir, in reality, but across the oceans in my imagination.
Such a joy to watch your videos. With all the insanity thats going on in the world right now, your relaxing escapist dinghy trips are the perfect antidote, far from the madding crowd....
Thank you Roger. A wonderful adventure that I have lived vicariously and now I can dream of sailing in France.
Thanks Roger for a fine virtual sailing weekend! You must be blessed with hot blood for your hands. Dealing with wet ropes and canvas I would quickly cease functioning! Our 22 foot cedar strip sloop had a lovely cabin; great for hands on the Strait of Georgia waters!
Best wishes, Rodney Vancouver Island
Good morning Mestre Roger, thank you for sharing with us such real and wonderful adventures, always in total humility,,,, a big hug from the people of Bahia, Brazil.⚓🥇🎶🏴☠♥
Another great video Roger and thanks for showing the true beauty of rainy day excursions! I was instantly transported back to younger days, alone in my canoe purposely lost in the back waters of the ADKs. Properly kitted out, dry and warm, it was such a wonderful escape from absolutely everything. Cheers!
During the winch-come-a-long loading your little dream boat, I laughed realizing that racket was being transmitted thru the trailer- hull into this cove & all its creatures getting an awful . I can see them frantically scurrying away to bury & praying for quiet to return. Of course its your opportunity for all the times your own well earned peace is racketed by seagull looking over your essentials for a morsel...so here you get the final word. This was a huge joy to view..love it when you have the time to be raw into your dry humors...like you managed so often here. Sincerely Canyon in California..also wet this moment
Oh to be "young" and fit again! Great video as usual Roger. Thanks and regards Michael
You really are a hardy soul Roger. You were never going to wimp out were you? Chapeau! Very atmospheric videography which captured it all so well. A pleasure to watch.
Hi Roger, you are the epitome of what is a sailor and sailing. Of course, you do make it look so easy, but there again, it can be. To find the drive on a miserable wet weekend morning, to go sailing, is not everybody's cup of tea, but meat & drink to your good self. We are so fortunate that you film your past time for the benefit us. Your awakening comment "nothing happens until coffee" was a classic. I also noticed, sitting on a harbour wall bench, an elderly man taking great interest in what you were doing. After the visit to the Boulangerie, the taste and aromas of your breakfast, were quite palpable. Kind Regards Roger, Barnacle Bern SY Cadbri SW Wales UK. 👍👍⛵😎
You’re inspiring me to get the sanders out and get my own dinghy ready for the summer! Thanks for another wonderful video roger
Thanks - It’s a real breath of fresh air after watching videos of the horrible war.
One more thing... You just won my wife over with your comments on using the knife and fork. Really enjoy your channel! Thanks!
Hi Roger.
Another little adventure! You are a man who knows how to enjoy life, and it's a joy to share these voyages with you. Good to see you wear a proper set of oilskins. Those £300 breathable offshore suits are okay for a season, then they leak. Oilies every time!
Nick.
Such an enjoyable excursion ! Your adventurous spirit and laid back style are Fantastic...
And about the Fork and Knife...🇺🇸🎩🇺🇸
Welcome back. We miss you 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
No matter the weather…cold rain and drizzle…yep, I have made the same decision. I’m a hiker, not a sailor. I walk to and from work. I used to drive when it was raining, no more. I hike, rain or not. It has been a good decision so far. I have experienced years of exposure to the weather, out in it rain, snow, sun and heat, precipitation and cold. When it’s bad, it’s made more difficult. Eventually though, one learns how to do it, safely…not necessarily with pleasure. As Keb Mo sings, some of us are, “Victims of Comfort”. I’m a US cousin. Having lived in Germany for years, I did acquire the use of the fork in my left hand, knife in my right…more than 40 years ago. I practice it still. I truly enjoy your dinghy sailing, in Britain and France. I understand some of the language, having picked up a bit of French, German and Mexican Spanish over the years. Passez une grande adventure. Je te souhaite bonne chance.
Merci !
A great springtime tonic, Roger. Please keep them coming.
Glad to see you have started the season. My keel is still dry :-(
Love your attitude about the joys of sailing.
Nice to see tough men still exist!
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for another wonderful video adventure! It was just what I needed to inspire me and help me hold the faith that fairer weather is just around the bend here in the wet Pacific Northwest of Washington State, USA. I'm looking out my window at my 40+ year old, traditional Whitehall, ready to get back out on the water as I watch..........coffee in my cup and a smile on my face :-)
So cool and calm. Never panics and so Organized on that boat.
