Roger, I’ve just waded through the pages and pages of comments and they all say the same things. May I add to their huge total and say THANKS for all your efforts in bringing us tour travels. Capt John.
I've been watching you for years now, and I've long fantasized about dinghy or pocket cruising. I've learned quite a bit from reading and from older wiser friends, but also from watching your problems and how you solve them. I've been practicing, and I'm finally ready to graduate from lake daysailing to cruising. Thanks for sharing these happy journeys, and thanks for being a kindred romantic.
I tremendously enjoy your films, Roger! I have been cruising along the coasts of Holland, Belgium, England, Scotland, Germany and Denmark for the past 42 years in a 27-footer which, luckily, I can still manage single-handed (all my former sailing friends are now looking after grandchildren). Seeing you in the dinghy I wonder if I should sell my 27-footer and follow your example.
Hi from northern Japan. Rigorously acquiring important technical, nautical terms in English, such as "the lumpy bits." On my way to become a true English sailor. Thank you, Roger-san!
Hello Mr Barnes. I'm a sailor and boatbuilder from lake Constance. A far calmer and more limited spot for sailing as the Bretagne or GB. Your kind of sailing and filming is a Inspiration for me in sailing and boatbuilding. This kind of sailing was established here in Germany, I would say until the 70's in dinghys like the PIRAT, KORSAR, ZUGVOGEL or many other small boats. Up then a kind of race starts and with growing incomes the boats get bigger and bigger, but the easeness and closeness to nature gets lost. You show me and obviously a lot of other sailors what we miss. Thanks therefore.
Hi Axel, I have a young son in Konstanz with my first wife. I live in Salisbury. Looking forward to visiting him, if its possible in 2021. And I would very much like to make a dinghy sailing trip around the lake one day. Best Lee
In America, people screw up when out sailing and the think a bigger boat will avoid the problems. The boats get so big that they never leave the dock, and there they are perfectly safe.
Awesome trip, good to have you back. Your book has pride of place on my table. Your informative encouragement hss been a real motivator for me. Your understated trips make our CanAm dinghy cruising adventures pale in comparison. Thanks and more please.
A braver man than me, making that crossing in what can be treacherous waters. It was nice to meet with you a few weeks ago. Fair winds for the future..
Hi Roger, I always look forward to your videos and enjoy them very much. You inspired me to build an Ilur. Tomorrow I will be epoxying on my last plank. Still lots to do though and with the cooling temperatures of the US Pacific Northwest I’ll have to finish it next spring/summer.
Wonderful, addicted, subscribed. The architecture of old Quebec (Canada) is so reminiscent of your area. Very familiar and foreign at the same time, merci.
Great trip. Enjoyed the story about the island men during WWII and how people survive there. I own a 36ft sloop on Chesapeake Bay in America. Eighteen inches between low and high tide here. I can only imagine the huge tides and currents you experience there in France and enjoy how you plan your trip to use wind and sea and drying out. Enjoy learning about all the other boats and how they were made, how each unique area developed their own style vessel. Keep em coming.
The shot at 8 1/2 min reveals the toy tender (as recommended in the pages of your book I believe?) and answered my question how did you run ashore... Nice to see in action!
Dear Roger. I've enjoyed your video. Very nice island. So calm. I am going to join you as a small boat owner, just when I finish reconstruction of my house, kids grow a little bit and I make some ship for me and my wife :) Hope, You wouldn't be too much old, when I'm ready.
and if I can add to Roger’s last comment , do press the Like button. If you are passionate about seeing Roger’s wonderful videos, consider activating the notification bell (icon) and select ‘All’. Thank you Roger for another wonderful episode! Stay well everyone 😃
My only comparable experience was sailing to the Glénans from Luctudy in calm weather and a neap tide. The peace one finds is amazing, and so much noisier is "normal" life when arriving back on the continent. Thank you for sharing your "périple" that had to be so well calculated so as not to get into trouble with the Raz. I would have loved to be with you but it was impossible this year.
