In case you've been missing videos from me this year, here is a bonus. But it's in French I'm afraid.... www.tebeo.bzh/player.php?idprogramme=10929019&autoplay=false
Loved that little reversed tiller to get out of irons 11:20 and noting that it does require a carefully selected anouncement in order to be executed correctly.
Your most inspiring video yet. Your confidence in that small boat in that messy swell, reefed down and being shaken about, but always a calm hand on the tiller and sheet. Thank you.
Thank you. I thought people might think it a little dull. But it is very much people's normal experience of weekend sailing. You don't always go anywhere much.
The kite surfer whizzing past was such a perfect moment :D Makes you realise how tough life must have been as a fisherman - having to weigh up the risks on a daily basis - puts my daily suburban cycle ride to work into perspective. I remember learning about Cornwall where the other option was tin mining - no doubt equally dangerous...
Andy - are you in the US, I too hope to be sailing an ILUR - you are building one now? If you are in the US and on the east coast? I'd love to communicate with you and maybe visit? Rob
Roger, you are a brave fellow. I know this wasn’t the worst you have faced in your tough little Ilur; but, it allows a good illustration of your courage, and toughness, that which a man will need to sail a small boat on big water. I have been on big seas. There one needs to be made of tougher stuff. Youngsters of today need this lesson... Texas
Thank you Roger. Setting out on my 72nd birthday was a very nice gift to me as I must live my sailing life vicariously through your travels. 72 at 04/19,2021
Your videos are the call of the sea. Im jjust finishing my pre-season maintenance for my old Mirror and hoping to be back on the sea soon. Thankyou for posting!
Has it only been a month!? So glad to see your post Roger and this one got my heart racing. You were out in some wild there. The big unfeeling green fingers reaching up for you over and over. Adventure indeed.
Roger, sometimes its just hard to not go anywhere despite your best effort. I had a similar experience yesterday where I could not make my intended destination, a small town about 15 miles north of where I launched my Morbic 12, the Ilur's little brother. But it was a good shakedown cruise and I managed to address a few things that I had overlooked. Always enjoy your videos. Wishing you a good sailing season from one of the DCA's US members.
The Friendship Rose is a schooner that used to do ferry service between Port Elizabeth, Bequia, and Kingstown St Vincent. It's a trip of 10 nm at most. There were days that after several hours of battling the wind and current they had to turn back with a load of seasick passengers. You are in good company.
Thank you once again for sharing your ILUR time! My Mrs is now asking if there are any new RB youtubes! Maybe my ILUR build is not too far off - stay well Roger, you are a blessing to us all - R
Nice editing. In the short time it took you to reef in those conditions...you know what's coming ....I'd have been seasick 😄 .....great video again Roger. Thank you. Take care now
During Covid 2020 I drive my car across the states (north) to buy a sailboat. i sold my car and sailed it south 400 miles in the intercoastals and bays and canals and lived on it exclusively, with a partner, for several months until I sold it and upgraded my auto accommodations with the money so I could get back to making money on land, and now I've jumped into a 19ft 1967 O'Day Mariner that I just finished fiberglass repairs on yesterday, this being my 10th sailboat since I was 18. Best wishes from crazy Florida.
Another great video, thankyou. I am relatively new to dinghy cruising, and enjoy your wisdom and knowledge, please keep them coming, great bit of mini escapism in each clip 👍
Thanks again Rodger for a fab video. Hope you find your window of opportunity to complete the quest !! Also with the least amount of ‘bobbling’. Cheers from Aus’ ⛵️🚣🏽♂️
Someone must have thought a skipper's shakedown had another meaning - hence the one dislike! Another fab video. Thanks for all your time and effort in sharing Roger, much appreciated as always. Conor
Head down rolling a reef like that in rolling seas looks like a very good way to test your threshold for sea-sickness. Mine is thankfully quite high, but even just that video challenged it!
Great to see you back in action again, Roger. Please keep the videos coming. I was very worried for you when you were shortening sail, it looked as though Avel Dro was beam on to the chop, and about to tip you into the drink. Is there anything you could use to keep her head up, bucket on a line over the stern? Also beware if you have to rely on that Whale bilge pump if your in muddy estuarine water. The sensor doesn't work if your bilge water becomes muddy. This I know from personal experience, a fault admitted by Whale. I had to resort to a Water Witch external sensor which never let me down.
If I did this I'd have to take the rudder off, as the boat would be making sternway. As it is she was slightly stern on to the seas and moving slowly forwards through the water.
The reefing sequence at 8:00+ was the first time in all your videos I thought, "getting tossed around a little bit". Can you comment more on those specific conditions and how Avel Dro handled?
