Hi Barry. Stop all this hogwash about your age. You do what most people would find impossible. You are a credit to all us lazy Barstewards. We tend to forget that you are on your own, living on a very small piece of real estate, in the middle of a vast unpredictable and hostile sea. Keep your chin up mate. Keep the videos coming Barry, they always Brighton up my day. Thank you for that. Stay safe
Captains of merchant sailboats in the 1800's kept careful logs of prevailing wind speed and direction arranged by the calendar, the records were used to sail routes which were wind dependable. Not sure if any of these logs survived, but if they did, it would be very helpful in planning routes and avoiding becalmed areas. Good show captain.
It is a good idea and has already been done long ago. This information is available in things called pilot charts. For example here is one for the North Atlantic www.waypointamsterdam.com/pilot%20charts/106may.pdf Pilot charts supplemented by weather modelling are part of normal passage planning. I would assume that Barry did all this before he left but struck unseasonably bad winds.
They’re called “Sailing Directions” and are still published for every area of the oceans. The values for average wind speed and direction etc by month for every place on chart grids comes from many years of real data from those locations. But as someone else has stated, global climate change is throwing historical norms and averages out the window. Relying on wind, weather and current data from 200 years ago would be silly.
Good to see that you are now safely in Richards Bay, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa. What an achievement Barry - Bravo Zulu is fitting now that you are in the home of the Zulus. 👍👍👌
Jeez Barry, great footage from a goodly handsome fella. Having been becalmed once in the atlantic, way before modern comms, I know how frustrating it can be. Keep on trucking mate.
I've been following you since you posted the video of you buying shady, I'm living vicariously through you, thank you very much!!! . You are a great. Narrator. Happy holidays brother be safe.
Wondering weather? Then the reef thoughts? 80 years of age, aboard since 5, and afloat, I still hear my sail carrying ancestors advice “never doubt your senses take action”
Hello sir good to see you yet again , caught a glimpse of you on reunion island with sailing nangi just before they headed to Madagascar ,,,safe sailing stay safe !
Sod’s Law dictates when becalmed and wishing for wind, that when it comes it comes in abundance. It’s like riding a giant rollercoaster of extremes. Thanks for another great vlog Barry, keep safe. P.s. You’re not old, you’re experienced and that counts for a lot.😊👍
Hey Barry, Too bad about the sail and the pup. Bummer. I joined the crew. You're out there doing it for all us old farts, and we're proud of ye. The future sail lore will be not what Knox-Johnston or Chichester would do, but what Barry Perrins would do. Suggest doing a fund for the sail, you know, if we all chip in kind of thing, and maybe we can cut down the cost of the replacement. Hoping the weather improves, good sailing mate.
Wow that is scary stuff. I hope all is well with your hand. I'm glad the birds liked the music. So sorry to see the sail damage. Wishing you trouble free repairs/replacements, fair winds and decent seas to continue your adventure.
Hi Barry. This was a sad video, full of hardship and uncertainties. No wind, low food and water, going backwards, a tired Barry and finally a dead Genoa 😢. Sailing is made of good days and bad days. The art consists of minimizing bad days, anticipating and avoiding to expose yourself. As global weather deteriorates, the number of areas on earth, and periods where sailing should be avoided I am afraid is increasing. After seing the high occurrence of deadly storms in the Med after mid August, last summer I decided to end my 2025 sailing season end of July, in order to minimize exposure to extreme weather 😢. Good luck for your passage to Indonesia and looking forward to the next episode 👋
Great video! I've been on Lake Huron when it's hot and windless. You captured the joy of it perfectly! The good news is we don't have stinging water here!!
Capt. Barry .. Too bad about the Fore Sail .. I'm only a SW Florida "back-country" shallow water fisherman whose mid 1960's Center Console Whaler defines exactly what the acronym for Boat is: .. "Bring Out Another Thousand !".. It's then mate, I think of Eric Idle of Monty Python fame and his wonderful song, .. 'Always look on the bright side of life' .. and it's then that I think, .."Well. it could be worse" .. Captain, take a breath .. a brew .. a break .. The best has yet to come .. As always Mate .. Good Luck !! You're living the life !
That looked tough. I'm sure knowing you have a loyal band of followers who send messages of support helps. Respect to you for having the courage to do this. Safe travels.
Been watching you for about a year and have loved your videos. Often felt I could be there with you and I could do it. Not after this video this one finally scared me. BUT it made me actually laugh out loud a couple of times seriously. I kept thinking what would I do, cry was the answer. If you ever get in my area, stop in. I am on an island in the pacific called the Big Island south side, the last finishing village in the Hawaiian Islands. I can relate to some of the places you stop, beauty and remoteness. Aloha and safe travels. I like it, not, how everyone tells ya what to do as they are all sitting in their comfortable recliners. LOL also the sunset was the best ever. Don’t go back that way again…
Hi Barry, a suggestion for your Indian Ocean voyage planning. Rodrigues is well worth considering. It was one of the better stops, doing what you're doing a dozen years ago.
