I always dreamed of having a sailboat. fate kept getting in the way. Now I am 73 and sad that I missed out. This video awakens what was in my heart. Thank you.
Europe has far less regulation than here in Australia. If I try to camp in a boat here, I have to be moored to a licenced mooring or marina or an official campsite that happens to have a beach... Nanny state down here. Hey ho - great video.
@@DougieL Yes, but have you watched (Sailing Kate Louise) there is a group that go out together dinghy cruising. They might be able help you find what you are looking for. They are based in Australia, hopefully that helps. Cheers
I used to have a 22' yacht. One weekend I decided to take my 12' Tinker Traveller sailing dinghy for a trip on the Deben from Woodbridge down to the sea and back again - a round trip of about 18 miles. This 6 hour trip was the most memorable and enjoyable sail of the whole season for all the reasons that you state. You get as close as possible to the elements and everything is wonderfully simple.
That's a long wet (but safe) trip in a traveller. I've just bought one of the last made but haven't had chance to sail it yet. But with even a small motor on it flies !
I too have this need deep inside to spend days out in my 16’ sailboat. Where I grew up was in British Columbia living in a float camp. Only boats to get from one place to another. Starting at 5 I was allowed to take the rowboat out any time I wanted to. When I rowed 5 miles to see my cousins it was frowned on. I couldn’t use the rowboat for two weeks. As a kid rowing along the shore or straight across the inlet was my only source of adventure and exploring my world. Your videos make me feel there is a world out there I belong to. Thanks.
I'm not a dinghy sailor (well I was back in the 80's). I have a touring kayak and have wild camped on islands etc. I totally agree with the idea of getting back to basics. Time spent in nature has been proved to have enormous benefits in terms of mental health and of course being physically active is good in itself. You and your boat seem to be the perfect match.
I've never owned a lovely old boat like this one. But I've been sailing - and owning, on and off - sailboats for 30 years. My favorite was an Etap 22, which over the course of years we sailed throughout the Stockholm archipelago. It was nearly all fun, and only a very small dose of work. But because we usually have to dream bigger, and I had always dreamed of crossing oceans, I "upgraded" from that to a 46' ocean-going Amel ketch. Suddenly I was a full-time mechanic, hardly a sailor. When you own a boat like that it's like the story about painting the Golden Gate Bridge. You are never done with the jobs list. Never. We cruised her for a year, through the Med and over the Atlantic. But I have to say the sense when I finally walked away from her on the pontoon, on the day of sale, was one of overwhelming relief. These days I'm into ultralight backpacking, and there's certainly a connection there: all of the adventure, none of the weight. If I were ever to return to sailing, it would probably be to do something similar to what Roger is doing above. It looks like a balm.
Roger, I’m so happy to tell you that my wife gave me sailing lessons for Christmas... It was because I couldn’t stop watching your videos. You have inspired me and she has seen it. I can barely wait for warm weather. Texas
Dodger your living the dream, you have found what many people search for their whole lives and never find, namely Enlightenment, simply enjoying your life.
Why the negative comments?? I sail Lake Michigan. Hundreds of miles of beautiful places in Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Superior, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario. You have lovely places to sail and explore as do we.
Roger, your videos enable me to survive the winter far from Douarnenez and the Rade de Brest here in the north of Germany. Thank You so much for sharing them!
The artistry of your Ilur against the backdrop of the wrecked wooden work boats is striking Roger. Everything is so simple and beautiful. Your icy blue eyes are striking too and can't remember seeing those before. Always something new. We had our first day over freezing this weekend and are getting our ten footer ready for the big shakedown. We sewed a tent and cushions over the winter! Thank you always Roger.
Did trailer sailing holidays as a kid with my parents and now do the same with my kids. I know the kids will remember the holidays away in the boat till the day they die. Great sport , hobby and holiday adventure all in one.
I have read Roger Barnes' book. I love dinghy cruising. In this video comparing dingy cruising to mountain climbing makes me think of Geoffrey Heath''s article Wayfarer to Labrador in a September 1985 Small Boats Journal magazine that inspired me to pursue dinghy cruising . Heath used a dinghy as a practical means to reach distant remote costal mountains for climbing.
I just turned 50 yesterday. I completed level 1 RYA recently, level 2 next week. I have bought a Graduate and just collected a combi road trailer that will take a 14 foot. By summer next year I will have some skills, then I shall buy something more cruise-ey that me and my 10 year old can actually sleep in, then I'm doing THIS. Inspired.
