NEW TENT - first night on board
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ม.ค. 2022
- My first overnight on board using the new sleeping tent for my cruising dinghy, which is made from traditional cotton Ventile.
INTERESTED IN DINGHY CRUISING?
Read my book, "The Dinghy Cruising Companion":
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And join the Dinghy Cruising Association:
dinghycruising.org.uk/
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 purchased the Ventile brand name in 2017 however, so the fabric continues to be manufactured in Switzerland - called Ventile in the UK and EtaProof in continental Europe.
ventile.co.uk
I purchased my Ventile cloth on the roll from Pointnorth in the UK, before Brexit created new restrictions on trade between the UK and EU. Pointnorth are very helpful in the selection of outdoor fabrics, and I recommend them.
www.profabrics.co.uk
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 Brexit came into effect.* 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.com/en/
Similar dinghies can often be found for sale on the website of the French magazine Le Chasse-Marée:
www.chasse-maree.com/revue/
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
Opening: Lone Traveller - Gabriel Lewis
In the bar tabac: Vintage Dream - Mathilda June
Closing music: Footprints in the Sand - Roots and Recognition featuring Melanie Bell
- all from Epidemic Sound
ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Ronan Coquil
HISTORIC ILLUSTRATIONS
Historic Hurricane and immersion suit pictures - these works created by the United Kingdom Government are in the public domain. This is because they are photographs taken prior to 1 June 1957. HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide.
VENTILE PUBLICITY IMAGES
From the manufacturer's current website, Stotz & Co AG. - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
I sailed with a skipper once who referred to folk like your anchor-moving man as, "those good people who encumber us with their assistance".
Hi Roger, I’m a new subscriber and a life long sailor. I grew up in Florida and my dad and I chipped in for a Sea Snark when I was 12. I’ve owned many boats over the years, many dinghys, some beach cats, many sail boards, surfboards, SUPs, etc. I’ve also built many of the vessels myself and made my living doing such since I was much younger than I am today. In the last couple weeks I’ve watched numerous of your TH-cam’s and your introducing me to a different kind of boating experience. Today I live in Arizona which, incredibly, has a lot of sailable waterways and first rate camping in some of the most beautiful locations you can imagine. Bottom line, I just never thought of sailing/camping these waters in a dinghy the way you do. Your input has me totally inspired, this stuff is brilliant. I can’t thank you enough for this introduction to yet another aspect of watercraft.
Thanks for your comment, you have proved that there are still great Americans! Roger has inspired me to build a small dinghy myself. This year I will do it, instead of just dreaming.
Thing is, I own a Grumman canoe and a kayak, I can peddle within half an hour. But I love sailing, and living on a small budget, I sold my small yacht. Then there are three options, either forget sailing, or add a sail to the Grumman, or find a small open sailing boat. Actually, I got an Optimist in my appartment! Well, my dream is building a slightly larger Optimist. A 15 feet Optimist! Do you know these dinghies? Very very simple, a joy to sail them, when you are young, a full size grandpa CAN sit in an Optimist, but do not ask me how I feel after an hour. The obvious solution is finding a cheap standard Laser or something similar. But somehow my dream is building one myself, keeping everything as simple as humanly possible. One of my friends offered me to park my motorbike during winter, and he does not mind me building a small boat there.
Who ever is hesitating about small boat sailing, I can recommend you to buy or build one. Any small boat is okay, when you go for it, and it proves to be a mistake for your sailing water, or no good for you, then at least you can say you tried. Maybe you can find other locations for sailing that boat. Maybe you can fix any problems. Maybe you can sell it and find a better one. Do you see, when you hesitate, maybe there are solutions to what makes you hesitate.
In short, the numerous sailing trips Roger has done are a very nice example. When I get myself a small open boat, and do only one percent of the miles Roger does, I will be happy, living the dream.
Love the 'snug-pack' stuff.......like a delirious Alan Bennett!
You're so dedicated to these wonderful productions, as if it isn't hard enough to have the adventures let alone produce movies at the same time. I enjoy them.