A real seaman.
Good show, thanks for taking us to watch
So confident and in control. A great watch.
What a marvelous pace, superb editing of your adventure!
Thank you so much fir giving us this view of calm,relaxing life. Even in dull weather that Brittany coast looks beautiful.
There is a calm,therapeutic.quality to your films. It's good to slow down and not just appreciate but absorb the beauty of the world which there is still a lot of despite everything.
Thanks Roger another great adventure. No marks to the faint hearted that didn't show up.
Another wonderful film from you, Roger, thank you so much.
Love your videos and philosophy on life.
Sailed 14 footers in Port Phillip bay in my youth, your cruising is another level of dinghy enjoyment.
Re the remark about where one lives and holiday change, we met a fellow in Switzerland once near Lucerne, beautiful location, mountains everywhere but he wanted to come to Australia to the "Outback" where it was so flat you could see to the horizon and where it was sunny all day long, not just for a few hours when the sun was over the mountain tops in his town!
Were they Cal14's?
I could watch and listen to this all day.
A kind of meditation and comfort in this challenging world👏
You are an amazing man who i highly respect..Always so full of passion about sailing your dinghy
Another great vid, early spring is nasty here too. From Chicago, thanx.
Knife in right hand, fork in left hand! Classic.
The weather looks just as good as it is in Cornwall at the moment.
With my fork firmly in my R hand, I salute your hardy sailing spirit Sir, and thank you for a good chuckle!
😂
Alas, the snow persists yet on the Lake here in South Central Alaska.
Yet another month before I can splash the Chincoteague Skiff.
Never Never Lake, Alaska
Absolutely enjoyed this tranquil and yet serene almost idyllic location for an overnight stay on your amazing dinghy, your channel has encouraged me to actually purchase plans to build my own, Illure, just like the one you own, and yes directly from François Vivier. I am so excited to be able to one day, go out and enjoy what you do. Thank you Rodger for your videos, all the way from Sydney Australia. Maybe one day you can do some videos of our waterways here in Sydney. I look forward to your next video.
Always reminds me it's not complicated. Always an inspiration.
The Lonely Mariner - who wouldn't take an opportunity to go cruising with Roger! Wish I could find the episode where he, somewhat brusquely, described the ingenious tiller control device he uses.
Would this be it?
th-cam.com/video/52Cv71VB0Vs/w-d-xo.htmlm30s
Here’s someone else’s comments on the tiller lock.
m.th-cam.com/video/VidYQOGw9T4/w-d-xo.html
@@ArthurDodge Thank you!
The weather in Brest is in a league of its own! Your video is true to the atmosphere of all those little creeks and rivers feeding into the Rade de Brest, a real pleasure to watch!
Wow. Only just found your channel and really enjoyed watching. A lot to be sad for simple sailing and proves you can enjoy yourself without spending 100s of thousands pounds on a boat and get to stunning places like this which you wouldn't do with a 2m draft 😉
I've had many a good basic feed like this when sailing and always slept well in a blow 🤣
Sailing in crummy weather will teach things about your craft many don't know. In a snow storm at night you can see how the air flows around your sails and makes lift. In fresh water you can find out how much wind it takes to sail through how much ice. Rain will keep powerboaters off the water and you have the place to yourself. It connects you to a time people lived like this all the time, fish and potatoes become a gourmet meal when you're cold and hungry, and a warm sleeping bag is a treasure. The rest of the club missed out on a magical time Roger!
Wonderful simplicity to this.
Thank you yet again for sharing your adventures Roger! Hope you are well...all the best to you.
And I shall "try"...fork in left hand knife in right. Wish me success. 😄
"Great show Mr. Barnes"!
Thankyouroger i keep watching you video many times over best wishes robert.
Being so unsophisticated, I have to disagree with you about the fork. Since I lack enough fine motor skills to be able to get this task done in a reasonable time frame. It would be quite embarrassing to show how many thumbs are on my left hand. Lol 😆.
I'm still in awe of the carefree nature of your cruising. To just lay anchor and sip coffee till you have enough tide seems so relaxing to me. Great to see you after such a long winter, can't wait how the next episode.
Nothing, absolutely nothing happens before coffee :-) je partage entièrement votre sentiment caféiné ainsi que vos réflexions sur la fonctionnement correcte des couverts hahaha bonne navigation!!!
Roger, you make "suffering" look so worthwhile. I did buy your book. Yes, I was taught by an old ww2 vet who fought in tanks over there how to eat "Continental" style as he called it. Thanks!