Roger...I’ve been watching your videos since the beginning and am truly amazed and awed by your purist attitude. But don’t you think that at least the smallest 2.3 hp air cooled Honda (weighing a mere 30 Lb) would increase your adventures. It will get you through the tough parts and save you valuable hours (of life time that we can’t get back) so you can travel more. I myself cruise on a little Aquarius 21 (you can see on my YT channel) but I’ve equipped her with comfort items (winch, auto pilot, roller furler) because I have a passion for small boats but want to maximize my enjoyment time and let some of those modern items remove the rigors of labor. I’m not saying you need all those items but at the minimum a featherweight engine that you can store away will be a godsend when it gets rough out and you need to head in. And your videos are the best at small boat sailing. Thanks for posting. Jean.
That is how people sail larger yachts. They motor through the “boring, difficult” bits and hoist sails when the conditions are seen as right for sailing. But it completely changes your emotional relationship with the natural world.
Roger Barnes yes I hear you but at 64 years old I’ll have to confess that I am getting soft. And I think one can have a good relationship and balance with both. I’m still loyal to my “little tugboat that could”. And truly love her much more than my bigger yachts. Keep the great videos coming. Hopefully in a year or two I’ll be over there in my Aquarius and will be able to join you guys.
Hooray! I check for your videos every few days and when the new one appears, it's a celebration. This was particularly good. Lots of sailing footage (never enough), brilliant story telling, tide/weather details, your talking, and the beautiful recognition of the march of time. Thank you Roger, I feel as if you're an old friend, and if only we could meet again soon.
Thank you Roger for all the work to bring such pleasure from an informative and inspiring film of a lifestyle and activity many might contemplate and hope to achieve but few can actually attain but one can dream and work to emulate in one way or another👍 best wishes as we face next lockdown in the U.K. not going to be easy looking for a boat now 🤷♂️
Greetings Roger, from the shoreline of Connecticut in The States. I had very nearly finished re-watching all of your videos when your latest video popped up on my screen. So glad you continue to take us along with you on your adventures. Your videos and book led me to join the DCA in 2019, and after a nearly 25 year gap with no sail boat, I have recently purchased a used 14' Arey's Pond catboat and look forward to some adventures of my own next year once she has been gone over and upgraded this fall and winter. I have very much enjoyed your channel and have learned a great deal - but I have always wondered about your overnight DCA cruising rallies back in England. Do you have any footage of 'camp life' that might be of interest? Best of health to you during this difficult time! -Briggs
Excellent video, Roger!! Some scenes, such as the sunrise on the island harbor and seaside homes, are truly works of art!! I would love to download some still shots of your travels! They would be so beautiful hanging on my walls or viewed on my phone while imagining that I could speak the French language and join you for dinner in one of those wonderful little island cafes. Thank you so much for sharing your adventures with us.
Great video Roger, its winter here of course but we're getting near springtime, meanwhile your videos both warm us in the winter, and inspire us to get out there in the coming summer. Thanks so much for the effort you put in.
It is so satisfying to go out with you, out offshore and return. They really feel like different experiences (from shore-cruises.) I am most affected especially when I feel the vulnerability of the means. Your boat looks very tiny in a number of shots. The degree of physical exposure to the elements, mounting waves. And in contrast, you anchor, prop up your tent, stop in at a pub. I believe this is the core contrast that is at the heart of some dinghy cruising; the slimness of means against the fullness of the experience.
Roger, absolutely loved this video. Hello from southeast US! Please keep doing what you’re doing. Good mix of sailing, scenery, and history. Very entertaining and inspiring! Looking forward to your next video!!
Roger, great to see you on the water again. Have been doing similar on Lough Derg in Ireland over the summer. A rope as an extension between the car and the trailer is a great trick for all slips and keeps everything safe. Happy sailing!