Thank you. But that is why I only manage one a month…
Why is there no boom good video@@RogerRoving
In Germany, people who moves milestones have to walk around after death with the milestone on their back. Maybe this is also the thing for frenchmen who moves anchors? :-)
I just love being in your company through your videos. You are such a charming man and I relate fully how you spend your days and nights.
Thank you. That is very kind.
Terrific, Roger, this is a great encouragement for me to start getting my boats ready for the new season, especially Novalis. I can see everything you told me about video editing - short sections with voice-over and music just at the right parts. I have landed at La Maison Blanche myself and found it a fascinating place. Brest is full of maritime history even though it was so badly damaged in the war because of those indestructible submarine pens. It's important to show something of our lives and what makes a human person so unique. Well done and thanks for the encouragement.
i would realy bothered by someone moving my anchor without asking me first... well handled
As any camper with a cotton or canvas tent knows, you slacken off the guys at night and re-tension them again next day when the dew has dried. Rubber tensioners solved that problem though. It's when problems have been solved that we forget there were ever problems.
I rarely seem to need to do as you mention yet I do live in a climate that is very wet from November though May. I am still determining why a quality untreated canvas seems as “waterproof” as the treated fabric. Perhaps the fibers DO swell when wet.The untreated canvas seems to suffer more from sun damage however. My grandfather who was born around 1890 always said go with untreated if the canvas was of tight weave and better quality.
Wonderful. Simply wonderful.
Another gem Roger. I was just nodding after a very good lunch and it was the perfect complement to the day.
I have been watching the channel for quite some time. I love the simplicity of the sailing - so strongly connected to the water and the winds. And at the same time, the complexity of expertise to handle the same and make it appear simple. A real gem. Thank you.
Wonderful I've been away awhile it's good to be back
Enjoying these videos, thank you for sharing your adventures. 😊
Thanks Roger, again a great video! And yes, "boys dont cry" and they dont like their anchor to be moved 👍😀. Hope winter is over soon.
Dear Roger, I love your videos and your book, and am immensely grateful to be able to get out with you on your cruising adventures. Please, though, consider wearing a dry suit when you go out on cold water! I took a dunking, years ago, in cold water, following a capsize, and learned about the power of cold water to drain the strength out of even a strong young man, which I am, neither one, any more. I’d hate to go looking for your short films, only to hear that you’d gone overboard and not survived… All the best!
The water here does not really change temperature between winter and summer - due to the N Atlantic drift - so it is warmer than air temperature in Winter. I do not wear dry suits. I have capsized my boat accidentally and had to swim to recover it. But I also wear wool.
@@RogerRoving Thanks, Roger, for filling me in! I do remember your capsize. I’m glad to know that you are doing what needs to be done to stay reasonably safe.
my new favorite word: antidot to modernism 🙂
Dear Roger! Don’t worry about a noisy background! At least for me … makes the experience “touchable” somehow! 😉
Roger-Good of you to post! Helps me prepare for spring, to sail my new 1983 Mirror. Got to fix some rot on stern and starb top edge. Har to work on it at -17 C, in the garage, but I chip away at it. Brighton, Ontario. Thanks for all your inspiring posts
With a stove jack and a hot tent wood stove you could have a nice heating setup as well. A packable titanium tent woodstove, like the POMOLY or the WINNERWELL would be the way to go. People have posted videos on TH-cam converting existing tents to "hot tents" by adding a stove jack. Those videos would prove useful if you were to consider such a modification to your pristine new tent. Cheers!
I have considered it. But I think that a hot wood stove would be too much of a liability in a nighttime nautical crisis. Which do happen - and I’m not just talking about locals moving my anchors!
@@RogerRoving yes, I could see the risk is real. I'm certain I'd eventually make the same choice, after a few nights sleeping on the ebb and flow of the tide, and the occasional tilt. Love your hobby and what you share. Cheers!
Navigatio! Navigatio!! Navigatio!!!
This was a hilarious episode Roger.
You are an inspiration, sir.
Lovely I'm sure, Roger you out did yourself on this video.