You truly inspire me. Enjoy things in a small fashion. The smaller vessel, the greater adventure, sort of. You do not have to cross oceans in a big ship, you can enjoy yourself by crossing a big lake in a small vessel. Close to nature. Here. Now.
I am sailing through Central America at the moment in a 34ft sailboat. All other boats in these waters are in the 44 to 60 ft range (many of which are multihulls). For them, I am the down to earth sailor which they envy for our simplicity but I am enveying Rogers approach.
Thanks Roger. Just what we all need to cheer us up in lockdown. Must take a huge amount of editting. Even so, how can we tempt you to make these more frequently? Or perhaps you would consider a weekly q and a? Or Roger Barnes' week in lockdown?
Cathartic and timeless in the wisdom of experience. I've been missing Roger's videos thru the winter. The RYA is missing a trick by not sponsoring Roger as a sailing ambassador. Or a TV series but don't change, don't compromise your qualities and ethos.
Roger, you have totally inspired me. THANK YOU. I've bought the best dinghy I can afford for 1k and equipped it for dinghy cruising and camping. A Laser 13... 136kg so manageable and far more affordable than many alternatives (I would love an Illur and maybe, when my boat comes in.... :-) ) I'll start with anchoring/ mooring, going ashore in my inflatable, or drying for the night. This allows me to use the camp kit I have until I can make a boom tent and rig a bunk in the cockpit. I've bought the bits for impeder, mooring cleats and anchor fairleads, anchors, chain, rode, mooring lines, Drybags, fenders, 3m (!) oars ... I did the calculation... and rigged a sculling oarlock on the outboard bracket.... can't wait to try it! Drysuit, boots, buoyancy aid, reefing, preparing to get going from my new place at Cargreen Yacht Club in the Tamar. Not sailed there before but I hope the rivers and Plymouth sound will be a good training adventure ground this year. Brest and Morbihan in 2025!
A lovely presentation that authentically captures the spirit of small boat cruising. Less junk, more journey. As the Vikings used to say, "essential or excess". 5 stars and two thumbs up.
I have Roger's book and now started watching the films. A wonderful inspiration to finish building the shellback dinghy, inherited from my father and languishing in my garage for far too long now.
This is Alpine style cruising. Very happy to watch your nice video tonight. I loved the way you speak peacefully, so easy to understand. I'm Didier a friend of your well known friend Didier.
Thank you, Roger, for your beautiful video explaining how we feel feel about our little adventures. I forwarded your video to my son and also to my wife. Perhaps it will help them to understand. I hope you get many, many more years to enjoy your adventures.
I have childhood memories of happy days with my dad in our dinghy, just like yours. I now have a kayak which I keep in the boot of my car. It's a life for the body and soul.
Ha. I bumped into you quite randomly at a pub near bath last summer while wscapeing life on a touring bike. Your comment is so true. I work for a miserable billionaires who hates life and have 13 crew and a superyacht! Small and simple. I cycled across southern England and Wales last year. I made it up to the Lake District and hiked up to Scaffell, I took the long route up the wrong side to avoid the crowds. I didnt see a person for 3 hours, swam in streams and it was an incredible experience. Your videos are an escape during long seasons working on a big boat.
Hi Christopher. Big boats bore me, other than for big passages. And yes, cruising a small dinghy is very like exploring on a touring bike. I shall use that analogy! Roger
Thanks Roger, I think if more people took the opportunity to do this, there would be less mental health issues and better relationships between couples and the community in which they live, the mind has to have time to restore and relax in the beauty of our universe
Great video Roger, thank you; it was made incredibly surreal by a Mulder shipyard advert popping up half way through. I got confused as to whether the model was on your beautiful dinghy or the luxury yacht...
Lovely shot at 14:13. I grew up in Bristol and sometimes wondered where all those smallish boats in the floating harbor sailed to--there were riches at my door that I knew nothing about, clearly.
I thank you for your videos, you produce them so well. From watching your video's, they bring memories of days long past. They bring me up if I have a bad day or bring back memories of sailing as a kid in the dink. But also, the time I lived in England. The boat you have or the Lilou for three people. I like both boats.
The great thing about a small boat is that it can take you to quiet shallow and protected creeks where nature proliferates. What peace there is in silence.