Enjoyable. Still have lots of questions.How about a video about your sail and running rigging? Why tanbark? What sail material and why? Small bolt rope in foot and leach instead of reinforcing patches at the corners; why? Clipping on the sheet when reefed? Is speed on any particular point of sail reduced by the lack of a boom? Etc. How close is the sail to designers specs? Could the sail be larger or lighter for light air? Are you happy with the reef point positions? Rake of mast necessary? etc. -
Hi Roger - another enjoyable video! Just a bit of trivia for you - you probably know that the Breton, Cornish and Welsh languages are closely aligned. You only have to change one letter of Avel Dro (to Awel Dro) to make it mean the same in Welsh - a 'varying breeze' or 'turning breeze'.
Amazing. I love your stories. You need to come Finland. We have huge archipelago here in Finland, thousands of islands, no tide and thousands of nature harbours too. Just suitable for small boats.
Counter currents and STUFF. It is the stuff that you really have to look out for. Thanks for keeping us educated and entertained. Greetings from Japan, gary
I'm so glad you are OK. Thank you for pointing out some of the marks along the way. It enabled me to roughly follow your passage on the chart and to see your route and guess at some of the piloting decisions you must have made. Superb piloting and navigation, a joy to watch. Doffing my cap to you. The explanation of some of the history and geography were also great. Thank you, most enjoyable.
UHMWPE on your sliding parts might make shallow slips less unfriendly. It's an enduring and slithery stuff they use to line quarry hoppers in cold climes and to surface icerinks in hot climes. Not too pricey either.
Roger, I’ve just waded through the pages and pages of comments and they all say the same things. May I add to their huge total and say THANKS for all your efforts in bringing us tour travels. Capt John.
That was an exceptional cool trip
Marvelous, what a lovely little village Sein. Love your adventures and totally love your boat. Happy Holidays!
Beautifully done, thanks again.
Other things have dragged me away from dunking my little boat into the water but with your videos I’m feeling the need for it.
I love your calm and eloquent narration.
I've been watching you for years now, and I've long fantasized about dinghy or pocket cruising. I've learned quite a bit from reading and from older wiser friends, but also from watching your problems and how you solve them. I've been practicing, and I'm finally ready to graduate from lake daysailing to cruising. Thanks for sharing these happy journeys, and thanks for being a kindred romantic.
I tremendously enjoy your films, Roger! I have been cruising along the coasts of Holland, Belgium, England, Scotland, Germany and Denmark for the past 42 years in a 27-footer which, luckily, I can still manage single-handed (all my former sailing friends are now looking after grandchildren). Seeing you in the dinghy I wonder if I should sell my 27-footer and follow your example.
Very nice thank you for taking gus along for the ride
23 minutes and 54 seconds of tranquility. Beautiful island and a great story along with perfect sailing. Wonderful Roger, wonderful.
Hi from northern Japan. Rigorously acquiring important technical, nautical terms in English, such as "the lumpy bits." On my way to become a true English sailor. Thank you, Roger-san!
Love your work Roger, it's salt of the Earth stuff in a frantic 21st century world. Thanks!
An essential document for today and for all those to come.
Another thoroughly enjoyable little adventure. Thank you, Roger
Ahhh, just what I needed.
Hello Mr Barnes.
I'm a sailor and boatbuilder from lake Constance. A far calmer and more limited spot for sailing as the Bretagne or GB. Your kind of sailing and filming is a Inspiration for me in sailing and boatbuilding. This kind of sailing was established here in Germany, I would say until the 70's in dinghys like the PIRAT, KORSAR, ZUGVOGEL or many other small boats. Up then a kind of race starts and with growing incomes the boats get bigger and bigger, but the easeness and closeness to nature gets lost. You show me and obviously a lot of other sailors what we miss. Thanks therefore.
Hi Axel, I have a young son in Konstanz with my first wife. I live in Salisbury. Looking forward to visiting him, if its possible in 2021. And I would very much like to make a dinghy sailing trip around the lake one day. Best Lee
In America, people screw up when out sailing and the think a bigger boat will avoid the problems. The boats get so big that they never leave the dock, and there they are perfectly safe.