It didn't look so much that the wind was strong. More that the sea was very lumpy. It throws the boat all over the place making the sail very uncomfortable and also knocking all the wind out of the sails and so losing drive. Just the sort of conditions to go nowhere. Heading home seems a very sensible alternative. Thanks for the video.
Avel Dro is a very dry boat. She seems happy in a lumpy sea. I have seen guys get swamped in conditions like the ones decided to put a couple of more reefs in.
It would be nice if you could give a tour of the workings of your boat and how you adjust things to make it do what you want it to do call it a sailing lesson! Thanks for the videos
I do intend to. It was in fact the point of the Thames video I did some time ago. You need somewhere to set up a camera on the shore, out of the boat, so difficult to do in tidal water.
Bit breezy down there Roger ,,, my new dinghy ( all your Fault lol ,, I will never buy another boat he said ! ) is now ready for our shakedown and we will be trailering her ( Kistilic ) down to Douarnenez soon we hope when this 10km limit is lifted . Maybe join us for another brew on board ? Loved your vid as usual .. Neil &Liz ..
Great adventure on the bobbly sea Roger. I was out on the river with my rowing boat last week ( just got it in the water before the Vid came along, so only about the 5th time ). I have found she gets turned sharply when heading into the wind, it even spun us around when emerging from under a bridge. Does Avel Dro do that, or is she too heavy, or does the keel and rudder prevent it from happening? Maybe someone has an idea on this?
With plate up, she lies off the wind, taking the seas slightly on her stern. As soon as the sail is raised she turns up into the wind, lying about 45 degrees off it. You can see this happening in the video.
In case you've been missing videos from me this year, here is a bonus. But it's in French I'm afraid.... www.tebeo.bzh/player.php?idprogramme=10929019&autoplay=false
Très bien Roger! Et votre Français est excellent! :-)
I am 82 , fit and getting a free rescue 20 footer fixed up near Lake Ontario - much inspiration from Roger! Thanks !
Yep.. You're not a victim either.
Even a tiny adventure is better than no adventure at all , happy to see you again Roger 😉👍👍🇺🇸
Absolutely!
Loved that little reversed tiller to get out of irons 11:20 and noting that it does require a carefully selected anouncement in order to be executed correctly.
Yes. Sorry about that!
Your most inspiring video yet. Your confidence in that small boat in that messy swell, reefed down and being shaken about, but always a calm hand on the tiller and sheet. Thank you.
Thank you. I thought people might think it a little dull. But it is very much people's normal experience of weekend sailing. You don't always go anywhere much.
This is an inspiration, we should all get out and about! Thanks Roger
Always a treat to see another "Roger Barnes Video" is available! Thank you for your generosity in taking us along.
Where in Northern Japan are you. Khongera? I am in Sendai. gary
Oh how I love these videos! Love camping and boating n been hooked since "a rogue mariner on the upper Thames"#
The kite surfer whizzing past was such a perfect moment :D
Makes you realise how tough life must have been as a fisherman - having to weigh up the risks on a daily basis - puts my daily suburban cycle ride to work into perspective.
I remember learning about Cornwall where the other option was tin mining - no doubt equally dangerous...
Old fishermen in Douarnenez are not at all romantic about the industry.
Right back to the boat shed my Ilur is not going to build itself. Thanks Roger.
Andy - are you in the US, I too hope to be sailing an ILUR - you are building one now? If you are in the US and on the east coast? I'd love to communicate with you and maybe visit? Rob
And I really need to make a start on building my ilur!! Good luck with your build
So good to see you off and sailing again Roger!
10:38 dinghy says 'Ho Yeah - come one!!'
love it - that sound makes me nostalgic..
thanks
That smile at 14.05 means it doesn't matter how far you got. Lovely video as always Roger.
Your A Brave Man
Bless Up Earthling
I love your videos and don't mind waiting at all - always so happy when one pops up - they just make me feel good about the world - thanks!
The difference between the foiling kiter and the furling sailor was soｍething.Ａｓ always thanks and greetings from Japan. gary
An amazing contrast of technological eras out of the blue!
Love the guy flying past on a hover board at 8:32 !!
Fair winds and following seas! Greetings from Poland.
Ur vids are a total antidote to the closeted way we live our lives.....quite wonderful.
Your keeping me alive Roger, @ seventy two, my gunkholeing excursions have been few and far between, watching you play makes my day.
Roger, It is good to see you again testing the waters!!
So good to see you, my friend. Greetings from coastal New Hampshire, here in the States!
You and the Avel Dro are a balm on my mind. Thank you for making these videos.
Wow, thank you!