This is exactly what I’ve been looking for. Here in the US, I’ve not seen this. One of the things that attracts me to this little boat is the access it would give me to areas of our lakes that I’d be sailing that bigger traditional cabin type sailboats couldn’t dream of going. I could build it myself. I could use my small SUV to easily tow it to wnd launch in whatever water I choose to sail that weekend. I can’t imagine a more cost effective way to enjoy a several day sail. I can see I need to research boat plans and these types of simpl sailing rigs. It looks very simple to handle. I’m loving your videos!
Always a good reminder of what can be done in a small boat. Thanks for the ideas and inspiration for me to get out exploring the waterways in my Wayfarer!
Time and time again, I am drawn to your wonderfully genteel videos Roger. I suppose it's a little escapism for me too as I watch you on your trips - thank you for sharing. I find them quite calming. One day I may even get a boat myself again. I don't think I properly appreciated the Mirror dinghy my father painstakingly built in our garage in 1977 when I was 12 years old and yet sailed in only a handful of times. It seems a shame to be living here on the Isle of Wight for most of my life and not to have a small boat to potter around in! Meanwhile, it's nice to randomly pick from your numerous short videos and join you on your adventures. May you enjoy many more years of dinghy cruising.
An old boatman once told me...." the bigger the boat, the less you use it".
I've never forgotten that adage..
Certainly true in my parents case .
I always dreamed of having a sailboat. fate kept getting in the way. Now I am 73 and sad that I missed out. This video awakens what was in my heart. Thank you.
Truth
"A boat like this would suit a great many people who end up buying something much larger and more complicated." well said. Indeed!
Europe has far less regulation than here in Australia. If I try to camp in a boat here, I have to be moored to a licenced mooring or marina or an official campsite that happens to have a beach... Nanny state down here. Hey ho - great video.
@@DougieL Yes, but have you watched (Sailing Kate Louise) there is a group that go out together dinghy cruising. They might be able help you find what you are looking for. They are based in Australia, hopefully that helps. Cheers
@@timothymclaughlin6635 Wow, thank you so much; I will check them out!
Rogers video’s are like chicken soup for my soul. I love his ability to make me want to dream the adventures, that I once only got from backpacking.
I used to have a 22' yacht. One weekend I decided to take my 12' Tinker Traveller sailing dinghy for a trip on the Deben from Woodbridge down to the sea and back again - a round trip of about 18 miles. This 6 hour trip was the most memorable and enjoyable sail of the whole season for all the reasons that you state. You get as close as possible to the elements and everything is wonderfully simple.
The orwell and stour are nice sails too
That's a long wet (but safe) trip in a traveller. I've just bought one of the last made but haven't had chance to sail it yet. But with even a small motor on it flies !
I too have this need deep inside to spend days out in my 16’ sailboat. Where I grew up was in British Columbia living in a float camp. Only boats to get from one place to another. Starting at 5 I was allowed to take the rowboat out any time I wanted to. When I rowed 5 miles to see my cousins it was frowned on. I couldn’t use the rowboat for two weeks.
As a kid rowing along the shore or straight across the inlet was my only source of adventure and exploring my world.
Your videos make me feel there is a world out there I belong to.
Thanks.
Wise words Roger, thank you.
I'm not a dinghy sailor (well I was back in the 80's). I have a touring kayak and have wild camped on islands etc. I totally agree with the idea of getting back to basics. Time spent in nature has been proved to have enormous benefits in terms of mental health and of course being physically active is good in itself. You and your boat seem to be the perfect match.
I've never owned a lovely old boat like this one. But I've been sailing - and owning, on and off - sailboats for 30 years. My favorite was an Etap 22, which over the course of years we sailed throughout the Stockholm archipelago. It was nearly all fun, and only a very small dose of work. But because we usually have to dream bigger, and I had always dreamed of crossing oceans, I "upgraded" from that to a 46' ocean-going Amel ketch. Suddenly I was a full-time mechanic, hardly a sailor. When you own a boat like that it's like the story about painting the Golden Gate Bridge. You are never done with the jobs list. Never. We cruised her for a year, through the Med and over the Atlantic. But I have to say the sense when I finally walked away from her on the pontoon, on the day of sale, was one of overwhelming relief. These days I'm into ultralight backpacking, and there's certainly a connection there: all of the adventure, none of the weight. If I were ever to return to sailing, it would probably be to do something similar to what Roger is doing above. It looks like a balm.
Not all that old. Built in 1994.
... the boat. Not me!
Roger, I’m so happy to tell you that my wife gave me sailing lessons for Christmas... It was because I couldn’t stop watching your videos. You have inspired me and she has seen it. I can barely wait for warm weather. Texas
You won't look back, boating changes your life forever & for the better.