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Wonderful to see you again Roger. Your videos always make my day. They are the calm in the middle of the storm.
"I hope you've enjoyed that ...", ... yes Roger, I did ...
I enjoyed your story about the island very much.
I have just had my breakfast whilst thoroughly enjoying watching you sail to Île de Sein and back......23 mins 54 secs of joy.....Thanks Roger.
Thank you for bringing us along, Fair Winds.
Thank you Roger. Meraviglioso
So pleased your making content again Roger, your videos are gentle and comforting in these times of such turmoil
Thank you.
Always a viewing and informational enjoyment...🇨🇦
After 28 years in the Royal Navy dashing here and there I so much enjoy your very relaxing videos
A very fine short film about small boat sailing and cruising. Thanks Roger!
That was wonderful. I've never seen anything like Ile de Sein. Thank you.
Awesome trip, good to have you back. Your book has pride of place on my table. Your informative encouragement hss been a real motivator for me. Your understated trips make our CanAm dinghy cruising adventures pale in comparison. Thanks and more please.
Another excellent video. Thoroughly enjoyed the history lesson too on the Free French. Lest we forget 🍷☕️
Thank you Roger. Please stay safe and healthy.
A braver man than me, making that crossing in what can be treacherous waters. It was nice to meet with you a few weeks ago. Fair winds for the future..
Roger, your Vlogs and narratives are heart felt, respect from me Roger, stay well.
Thank you
Qui voit Sein voit sa fin 🤭
La seule île bretonne qu'il me reste a visiter, merci beaucoup pour cette vidéo Roger. 👍🙏😎
Hi Roger, I always look forward to your videos and enjoy them very much. You inspired me to build an Ilur. Tomorrow I will be epoxying on my last plank. Still lots to do though and with the cooling temperatures of the US Pacific Northwest I’ll have to finish it next spring/summer.
You, Sir, are a true sailor. Great video as usual. Regards Michael
Wonderful, addicted, subscribed. The architecture of old Quebec (Canada) is so reminiscent of your area. Very familiar and foreign at the same time, merci.
Love your mellow narrative Roger. Keep it up!
Great trip. Enjoyed the story about the island men during WWII and how people survive there. I own a 36ft sloop on Chesapeake Bay in America. Eighteen inches between low and high tide here. I can only imagine the huge tides and currents you experience there in France and enjoy how you plan your trip to use wind and sea and drying out. Enjoy learning about all the other boats and how they were made, how each unique area developed their own style vessel. Keep em coming.
Hello and thank you for the lovely sailing video
Thanks for watching!
The shot at 8 1/2 min reveals the toy tender (as recommended in the pages of your book I believe?) and answered my question how did you run ashore... Nice to see in action!
I admire you're sailing skill!
Dear Roger. I've enjoyed your video. Very nice island. So calm. I am going to join you as a small boat owner, just when I finish reconstruction of my house, kids grow a little bit and I make some ship for me and my wife :) Hope, You wouldn't be too much old, when I'm ready.
Bon appétit avec Didier !
Et bonne route à Basile
and if I can add to Roger’s last comment , do press the Like button. If you are passionate about seeing Roger’s wonderful videos, consider activating the notification bell (icon) and select ‘All’. Thank you Roger for another wonderful episode! Stay well everyone 😃
My only comparable experience was sailing to the Glénans from Luctudy in calm weather and a neap tide. The peace one finds is amazing, and so much noisier is "normal" life when arriving back on the continent. Thank you for sharing your "périple" that had to be so well calculated so as not to get into trouble with the Raz. I would have loved to be with you but it was impossible this year.
A real tonic. Thankyou for introducing us to the Ile de Seine.
Welcome Back. Great video. Congrats on your article on classic boat 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
you are my hero Roger, hope to see you more often mate
I love camping n always wanted to sail n this looks awesome! The ability to travel by means of wind!
