A GRAND WEEKEND OUT - boats, booze, bagpipes
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- A dinghy cruise to a local village fête. Breton bagpipes and a graveyard of ships.
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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 in 2003 to import her into the UK, and more recently returned her to France again before the present 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 simple 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):
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Similar dinghies can often be found for sale on the website of the French magazine Le Chasse-Marée:
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Or try Le Bon Coin, (where you can buy anything in France):
www.leboncoin.fr
*Since January 2021, due to Brexit, 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, must pay VAT and other duties on the import.
Such a nice feel Roger, we have been following you for a few years now and sadly I am now alone following you. My wife died on October 3rd 2022.
I know I am a complete stranger to you but it has been so nice to watch your video, my wife and I enjoyed them tremendously here in Northern California.🙏🏻💔
You are a complete stranger mate, but I do feel your pain.
@@colrodrick8784 thank you
Thank you Franck. Sorry about the loss of your wife.
How old are you Frank?
Roger is living his life.
Why can't you?
I love the peace and tranquility of your sailings.
Simple life, c'est une belle façon de faire de la voile dans cette belle région. Et sans moteur, bravo 👍
Salutations de Saint-Tropez ⚓
Merci !
Roger, another lovely video. Why your travels make me feel
So calm. I did a solo bicycle ride from South Africa, most southern point to England. Twenty-five thousand kilometres I covered in all.
Seeing your compact, efficient organisation brings back good memories. My trip was undertaken three years ago in my late sixties. I am now semi-invalid and your videos bring back good memories and calm. NEVER stop my friend, never. Stay safe.
Thank you Robyn. That sounds like an amazing trip!
Once again, excellent. Thank you for sharing these adventures with those of us who for one reason or another are unable to do it ourselves. 👌
I fitted a small electric motor to my boat and it is lovely to move against the wind in total quiet, and made loading the boat on the trailer by myself so easy .
Hmmm. You know you have just crossed the line to the "moped kids"? They grow up to be deaf (what?!), noisy engine type of people. You know the kind. Always revving. Always smelling like burnt oil. Always spoiling the quiet of nature. But you will do it electric and happy.
I’m always pleased to see you’ve uploaded a Vlog 🙏🏻I know I’m going to see a peaceful and beautiful truth, for those few of us that don’t want to be attending endless gatherings 🌊
What strikes me is how eminently suitable your dinghy is for the waterways you visit. She skulls and rows well, and the sail plan is so easily handled. Now if you were a fit 19 year old "mec", there would be a bevy of bikinis like the other sailing channels!
A+ Stevy
scull
On graveyards... when the USN reactivated reserve ships for the Korean war, they discovered it can cost 75% of the price of a new one to return an old one to service. Add in the costs of properly preserving them in the meantime, which includes creating an airtight seal so you can air condition the interior, and maintaining all the machinery, and you quickly see that it's a luxury only a few (like the USN) can afford. The Marine Nationale is not doing any of this.
Those ships probably start their retirement as spare parts donors for their active sisters, then become training vessels, then practice grounds for special forces exercising their ship-boarding skills, then political and budgetary chess pieces: keep a ship "on the books" and you can argue for a direct replacement. Scrap it and the treasury will say "Well, you scrapped it before we let you buy a replacement, so you obviously don't need a new one!"
"....a peaceful day... without any drinking" LOL! Amazing how a break between festival days make the next festival attended more fun. Great video.
Great little outing and video production Roger. Thanks for sharing with us generously.
Beautiful, thank you...
Great editing and story telling Roger, really set the scene.
I always enjoy your adventures in your small boat. Peaceful with just a tiny frisson of on-the-water camping excitement.
Une magnifique balade que tu nous partage encore une fois, j'ai de plus en plus envie d'aller faire un petit tour sur l'aulne maritime que tu sais si bien nous faire découvrir... C'est paisible, il y a de jolies lumières, et le clocher de l'église Saint sauveur est très beau vu sous cet angle... Merci Roger 🙏👍😎
oui, une belle plaine d'eau
Thanks Roger, loved the video, the balance of sailing/rowing, festivities then the peacefulness. Bravo, I was with you throughout.
Thank you, Roger, for another inspiring sailing adventure.