Barry again I’m on the edge of my seat I know from it posting you get through the mess and a new sail over it! but man stay safe stay cool stay searching 😎
Keep safe I am enjoying your progress and knowing that the current videos are not what you're currently experiencing as in I would not wish bad times on you. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
My good God. The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner comes to mind. Oh, and the last clip of your Goodly Handsome face. That wasn't a bad shot. :) I envy every sailor on RUclips until I watch some of your videos. It's like...okay, maybe I'm better off in my safe home.:) Good on ya, Barry. You're the sea dogginest sea dog of them all. :)
“Goodly Handsome”! Your new Instagram handle! We watch every one of your videos and they’re great because you deliver them to us in your own unique way. Fair winds!
In the face of divisive,you look at a mirror calling it’s reflecting of you in your nakedness back to yourself,a step back in time,but two forward. Always moving forward ✨
Hey hey Barry... that was scary... I thought had a lot of refit and whatnot done in NZ or thereabouts...? Why the headsail was in such bad shape...? Anyway good to see you're allright... Fair Winds...
See you 📡 in Richards Bay, South Africa since Nov 1st ...bet that first beer tasted goooood! Good onya! 👍 Here's an afterthought.... again....why don't your "generous" Patreons get you a Starlink? Somebody missing a potentially lifesaving opportunity here. But then, it IS the interwebs. 🤨
Don't think I'd ever put to sea without a decent communication system and battery bank to outlast the doldrums. Because getting a good forecasts while at sea is literally a lifesaver. It costs money, but so do lost sailboats
Sailing: the gentle art of travelling very very slowly to a destination in order to conduct more boat repairs. And still we love it.
hahahaha
Hi Barry. Stop all this hogwash about your age. You do what most people would find impossible. You are a credit to all us lazy Barstewards. We tend to forget that you are on your own, living on a very small piece of real estate, in the middle of a vast unpredictable and hostile sea. Keep your chin up mate. Keep the videos coming Barry, they always Brighton up my day. Thank you for that. Stay safe
I have to keep reminding myself that if I'm watching the video's you at least got through that particular challenge and were safe. Fair play Barry.
"Sweating like a pervert in a library" 🤣 thats a new one to this old dog 😅
that is disgusting!
@@J.Paul2023 -- lol, look in the mirror, pal!
@@drx1xym154 Gang stalking carries a life sentence in the state of Michigan!.
Times like these are always good to look back on once in a safe harbour with friends and other sailors over a beer or two.
I love it when you give the sea birds a break.
Captains of merchant sailboats in the 1800's kept careful logs of prevailing wind speed and direction arranged by the calendar, the records were used to sail routes which were wind dependable. Not sure if any of these logs survived, but if they did, it would be very helpful in planning routes and avoiding becalmed areas. Good show captain.
It is a good idea and has already been done long ago. This information is available in things called pilot charts. For example here is one for the North Atlantic www.waypointamsterdam.com/pilot%20charts/106may.pdf
Pilot charts supplemented by weather modelling are part of normal passage planning. I would assume that Barry did all this before he left but struck unseasonably bad winds.
They survived.
Climate change is making big differences in those previously dependable trade wind routes.
Old recorded navigation globes rare but still exist.
They’re called “Sailing Directions” and are still published for every area of the oceans. The values for average wind speed and direction etc by month for every place on chart grids comes from many years of real data from those locations. But as someone else has stated, global climate change is throwing historical norms and averages out the window. Relying on wind, weather and current data from 200 years ago would be silly.
Theres a great book of your life and this epic adventure to be written when you hang up your windless. Fair Seas SD ❤️
Working on it now!!
Good to see that you are now safely in Richards Bay, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa. What an achievement Barry - Bravo Zulu is fitting now that you are in the home of the Zulus. 👍👍👌
I had no idea. I probably would have stayed in the Maldives for a year.
The filming style and editing are superb!! I feel like I am with you onboard, well done sir. True adventure.
Jeez Barry, great footage from a goodly handsome fella. Having been becalmed once in the atlantic, way before modern comms, I know how frustrating it can be. Keep on trucking mate.
I've been following you since you posted the video of you buying shady, I'm living vicariously through you, thank you very much!!! . You are a great. Narrator. Happy holidays brother be safe.
You are doing just fine Barry. How would you know you are truly alive if it were not for those days when you feel like shit.
Cheers !
Wondering weather? Then the reef thoughts? 80 years of age, aboard since 5, and afloat, I still hear my sail carrying ancestors advice “never doubt your senses take action”
Awesome. Thanks for the video.