Thanks for that short sailing trip you shared with us. Keep sailing!
I really liked this video. And loved the Isl De Sein sir. Thank you so much!
Thanks for sharing
Superbe balade dans un beau canot a voile..=) instructif et reposant. Merci et bon vent !!=)
Thanks Roger😀👍🏻
Roger...I’ve been watching your videos since the beginning and am truly amazed and awed by your purist attitude. But don’t you think that at least the smallest 2.3 hp air cooled Honda (weighing a mere 30 Lb) would increase your adventures. It will get you through the tough parts and save you valuable hours (of life time that we can’t get back) so you can travel more.
I myself cruise on a little Aquarius 21 (you can see on my YT channel) but I’ve equipped her with comfort items (winch, auto pilot, roller furler) because I have a passion for small boats but want to maximize my enjoyment time and let some of those modern items remove the rigors of labor. I’m not saying you need all those items but at the minimum a featherweight engine that you can store away will be a godsend when it gets rough out and you need to head in.
And your videos are the best at small boat sailing. Thanks for posting. Jean.
That is how people sail larger yachts. They motor through the “boring, difficult” bits and hoist sails when the conditions are seen as right for sailing. But it completely changes your emotional relationship with the natural world.
Roger Barnes yes I hear you but at 64 years old I’ll have to confess that I am getting soft. And I think one can have a good relationship and balance with both. I’m still loyal to my “little tugboat that could”. And truly love her much more than my bigger yachts.
Keep the great videos coming. Hopefully in a year or two I’ll be over there in my Aquarius and will be able to join you guys.
I enjoyed that little cruise .....thanks
so natural, and timeless, since tin ingots and tribes traversed the tides. Chapeau !
An absolutely wonderful video, with a wonderful historical perspective, and a very gently nuanced presentation. Thank you!
Thank you. I really really enjoy your videos. Perhaps one day you will do one around Italy?
Quite an adventure and much history too. Thank you!
Hooray! I check for your videos every few days and when the new one appears, it's a celebration. This was particularly good. Lots of sailing footage (never enough), brilliant story telling, tide/weather details, your talking, and the beautiful recognition of the march of time. Thank you Roger, I feel as if you're an old friend, and if only we could meet again soon.
Thank you Roger for all the work to bring such pleasure from an informative and inspiring film of a lifestyle and activity many might contemplate and hope to achieve but few can actually attain but one can dream and work to emulate in one way or another👍 best wishes as we face next lockdown in the U.K. not going to be easy looking for a boat now 🤷♂️
A fascinating history lesson Roger, linking the French and British nations. Ile de Sein looks a great place to visit especially by boat.
Lovely sail to an intriguing island - thank you so much.
Would love live on the Isle, cracking video
Greetings Roger, from the shoreline of Connecticut in The States. I had very nearly finished re-watching all of your videos when your latest video popped up on my screen. So glad you continue to take us along with you on your adventures. Your videos and book led me to join the DCA in 2019, and after a nearly 25 year gap with no sail boat, I have recently purchased a used 14' Arey's Pond catboat and look forward to some adventures of my own next year once she has been gone over and upgraded this fall and winter. I have very much enjoyed your channel and have learned a great deal - but I have always wondered about your overnight DCA cruising rallies back in England. Do you have any footage of 'camp life' that might be of interest? Best of health to you during this difficult time! -Briggs
Such a cool vagabond style. Love it.
Superb. This channel is a hidden gem. I was as ignorant of Sein as General De Gaulle. 😀
Excellent video, Roger!! Some scenes, such as the sunrise on the island harbor and seaside homes, are truly works of art!! I would love to download some still shots of your travels! They would be so beautiful hanging on my walls or viewed on my phone while imagining that I could speak the French language and join you for dinner in one of those wonderful little island cafes. Thank you so much for sharing your adventures with us.