The French and the British beach huts are very different animals aren't they! In the UK they are very prim and propper, pretty regulated too. The French huts seem more 'blokey' - we have a similar tradition here in Australia, although suburbia and over management by the state is rapidly pushing them out of our lives. Pretty sad.
I do love a good shack. 👍👍🇦🇺
reminds me of Allotment sheds, i guess they are the british equivalents. beach huts are too expensive for average working folk...
Great video Roger! That is the prettiest song I've heard in a very long time.
You got this really cheeky smile Roger, when you look at camera, love it.🇦🇺🍺
Excellent, thankyou Roger x x
As ever, my inspiration to be out on the water again. If only on our own small piece of paradise, here in North Norfolk. Thank you Roger.🙏🌞
Thank you Roger, for another lovely episode.
The Ventile 'hater' is typical of those people who wish to force their skewed opinions on others. We tend to be too polite in our responses to them, unfortunately, as this seems an incentive for their self justification.
Looking forward to your next offering.
Stay safe.
Regards from S Africa
Another great video for an armchair salor like me
Great self build... encouraging us all " you can do this "...
centre zips on sleeping bags get my vote
Thank you Roger. I am glad you are in the world.
Very enjoyable video!! Thanks!
All I knew about Ventile was that the clothing is usually quite expensive and promoted to the fashion minded hipster. The marketing he points out does seem iffy, and no one likes being fooled, least of all a image wary hipster. Hell hath no fury like a millennial with a twitter following right? It's probably not as bad as that guys says, probably not as good as Ventile claims. It does look real good though, suits Avel Dro to a tee! Thanks for bringing us along, looking forward to the next one!
I’m sure you’re right. I did rant a bit that morning - and edited it down markedly!
I love your content!
Roger...we love our little boats with a pasión. But each differently. I love my tiny cabin with its cozy mattress, and you love your tent.
Roger. Thank you for yet another wonderful video. Should you ever feel like pulling that trailer a bit further, Limfjorden in Denmark and Isefjorden would be great destinations to explore in a sailing dinghy. I have sailed both extensively in bigger sailboats and learned to sail as a child in Optimists on Isefjorden.
Its a long way, but I’d love to take the dinghy up to the Baltic.
Hi Roger. I took my Vaurien to sweden this year for three weeks of sailing on the big lake vänern. If you ever look for people to join you in the baltic: id join you from switzerland.
Jolly Roger 👍😁
Roger, whating for the next episode
Thank you for bringing us along. I really enjoyed it.
Ahoy! Just 4 more years 'til my retirement and I have been looking for a bigger yacht. Your channel has made me reconsider, though. Perhaps a sensible cruising dinghy for me and my wife would be more worth while. Thanks for the videos.
5:35 Boys can cry, especially when faced with adversity. Chin up Roger :)
Roger thanks for some great sailing adventure. I just built a Goat Island skiff last summer and learned to sail it. This year I will be reaching out to some cruising here on some big lakes in British Columbia, Canada. Right now the lakes here are frozen solid and it rarely gets above freezing. Can you imagine what a boost it is to watch your cruising on these short cold days when any hope of sailing myself is gone until at least may? Thanks so much really enjoyed it.
Thank you.
Gooood night Wodga....
I am a huge fan of Ventile; trousers, jackets, shirts. It has its limits and issues -- the same as any waterproof material.
Great video again! 👍🏻✌🏻🇨🇦
Wonderful sailing and camping in a classical dinghy!
One remark: I noticed that you tied the tent's collar with the halyards inside. This really lets the water in which flows down the mast if it rains. Better to exclude any ropework in order to achieve a tight fit around the spar.
its funny how some places are special and others are not. I think it comes down to social interaction with people, a shared moment with a stranger. Wine helps to. Love your show!
You are such an inspiration, love these videos!
Getting warmer here in New England - building a sailing canoe out’ thanks for the inspiration
nice one RB
Roger, such inspiration for my current land-locked life!! All the best from Tulsa, Oklahoma!!
New tent looks fantastic!
13.50 orb paying a visit !!