Updates?
Dying for warm weather here in Oklahoma. I’ve sailed since I was 8 years old (26 now), and I’ve never done an over nighter. This is the year.
Cool.
How were the lessons jeff?
Thank you, Roger. Haven't seen you for ages. Hope you are well.
Dodger your living the dream, you have found what many people search for their whole lives and never find, namely Enlightenment, simply enjoying your life.
Roger this is probably one of your best videos a real balance of what sort of adventures a person can have on a small boat .
Love to see videos of simple, wise people enjoying themselves and loving life for what it is.
So true! I actually feel I have not been sailing enough this year.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh,,moments of serenity in a world of madness.. Proper job!
It is spring and the water is calling all of us out!
What a beautiful video Mr. Barnes, hello from the fresh water sea of the Great Lakes.
really Anne Dwyer?
"Salt water, spring tides and sunshine trumps any pond Annie"
Why the negative comments?? I sail Lake Michigan. Hundreds of miles of beautiful places in Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Superior, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario. You have lovely places to sail and explore as do we.
@@t555p So true! 1555p. My heart is with the Mackinac Straits, but I love the entire Great Lakes system. Maybe I'll see you out there some time.
@@t555p t555p...
Roger, your videos enable me to survive the winter far from Douarnenez and the Rade de Brest here in the north of Germany. Thank You so much for sharing them!
It is always so good to hear from Rodger and sometimes he is very poetic.
I was a sailor for 12 years, but nothing compared to you, your boat is fantastic!!!!
Nothing to add! Thank you Roger.., take care & please stay healthy, Kai from Northern Gemany
That's as good a summation of the cruiser dinghy experience as I've heard. Your videos are so engaging and beautifully shot. Thank you.
The artistry of your Ilur against the backdrop of the wrecked wooden work boats is striking Roger. Everything is so simple and beautiful. Your icy blue eyes are striking too and can't remember seeing those before. Always something new. We had our first day over freezing this weekend and are getting our ten footer ready for the big shakedown. We sewed a tent and cushions over the winter! Thank you always Roger.
I fully agree. Simplicity is a wondeful thing.
Thanks Roger for reinforcing the virtues of dinghy cruising. Cheers and happy cruising adventures.
This is why I love my Wayfarer so much, so simple and easy, and inexpensive!
Did trailer sailing holidays as a kid with my parents and now do the same with my kids. I know the kids will remember the holidays away in the boat till the day they die. Great sport , hobby and holiday adventure all in one.
Once you've seen one cruising channel you've see em all.... Well until now. Subscribed!
I do try to be different. There again, there are big gaps between my videos.
Love your videos roger, they are like a lullaby for me.
Yes , when I feel that way I play the one on the Thames
I have read Roger Barnes' book. I love dinghy cruising. In this video comparing dingy cruising to mountain climbing makes me think of Geoffrey Heath''s article Wayfarer to Labrador in a September 1985 Small Boats Journal magazine that inspired me to pursue dinghy cruising . Heath used a dinghy as a practical means to reach distant remote costal mountains for climbing.
Thank you Roger. A great film for a Sunday afternoon! I had seen your article in the RYA magazine so this is the perfect accompaniment.
His book is a good read too, if you haven't got it already.
A Roger Barnes video....at last! Excellent!
Another wonderfully “slow” film, Roger. Perfect!
Thank you Matt
I just turned 50 yesterday. I completed level 1 RYA recently, level 2 next week. I have bought a Graduate and just collected a combi road trailer that will take a 14 foot. By summer next year I will have some skills, then I shall buy something more cruise-ey that me and my 10 year old can actually sleep in, then I'm doing THIS. Inspired.
You truly inspire me. Enjoy things in a small fashion. The smaller vessel, the greater adventure, sort of. You do not have to cross oceans in a big ship, you can enjoy yourself by crossing a big lake in a small vessel. Close to nature. Here. Now.
Roger, I totally understand your approach towards sailing. Highest respect for your attitude and promotion of 'down to earth' living.
I try. I try.
Happy to see you back Roger.
A Very Peaceful Person Leading a Quality Life Style
I am sailing through Central America at the moment in a 34ft sailboat. All other boats in these waters are in the 44 to 60 ft range (many of which are multihulls). For them, I am the down to earth sailor which they envy for our simplicity but I am enveying Rogers approach.
Yes. Yachts grow ever bigger.