Your videos contain many life lessons like perseverance, resilience. I need these lessons. Thank you❤
Hello sir good to see you yet again , caught a glimpse of you on reunion island with sailing nangi just before they headed to Madagascar ,,,safe sailing stay safe !
Sod’s Law dictates when becalmed and wishing for wind, that when it comes it comes in abundance. It’s like riding a giant rollercoaster of extremes.
Thanks for another great vlog Barry, keep safe.
P.s. You’re not old, you’re experienced and that counts for a lot.😊👍
Hey Barry, Too bad about the sail and the pup. Bummer. I joined the crew. You're out there doing it for all us old farts, and we're proud of ye. The future sail lore will be not what Knox-Johnston or Chichester would do, but what Barry Perrins would do. Suggest doing a fund for the sail, you know, if we all chip in kind of thing, and maybe we can cut down the cost of the replacement. Hoping the weather improves, good sailing mate.
Thanks again great video as always.
Wow that is scary stuff. I hope all is well with your hand. I'm glad the birds liked the music. So sorry to see the sail damage. Wishing you trouble free repairs/replacements, fair winds and decent seas to continue your adventure.
Cheers.. be safe take care of yourself.. happy thoughts from Canada
Sweating like a what?? 😂😂😂😂😂 crying here in Cornwall
So sorry to hear what you had to face but your are safe and that is what counts !
Once again thank you for sharing your life with us Amigo!!
Hi Barry. This was a sad video, full of hardship and uncertainties. No wind, low food and water, going backwards, a tired Barry and finally a dead Genoa 😢. Sailing is made of good days and bad days. The art consists of minimizing bad days, anticipating and avoiding to expose yourself. As global weather deteriorates, the number of areas on earth, and periods where sailing should be avoided I am afraid is increasing. After seing the high occurrence of deadly storms in the Med after mid August, last summer I decided to end my 2025 sailing season end of July, in order to minimize exposure to extreme weather 😢. Good luck for your passage to Indonesia and looking forward to the next episode 👋
Hair cut looks good
I thought he looks 100 x’s better. A sexy old bastard 😂
Scary!😮. I’m so glad you’re ok.
Love how you managed to make a becalming interesting and what a bugger about the sail. From famine to feast on the wind front.
Drama Central again.😂 Barry always delivers.🤣
Great video! I've been on Lake Huron when it's hot and windless. You captured the joy of it perfectly! The good news is we don't have stinging water here!!
Capt. Barry .. Too bad about the Fore Sail .. I'm only a SW Florida "back-country" shallow water fisherman whose mid 1960's Center Console Whaler defines exactly what the acronym for Boat is: .. "Bring Out Another Thousand !".. It's then mate, I think of Eric Idle of Monty Python fame and his wonderful song, .. 'Always look on the bright side of life' .. and it's then that I think, .."Well. it could be worse" .. Captain, take a breath .. a brew .. a break .. The best has yet to come .. As always Mate .. Good Luck !! You're living the life !
Brilliant video, Barry!
I hope things go better for you brother. May God bless you
Which one? He has many. 17:17
Darwin - sometimes she just doesn’t want to let you go 😁 I don’t envy you dealing that humidity and heat mate.
Another excellent vlog. I want one. Bluetti are definitely products to consider.
That looked tough. I'm sure knowing you have a loyal band of followers who send messages of support helps. Respect to you for having the courage to do this. Safe travels.
You can handle it my old sea dog
Been watching you for about a year and have loved your videos. Often felt I could be there with you and I could do it. Not after this video this one finally scared me. BUT it made me actually laugh out loud a couple of times seriously. I kept thinking what would I do, cry was the answer. If you ever get in my area, stop in. I am on an island in the pacific called the Big Island south side, the last finishing village in the Hawaiian Islands. I can relate to some of the places you stop, beauty and remoteness. Aloha and safe travels. I like it, not, how everyone tells ya what to do as they are all sitting in their comfortable recliners. LOL also the sunset was the best ever. Don’t go back that way again…
Purist sailing!!❤
I personally think this is one of your best episodes. Your Genoa was already rotten and way past saving.
GREAT video Barry !! Hope you make it through!
Hey Barry 😊 New Jersey USA. Hope you’re well too mate.
Barry you are a mad man love the video
Hi Barry, a suggestion for your Indian Ocean voyage planning. Rodrigues is well worth considering. It was one of the better stops, doing what you're doing a dozen years ago.
I'm not sure how you can have sixth sense about the forthcoming weather then having it taken you by surprise, I guess it makes exciting viewing 🤔
Barry again I’m on the edge of my seat I know from it posting you get through the mess and a new sail over it! but man stay safe stay cool stay searching 😎
You must have angered the sea gods. A shot of Rum over the side when leaving Darwin could have saved you such a bad passage 😀
Bloody hell Barry how frustrating but "Goodly Handsome" will come through this i'm sure.