Great video Roger, its winter here of course but we're getting near springtime, meanwhile your videos both warm us in the winter, and inspire us to get out there in the coming summer. Thanks so much for the effort you put in.
so glad you’re back haha there is no lockdow for a free mind like you...
Wonderful stuff! I could watch all day.
What a wonderful place you introduce to me! Thanks! Love your videos. Regards from Rio.
Always a pleasure to find another one of your adventures. Add to that your tranquil voice and the rush of the day fades away. Cheers!
It is so satisfying to go out with you, out offshore and return.
They really feel like different experiences (from shore-cruises.)
I am most affected especially when I feel the vulnerability of the means. Your boat looks very tiny in a number of shots. The degree of physical exposure to the elements, mounting waves.
And in contrast, you anchor, prop up your tent, stop in at a pub.
I believe this is the core contrast that is at the heart of some dinghy cruising; the slimness of means against the fullness of the experience.
Thank-you, Roger. A fine voyage and lovely commentary as always.
Roger, absolutely loved this video. Hello from southeast US! Please keep doing what you’re doing. Good mix of sailing, scenery, and history. Very entertaining and inspiring! Looking forward to your next video!!
Glad you’re back, Roger.
Therapeutic and informative with lovely photography to boot. A new fan.
Roger, I especially enjoyed this video!
Love the island hopping.
Keep them coming, these videos are what get us through the winter 🙏🏻
A true tonic. Lovely cruise to a special island. Tx
Roger, great to see you on the water again. Have been doing similar on Lough Derg in Ireland over the summer. A rope as an extension between the car and the trailer is a great trick for all slips and keeps everything safe. Happy sailing!
Enjoyable. Still have lots of questions.How about a video about your sail and running rigging? Why tanbark? What sail material and why? Small bolt rope in foot and leach instead of reinforcing patches at the corners; why? Clipping on the sheet when reefed? Is speed on any particular point of sail reduced by the lack of a boom? Etc. How close is the sail to designers specs? Could the sail be larger or lighter for light air? Are you happy with the reef point positions? Rake of mast necessary? etc. -
excellent
a great adventure with plenty of information
Hi Roger - another enjoyable video! Just a bit of trivia for you - you probably know that the Breton, Cornish and Welsh languages are closely aligned. You only have to change one letter of Avel Dro (to Awel Dro) to make it mean the same in Welsh - a 'varying breeze' or 'turning breeze'.
Yes, I never know if the correct English translation is whirlwind or wind shift. Probably the latter is closer.
Great to see you back in action Roger. Thanks for you wonderful videos and sail on.
Inspiring, thank you
My wife and I love your adventures, we ar landlocked in Nebraska USA near the sandhills area. Not much sailing here.
That was so enjoyable; thanks for posting.
Amazing. I love your stories. You need to come Finland. We have huge archipelago here in Finland, thousands of islands, no tide and thousands of nature harbours too. Just suitable for small boats.
Beorninki I’d love to!
Keep up the good work Roger, love yer boat!
Wonderful, fantastic but above all so relaxing to watch, Thank you Roger.
Love your video's... Always enjoy them and you book too!
Counter currents and STUFF.
It is the stuff that you really have to look out for.
Thanks for keeping us educated and entertained.
Greetings from Japan, gary
Fantastic. So different from my sails here in southern California.
I'm so glad you are OK. Thank you for pointing out some of the marks along the way. It enabled me to roughly follow your passage on the chart and to see your route and guess at some of the piloting decisions you must have made. Superb piloting and navigation, a joy to watch. Doffing my cap to you. The explanation of some of the history and geography were also great. Thank you, most enjoyable.
I also thoroughly enjoyed the the little journey including the history.
Very interesting little island. Would love to visit one day.
It looks like some kind of oiled canvas... I think the Australians have coats and stuff made of it...
UHMWPE on your sliding parts might make shallow slips less unfriendly. It's an enduring and slithery stuff they use to line quarry hoppers in cold climes and to surface icerinks in hot climes. Not too pricey either.