Lovely to see you posting again this morning mate. Tight lines. 👍
That looked like a fun little trip. Great scenery, and interesting to watch you work your way in to your mooring spot under sail and sculling.
Ahhh! It’s a good week, no it’s a GRAND week when my copy of “The Dinghy Cruising Companion” arrives in the mail AND Roger Barnes posts a new video on TH-cam!
Thanks for that wonderful piece of film Roger ⛵️
How very cool. That little boat allows a very gentle approach to some very quaint and beautiful places. Much enjoyed.
Glad you enjoyed it
Too many festivals - ghastly, and a day without drinking even worse... Some lovely pictures in there, by the way!
Lovely. Thank you for taking us along.
My pleasure!
What a life when you need a day of rest from drinking! Was there last week, surprised how warm it was, now back in dark cold Sweden.
As usual its like a bottle of relaxing tonic i was in brest for 4 weeks in August its great spot for boating keep it up thanks again
A "very showy and unnecessary" bridge. As a fellow architect I agree. Almost a húbris bridge.
I remember the old bridge it replaced. Which was much more restrained.
Excellent video … ta very much. Your sailing adventures inspire me to use my ground tackle more often … nothing like a peaceful anchorage to watch the world go by! ⛵️👍😀
For someone who is going to Drs for a BP review I recommend you watch one of these videos beforehand or even in the waiting room. Thanks Roger the NHS should prescribe you. 😃
Thank you for creating these
Thank you for another fantastic inspiring little film Roger.....all the best.
A delightful memory of summer to enliven a dull damp autumn day in North Cumbria.
Maybe with a bit more practice my short trips can become as apparently peaceful and serene as yours ! Thank you for taking the time and effort to make these vids.
How delightfully encouraging, to hear that it is still warm and pleasant in dear old France. You have made me feel so much more optimistic.
Wonderful
Your trips are fabulous, Roger! Many thanks for yet another great vid
Roger, you're an inspiration to myself and no doubt many more! I hope to one day live full-time on a boat like yours.
And that….ladies and gentlemen is how a proper sailor does it.
I love your videos and have been tagging along with you for a couple years now. I think it’s because open boats are built right into my DNA. Here on the British Columbia coast I was raised on a float camp where there was no other kids to play with so I took to the rowboats for enjoyment. My grandparents an my parents grew up here too so they weren’t freaked out at me going off in the rowboat at 5 and 6 years old as long as I had my life jacket on. At 5 off I went to visit my cousins at their float camp. I made it all the way but sure got heck. I wasn’t allowed in the rowboat for a week. I remember a time crying my eyes out trying to rig a sail but couldn’t. Mix Wick the cook came out of the cookhouse to see what my problem was. She got some string and tied the bed sheet to my mast and away I went - it was wonderful. As a kid I got to use many a open boat each one having a very different feel in the water. Watching your videos I can actually feel your boat within me. Thanks for your real great adventures I love every minute.
Thank you Paul
Oh.. fancy drone shot. Lovely as always.
Camera at the top of the mast. I'm sure I'd lose a drone in the sea...
Lovely tune at the closing. Always enjoy your videos. Peaceful easy feelings. Much appreciated. Thanks for being here.
I so much look forward to your videos.... cheers from Seattle USA.
Truly a joy.
Great seeing you again and you're beautiful boat. Blessings to you and yours coming at you from the mountains of Southern Oregon
Thanks Roger again for another great adventure. Nice to see you doing the little things that are often not seen. Could you let us see you step your mast sometime? I would love to see that process.
Delightful. I am here in the office on lunch and this is perfect!
Wonderful footage and so many ILURS! - Thanks as always Roger!
Thanks for a great day out Roger 👍
Another lovely video 👍
What a beautiful place!
Capt.Roger- are you implying the bridge is unnecessary or the traffic is ?Testimony to how rich & delightful is your narration & nature audio, I will admit there are times while my choice is, just enjoying your soundscape, your narration, lapping water over the hull. The modern artsy bridge, the horrible loud music, heavy emphasis on food, is the reason the world is so embedded in a quagmire of disenchantment. Overweight, loud & clumsy we stagger on to the next festival. You, the smart one, tie onto a peaceful shaded shore?, out of the spotlight & in the envy if all watching from the galleries🎈
The bridge links the Crozon peninsula to Brest. The presqu’île is so sleepy it’s surprising it generates much traffic.