Keep safe I am enjoying your progress and knowing that the current videos are not what you're currently experiencing as in I would not wish bad times on you.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Excellent Video. This is really good therapy for me. Even famous people have bad days. You have come a long ways.
Scary stuff; good to see that you are ok!
Time to re read ‘the ancient mariner’ Barry.
My good God. The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner comes to mind. Oh, and the last clip of your Goodly Handsome face. That wasn't a bad shot. :) I envy every sailor on RUclips until I watch some of your videos. It's like...okay, maybe I'm better off in my safe home.:) Good on ya, Barry. You're the sea dogginest sea dog of them all. :)
omg how the hell do you cope, you're a legend
Rockin the yellow shades Barry 🔥
What an amazing video. I know you got across the Indian ok. So I’m not too concerned. But I’m going to make this video compulsory viewing for my crew.
That was painful to watch. Flat calms are peaceful but dangerous. Stay safe Captain Goodeley Handsome! 😂
Great experience like your. Shows thanks Berry
Keep on keeping on. 😊
Thnx 4 tha new episode Barry ! Day after day of no wind is enough to drive u mad LOL I hope your leg is doing well . Take care Barry 🙂
One of your best sailing videos yet! Thanks Barry! Cheers Mate!!! ⛵⛵⛵
Great Video as always Barry. Looking forward to seeing your safe arrival in Durban soon! Love Malcolm and Eileen Perrins xx
Bloody hell mate.
I saw a peek of you On Tulas endless summer near Curasao, your videos must be behind 😎✌🏻
Great episode. Stay safe.!
If you are thinking about putting a tuck in the main, right then is the time to do it! Fair winds Barry, great épisode.
I am sorry to say I chuckled two or three times, eg when you said you were only about 100 miles from Darwin. You poor bugger.
Man, you look like Vendée Globe and all hang out! Safe Winds, happy waves, many jolly ankoor beers ;)
Great EDITING Barry!
Good seamanship Barry! That storm snuck up....
That was nice of you Barry, to let the birds sit on your boat and rest. Good Karma...
Also that joke about the library was too funny!.
🍻
Good lord! What a disaster.😢
Neither the sea or sky have an end Barry.
😀😀😀 Rob and Jan ,Tahlia Tiger 👏👏👏
That was even hard to see lol Darvin will not let you go
I do hope you are well and ok Barry.
“Goodly Handsome”! Your new Instagram handle! We watch every one of your videos and they’re great because you deliver them to us in your own unique way. Fair winds!
Thanks again for the great video 😮
Beware jelly fish eggs!!!
At 5:16 Great video, just wondering are you not fishing at all being short of supplies?
In the face of divisive,you look at a mirror calling it’s reflecting of you in your nakedness back to yourself,a step back in time,but two forward.
Always moving forward ✨
Darwin certainly didn’t want you to leave 😂
Jeez Barry what a load of bad luck , i hope you got some bloody wind to get you to Indonesia . Maybe there's only good luck from now on :-)
Barry. If you ever come to Natal, Brazil, please get in touch. We'll share a churrasco, beer and cachaça. Meanwhile, be safe and well!
What a video! I don't know how you do it but I'm so pleased you do! No one does it better. 💪
thanks for not just showing the good days
Hey hey Barry... that was scary... I thought had a lot of refit and whatnot done in NZ or thereabouts...? Why the headsail was in such bad shape...? Anyway good to see you're allright... Fair Winds...
Barry. You are captain of your soul and master of your fate. Already a celebrity.
Cheers
Love the channel, probably answered this a million times, but are you using a GoPro - or another camera ? the picture quality is excellent !!
DJI action cam and Conon slr
Oz is pulling you back, doesn't want you to leave! You need one of these 🤠an Akubra! ❤
wow, ive gotta get a boat. This looks fun
Cor! That was all very trying You could use a bit of good fortune there matey. Hope you get it.
You can get small generators for emergency power. Or, a small, separate power supply for the ais.
Arr , The Doldrums !
See you 📡 in Richards Bay, South Africa since Nov 1st ...bet that first beer tasted goooood! Good onya! 👍
Here's an afterthought.... again....why don't your "generous" Patreons get you a Starlink? Somebody missing a potentially lifesaving opportunity here.
But then, it IS the interwebs. 🤨
Frightening!
Don't think I'd ever put to sea without a decent communication system and battery bank to outlast the doldrums. Because getting a good forecasts while at sea is literally a lifesaver. It costs money, but so do lost sailboats
Wicked, Seadog!
Note to self: “Next time I circumnavigate 😂 I will take a faster boat.”