What an idyllic way to camp and sail, beautiful video as always
Thanks Roger. Just what we all need to cheer us up in lockdown. Must take a huge amount of editting. Even so, how can we tempt you to make these more frequently? Or perhaps you would consider a weekly q and a? Or Roger Barnes' week in lockdown?
Cathartic and timeless in the wisdom of experience. I've been missing Roger's videos thru the winter.
The RYA is missing a trick by not sponsoring Roger as a sailing ambassador.
Or a TV series but don't change, don't compromise your qualities and ethos.
I was asked to do a number of dinghy talks and also be in two French sailing films, hence the lack of my own filming this year. I do have to work too!
Been looking for inspiration for a boat to build when I get home in a year and this is exactly my style
Great seeing another excellent video. Thanks for sharing. Cheers 🍻!!
Another lovely boating image you’ve conjured up Roger. Especially at this time
Thank you Roger. Here Down Under in Queensland, the heat of summer gives way to our cooler winter warm sunny sailing with blue skies.
Roger, you have totally inspired me. THANK YOU. I've bought the best dinghy I can afford for 1k and equipped it for dinghy cruising and camping. A Laser 13... 136kg so manageable and far more affordable than many alternatives (I would love an Illur and maybe, when my boat comes in.... :-) ) I'll start with anchoring/ mooring, going ashore in my inflatable, or drying for the night. This allows me to use the camp kit I have until I can make a boom tent and rig a bunk in the cockpit. I've bought the bits for impeder, mooring cleats and anchor fairleads, anchors, chain, rode, mooring lines, Drybags, fenders, 3m (!) oars ... I did the calculation...
and rigged a sculling oarlock on the outboard bracket.... can't wait to try it! Drysuit, boots, buoyancy aid, reefing, preparing to get going from my new place at Cargreen Yacht Club in the Tamar. Not sailed there before but I hope the rivers and Plymouth sound will be a good training adventure ground this year. Brest and Morbihan in 2025!
A lovely presentation that authentically captures the spirit of small boat cruising. Less junk, more journey. As the Vikings used to say, "essential or excess". 5 stars and two thumbs up.
I have Roger's book and now started watching the films. A wonderful inspiration to finish building the shellback dinghy, inherited from my father and languishing in my garage for far too long now.
This is Alpine style cruising. Very happy to watch your nice video tonight. I loved the way you speak peacefully, so easy to understand. I'm Didier a friend of your well known friend Didier.
Thank you, Didier! 😃
Thank you!! Your video is a true gift for wandering souls like me.
Thanks Roger - with your encouragement and the leisure of lockdown, my boat is now tip-top and raring to go ...
Thank you, Roger, for your beautiful video explaining how we feel feel about our little adventures. I forwarded your video to my son and also to my wife. Perhaps it will help them to understand.
I hope you get many, many more years to enjoy your adventures.
Once again Roger, you have us hooked. Just need to get started! Many thanks and keep safe.
I have childhood memories of happy days with my dad in our dinghy, just like yours. I now have a kayak which I keep in the boot of my car. It's a life for the body and soul.
A beautiful change from the constant "tropical hatching" sailing channels , well done.
Yes. I want my channel to be about ordinary sailing. Thanks Roon.
I just picked up a 14 foot dinghy, and I am really connecting with your message here - Thank you for the inspiration!
Jeff in San Diego, CA USA.
Ha. I bumped into you quite randomly at a pub near bath last summer while wscapeing life on a touring bike. Your comment is so true. I work for a miserable billionaires who hates life and have 13 crew and a superyacht! Small and simple. I cycled across southern England and Wales last year. I made it up to the Lake District and hiked up to Scaffell, I took the long route up the wrong side to avoid the crowds. I didnt see a person for 3 hours, swam in streams and it was an incredible experience. Your videos are an escape during long seasons working on a big boat.
Hi Christopher. Big boats bore me, other than for big passages. And yes, cruising a small dinghy is very like exploring on a touring bike. I shall use that analogy! Roger
Thanks Roger, I think if more people took the opportunity to do this, there would be less mental health issues and better relationships between couples and the community in which they live, the mind has to have time to restore and relax in the beauty of our universe
Simply Amazing!!!!!! Thank you for your videos!
Thankyou Roger.
Im finaly selling my yatch.
Lovely as she is , i want less to worry about.
More to laugh at.
I'm looking forward to building my own ilur, all because of these videos from you Roger. Thank you for another video
i'm planning to build one too...although i want to adapt the design a little bit
What a wonderful film, Roger! Thank you.