A great mix of weekend adventures!..but it strikes me Roger, you edit your videos carefully, but for the hint about 'drinking'...!! Thanks so much for sharing, as you do so well !
It was 5 degrees here on the Strait of Georgia side of Vancouver Island (Duncan BC) and the sunshine continues; no rain for three months. Rodney
Lovely pics, Roger.
It looks like this video was slightly higher definition, or a tad brighter. Oh, and the drone shots seem new toe too. I've all of your vids, and many multiple times, but often out of order.
Thank for another wonderful video!
Thank you for sharing your adventures !
I enjoy this video thoroughly.
Another great one Roger. Thank you!!
Wonderful,a favourite spot of ours.
Greetings from the Chesapeake Bay Roger,
Another wonderful post of what sailing is all about in a true classic with a minimalist approach.
More please
Preserve the Chesapeake!
continually inspirational, thank you
Thank you for another lovely video. 👍🏽😀⛵️
Thank you, thank , thank you for sharing....!
Bloomin lovely.
Another great voyage Roger,
Footprints in the sand 👌
Marvellous as always.Thanks.
thanks rodger another fabulous video
Dude, you're totally awesome. That says it all.
Brilliant!!!
Thanks for sharing!
Seems to have been a plethora of Ilur! With love, Ken
New Vid Day..fantastic..Will watch with coffee later. Cheers Roger 👍👍
Très charmante.
I like your videos 😁👏
Another great calming video. Really does inspire me to make more use of my Drascombe Lugger - maybe even sleep over on her.
There should be a word for a gathering of ilurs together!
So nice video :)
☀️I was waiting for a your video👍
Carnot understand how you’ve not got more followers. Use to sail the river Whitham Boston UK in a Inflatable canoe with dagger boards as a 10 year old fun times brings back memories when your sitting low in the boat 🤙
Yes, encourage all your friends to follow me!
Carnot had a lot of great insights about the thermodynamics of heat engines, but I don't think he really understood the algorithms of TH-cam.
I am a big fan of all of your adventures. I’ve watched dozens and dozens of episodes.
I too enjoy my oatmeal raw with cold milk, I do add raisins.
Bon voyage ;-)
Another great video. I've been bingeing on your videos for a while now. I'm just about to start building a Welsford Pathfinder, and your videos have been an inspiration.
BTW it was your interview with John Welsford that convinced me to build one of his boats.
Great stuff. Thanks
Hey Roger. I’m just having a nostalgic moment, remembering when you first started posting and we chatted regularly. Loved those times. Now your sooo popular (a very good thing) and growing. This TH-cam thing makes me wonder. I’m guilty too. Anyways just a shoutout to my old virtual friend. Cheers.
Hi Jean
Yes, the whole TH-cam phenomenon is weird.
Roger
Looks like a fun time, that yellow unitard dude at 13:48 was a bit strange…
Yellow man at 14:00 having a great old time!
A lot of rowing and tacking but I am sure that the partying was well worth the effort.
EXELENTE, DESDE SALTA, ARGENTINA
Magnifique vidéo. J’adore…
Who the hell is the weird guy in yellow?! He’s got some moves!
Thanks
I've been wrestling with an urge to visit France (by any means) I was thinking of next Spring but after watching another of your lovely videos it may be in the next fortnight!
Too many festivals?..or too many pastis?
Fantastic video anyway, always enjoy them .
Thanks Roger 🍺🤪
You can't go to too many festivals!
Oh you can! You so can!
Awesome 😁😀😃😆😄
Bateaux, buvettes, binious, et... baladins!
Once again a lovely video!
Perhaps one day you will sail upstream of your launching point on the Aulne, it is supposed to be nice as well.
😎
I've been all the way up beyond Chateaulin, and would like to sail on more of the Aulne. But you need to pre-book lock passages, which makes it rather a faff.
Yeah a new video.
Many Ilurs!
Great aesthetics overall until we get to the yellow unitard guy at 13:50.
Loved the opening shot, great way to start your video. With everything going on in the UK and the world at the moment no better time to be out on a boat with just the wind and tides to worry about. Thanks for a great video.
Ive never seen you move so fast !
So Zen. I am at peace.
The French Navy.
Lol
It's comparable in size to the Royal Navy. The French Army is however substantially larger than the UK's.