I love watching you sail your boat, i used to sail my own sadler 26 yacht but now suffering from a bad back the maintenance got harder, so now i kayak camp, its a lot easier for me.
You have a great little boat and with the boom tent plenty of room cool.
Thanks for another delightful video which takes be back to when I did the same thing in my boat a Loch Broom Post Boat ⛵. I can see your filming had improved but I especially enjoy it when you film sleeping aboard I always loved the complete peace and the sound of the waves on the hull, well done and please keep them coming.
what a beautiful escape! cold, wet, but so invigorating! Thank you very much, sir!
Such an enjoyable video, peaceful, contemplative and beautiful surroundings ❤️
Always a pleasure
What a jolly jaunt!
It's important dinghy cruising isn't romanticized and to show how labour intensive it really is, how a person has to love being in any weather, etc. and you do that marvelously. I can see you get much joy from it.
Just beautiful- thank you.
Hey Roger, I sometimes think of you when I sail on the Rade. We are Belgians, but our family lives in La foret Landerneau. We have a 6m BMER with a fixed keel. Tinduff used to be our favorite port, but this sailing season we moved to Le port de l'Auberlac'h. Maybe we'll see each other on the water...or in the superUUU. :)
Thanks for that Roger. Cheers
Great to see you again. Love watching your videos. Cleanses the soul. Fair winds calm seas my friend.
Always a treat! Thank you.
Good to see you are still at it.
Thank you, lovely to see you out again.
Thank you for taking us along on your sailing adventure. What a beautiful experience. So peaceful and calm
Roger, watching you on the big TV doesn't allow me to "comment" - so We've watched a couple of times and now it's time to get on the computer to say great to see you out and about again! That wind almost put that gunwale under - I too put in a couple of reefs on Saturday - although it was in my front yard haha. Seriously had to adjust my yard with my new loop for the traveler and with the wind thought it would be fun to reef and make it a nice clean reef. Also learned my Soft Shackles will make around the rolled reef which I had never thought about until I noticed it on Avel Dro. Thanks so much, as always Roger - R & M
Roger you are a die hard sailor . Enjoy
Paul in Canada
Roger, from a none sailor, thanks for the amazing interesting content. Especially all the beautiful places you sail and visit. As for stuffing your sleeping bag have you tried twisting it. Take the closed end in your hand and make a string motion it twists the bag without damage into something like a thick rope then start stuffing back in the bag it's much easier. Many thanks for the great content.
My goodness, out for a sail and dinner, you so remind me of @camping with Steve Wallis who goes on an adventure and cooks a meal, that really was great with lots of adventure, thank you.
Many years ago, I got into an argument about forks. Turns out the book of etiquette says either way is considered polite in NA. Made me happy since I favor fork in the left hand.
It's always relaxing to go along on your little journeys. Thank you!
Although the weather doesn't fully cooperate (it's much worse here in Canada), it feels good to watch one finally go out and enjoy beautiful surrroundings. As a left hander, that is how I always use my fork and knife!
There's Linda Barnes, part Cherokee
part white, who was snagged by street
drug purveyors in Chiefland, Flowida. She helped redo guest bath floor in Cedar Key house. Also Gaylord Barnes
was me 6 th grade teacher, where
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associated surname Barnes, even the
hiker on TH-cam, and are better off for
their sharing.
Always love watching
Thank you for going out in the cold rain. Reminds me of when I worked for the army. The weather was not the rate limiting step. We were in it no matter the weather. Good to see you again, in the Ilure, tough and courageous both. Texas
The man, the myth.. the Legend 🙌🏼 thanks Roger. atb amigo
Thank you, good to see the weather does not stop the sailing. When one works at sea, in all conditions it is a real challenge.
The best life can be enjoyed at sea
# HeroesAtSea.
Great episode. Love all the little creeks! No bad weather, only bad kit! You have the good kit!
Thanks so much for making and sharing another inspiring video, Roger - I have been checking your channel almost daily for the last few weeks and was beginning to suspect some kind of mishap or even illness. - I am not a dinghy sailor but admire your spirit of enterprise, from which I draw encouragement for my single-handed 2022 season on my 27-footer currently being refitted by me in winter storage. Your choice of anchorage for the night in Daoulas, however, seemed a bit unfortunate to me at first, considering the traffic noise from the Rue du Valy on the other side of the river, but luckily that noise subsided by nightfall. So, there was another lesson to be learnt: Drizzle from the sky and noise from a road do not necessarily stand in the way of another boat tour worth remembering!
Hit the bell an you don't have to manually check for new videos ;-)