Thank you
Thanks Roger, a enchanted life is the economy with which you accomplish the challenges to operate independently in your environment.
Thanks Roger people like you are just so so inspiring to me!!! 🙂🙃🙂
Good to have you back aboard Roger!⛵
Great Video and inspiring dialogue Roger. Thank You. I miss Brittany and can't wait to get back.
Beautiful, simple sailing. Superb.
What a lovely video, all your videos are lovely, simple and wise! Thank you Roger huppy to see you back.
Roger, thank you! You inspired me. Cheers from Austria.
Great to see you again Roger. Very touching video. Thank you, your videos are a great escape from the everyday.
Briliant as usual Roger - thank you so much for giving us these lovely reports.
Nice to see you back again, really enjoy your videos.
Thanks
Great video Roger, thank you; it was made incredibly surreal by a Mulder shipyard advert popping up half way through. I got confused as to whether the model was on your beautiful dinghy or the luxury yacht...
All this and more in your book, thanks Roger
Happy to se you Back. You are absolutely right, GO SMALL, GO NOW.
Lovely shot at 14:13. I grew up in Bristol and sometimes wondered where all those smallish boats in the floating harbor sailed to--there were riches at my door that I knew nothing about, clearly.
Porlock Weir is nice too, and reachable on one tide from Bristol. Clovelly is rather far: that would be the second day.
Nice cruise, glad to see you out and about! Best to Sally.
I thank you for your videos, you produce them so well. From watching your video's, they bring memories of days long past. They bring me up if I have a bad day or bring back memories of sailing as a kid in the dink. But also, the time I lived in England. The boat you have or the Lilou for three people. I like both boats.
An Ode to the joy of freedom, nature and simplicity. Thank you so much for sharing this with us! :-)
The great thing about a small boat is that it can take you to quiet shallow and protected creeks where nature proliferates. What peace there is in silence.
I've rediscovered my Dad's dinghy. Thanks for the inspiration!
Hugely inspiring.Thank you.
Lovely boat, lovely film.
Lovely Roger .
Hi roger am just in the process of building an illur. Misainer loving the build ,can’t wait to get in the water thanks for the inspiration
This is exactly what I’ve been looking for. Here in the US, I’ve not seen this. One of the things that attracts me to this little boat is the access it would give me to areas of our lakes that I’d be sailing that bigger traditional cabin type sailboats couldn’t dream of going. I could build it myself. I could use my small SUV to easily tow it to wnd launch in whatever water I choose to sail that weekend. I can’t imagine a more cost effective way to enjoy a several day sail. I can see I need to research boat plans and these types of simpl sailing rigs. It looks very simple to handle. I’m loving your videos!
That’s the real advantage - easily being able to sail somewhere new.
Wonderful as always Roger. Thank you.
Lovely video Roger
I cannot wait to get back in my dinghy and start camping and cruising, that was so inspirational.
Many thanks.
Always a good reminder of what can be done in a small boat. Thanks for the ideas and inspiration for me to get out exploring the waterways in my Wayfarer!
Fabulous, just what we need Roger :-)
Time and time again, I am drawn to your wonderfully genteel videos Roger. I suppose it's a little escapism for me too as I watch you on your trips - thank you for sharing. I find them quite calming. One day I may even get a boat myself again. I don't think I properly appreciated the Mirror dinghy my father painstakingly built in our garage in 1977 when I was 12 years old and yet sailed in only a handful of times. It seems a shame to be living here on the Isle of Wight for most of my life and not to have a small boat to potter around in! Meanwhile, it's nice to randomly pick from your numerous short videos and join you on your adventures. May you enjoy many more years of dinghy cruising.
'Thank you Paul. I’m writing about the great age of home made Mirrors in the 1970s at the moment. R
Spring seems to have sprung...
Hello sir, and have an enthralling 2021.
Really enjoyed this video Roger, and your philosophy on dinghy Cruising and its simple delights, Paul
Your videos make me wish I was in a different spot in life. Love it Roger.
wonderfull video Roger,what a joy.
Thanks Rodger for your inspirational videos, I like them so much I just bought your book.
Brilliant Roger, thank you.
Lovely restorative vid., I especially enjoyed the swan swanning at 2.04. Thanks Roger.
Thank you Roger. Fantastic video! You have me all primed for the water this year. It's really good to hear from you again.
So good to see you again Roger, I always enjoy your videos.
Well done Roger, enjoyed this.
One of your best videos.