A smile of pure contentment on leaving the bar; can we surmise there may have been beers consumed though not filmed?! 17'23" - 'What can us defenders (of ventile) do....'. Simply ignore them, life's too short for that sort of thing. Aside, Ventile, in the form of an 'anorak', was one of the items that helped keep Sir Ranulph alive during one of his earlier gruelling Antarctic forays. Roger, I wonder if you have thought of using a pee bottle? One only has to sit up and roll a little sideways , whilst remaining in the half unzipped sleeping bag, to jettison the evening's intake of Earl Grey, 1664 or whatever; a side zip is helpfull in this respect 🙂
Thanks for another glimpse into the boating vagabond adventure lifestyle Roger.
"I need to pee.."
You're adorable Rodger.. Thank you for sharing your adventures.
Thank you Roger. I love your videos of sailing. I like your boat too. I like how it is stable enough you don’t have to jet out on the sides to keep it upright. I see you just move to the other side when needed. Never sailed before but I want to. Thanks for the wonderful videos!
Thanks for taking us along with you. Shed dwellers, eh? A curious, but delightful breed (o;
And it's not only "us TH-camrs" that detest racket!
Roger, think about your predecessors on this place a century ago, the "Kerhors", fishermens who belongs there and wandered along these anchorages, sleeping on board like you did every day, 10 days along to provide fresh fish on Brest markets...sometimes with women and children. Considered as the "sea-gipsies" of the bay...
Very cool sail, eventful night !
I'd be bawling at him to let me sleep the cheeky bugger hahaha lol, but then missed out on a dram with the bloke so your approach definitely worked better.
Lovely Roger. Always a tiny bit of peace and enjoyment in what seems to be a much divided and harsh world out there. Keep it up..please.
As they say a change is as good as a rest, what a wonderful little place! Thanks Roger 😊
Very nice. Thanks.
Just always the best!
Another great one! Thanks!
Beautiful little adventure :D
Really glad to see you out this time of year
Wonderful video. Thanks for sharing.
Roger , thanks for keeping it going. Best wishes
You are an inspiration Roger!
Thank you Roger, another wonderful video. 🙏🏻⚓️
Just lovely.
Reminded me at times of Mr. Hulot’s Holiday.
Beautiful video. Thank you!
Love it Roger. Thanks.
Another great adventure!
Ach Roger...........I thought you would have given the Ventile a quick iron on it's debut.😁
Great video, how you didn’t strangle the guy that kept moving your anchor I don’t know !!
It touches my heart... Thank you!
Thanks for sharing, Roger. :)
Good work
🍻🇨🇦👨🏭
Good stuff man.... enjoyable.
Excellent. Thank you for posting
Great video. Thank you so much.
Thanks for a nice video.
Great video and very inspirational.
Thanks Roger.
Awesome vid. Thanks for taking the time to make and post. 👍👍🇦🇺
You are an inspiration Roger. Thank you for your videos.
Lovely Video, thanks Roger.
Thank you Roger, I was looking forward to seeing the new canopy in action.
Thank you also for demonstrating the deceptiveness of some our daily life's decisions.
What I thought was a plain Jane sensible fabric turns out to be one of controversy. Nevertheless the tent looks wonderful and seems to perform well. Any thoughts of adding ventilation, perhaps reinforced caps found on some tent flys?
What I first judged to be a rubbish tip of a beach turns out to be someone's paradise complete with bar tabac, cafe and toilets, and of course a helpful boîte à vins friend. Fantastic! A group of like minded mariners to keep in touch with for sure.
Wonderful simplicity. Thank you for the video Roger.
Another wonderful video. Thank you again for taking us away with you on your adventures.
I had not realised that bad manners had spread across the Water into France,Roger:nothing to do with cinematography and audience awareness.
Thanks for all of your videos!!! Your such a great inspiration to all of us!!
Thanks Roger for your great videos. Good start to the season, greetings from Berlin
Much enjoyed, glad the new tent feels nicer and kudos for making it yourself 🙏
I recall cotton tents used in cubs and scouts, 5 or 6 man Nigers in particular and perhaps the two man Force 10's having that shrinking and expanding action due to the absorption of moisture. The guy ropes needed to be loosened in anticipation of this.