Ahoy from Maine USA. Best piece of sailing footage I’ve seen in a long time. Thank you!
Roger, you are a brave fellow. I know this wasn’t the worst you have faced in your tough little Ilur; but, it allows a good illustration of your courage, and toughness, that which a man will need to sail a small boat on big water. I have been on big seas. There one needs to be made of tougher stuff. Youngsters of today need this lesson... Texas
Shakedown is good to keep Skipper on the waves. I enjoyed the trip. My Dad used to say "we'll go there and back to see how far it is!"
Glad to see you out and about again. Still too chilly here for a boat that more easily flips than Avro Dro.
11:30 a mishap that I always disclaimed to be a typical problem of mine when tacking too close into the wind...
A good video again.
What a beautiful and inspiring film.
One actually sees the movement of a dinghy in seastate 3 quite rough, nice feature this camera gimball. Great vid. THX
It's the latest GoPro. Still learning how to use it.
That's a very smart life jacket you're wearing in your little dinghy on the open sea Roger. It almost looks like a body-warmer.
Baltic. They still make one very like it.
@@RogerRoving Oh yeah. Magic. I was actually being facetious at the time, but what a great idea!
Thank you Roger. Setting out on my 72nd birthday was a very nice gift to me as I must live my sailing life vicariously through your travels. 72 at 04/19,2021
Happy birthday!
I just love watching these videos Roger,,the atmosphere and your comments is a real delight and enjoying the french coast .robert.
Thank you
Thank Roger
The bushcrafter of the sea,, Love this channel.
Thank you Roger, you make me feel like re watching my Swallows and Amazon's DVD, ( the original of course)!
So good to see you sailing again, thank you for such a great little film.
Love your life stile ❤️
I admire your calm competence and well thought out rig. Best wishes as experience tells.
Good to see you back
Most excellent, puts me in mind of voyages on my old sidecar through France. You're a very skilled man... J
Your videos are the call of the sea. Im jjust finishing my pre-season maintenance for my old Mirror and hoping to be back on the sea soon. Thankyou for posting!
i don't sail yet, but i love following your adventure's, look forward to the next one. thank you for your hard work.
A wonderful first outing. I'm looking forward to my first cup of tea also. Thank you Roger, lovely film as ever.🌞
Glad you enjoyed it
It's a bit rock and roll out there Roger. Hopefully I will be out on the water next week.
It was fun all the same:) Good to see you again and great video as always. Thank you 🙏
You now have a gimbal I see Roger. Did you edit this film? if so I congratulate you, because it was/is a brilliant edit and fab film. Well done sir.
Oh yes, lots of editing...
But how are you keeping the horizon perfectly level while the boat is thrashing about. Is that in post production?
Another excellent Roger Barnes video. Wonderful.
Glad you enjoyed it
Good to see you back on the water enjoying yourself Roger
Thank you for coming back we all missed you keep sailing be safe
Sorry about the gaps between videos. But mine are very time consuming to make.
Great job again. Harder the effort the greater the prize. Looking forward to seeing the creek.
So am I! I may wait until bar terrasses are open though, as there is one there.
Has it only been a month!? So glad to see your post Roger and this one got my heart racing. You were out in some wild there. The big unfeeling green fingers reaching up for you over and over. Adventure indeed.
great upload roger , i was feeling a bit queezy with the water
Great to see you out on the water again.
Super video - I could almost smell the sea.
So glad to see you again. As always I so enjoy all of your videos
Good effort Roger.
Excellent to see new content from this channel most enjoyable 👍
www.tebeo.bzh/player.php?idprogramme=10929019&autoplay=false
Roger, sometimes its just hard to not go anywhere despite your best effort. I had a similar experience yesterday where I could not make my intended destination, a small town about 15 miles north of where I launched my Morbic 12, the Ilur's little brother. But it was a good shakedown cruise and I managed to address a few things that I had overlooked. Always enjoy your videos. Wishing you a good sailing season from one of the DCA's US members.
Thanks Mark
Excellent watch as always Roger. Thanks.
Can't fail to love these charming videos Roger. Salut from the Creeks of the River Fal!
The Friendship Rose is a schooner that used to do ferry service between Port Elizabeth, Bequia, and Kingstown St Vincent. It's a trip of 10 nm at most. There were days that after several hours of battling the wind and current they had to turn back with a load of seasick passengers. You are in good company.
That was a wonderful brisk ride along Rodger ! .
Yes. Blew away the cobwebs.
Some times you have to turn around 😎. Well done. Just got your book, love it!.
Yes! Thank you!
MIssed your videos great excersice that rowing that you do
lovely thanks Roger
Good to see you out and a float!!!
Thank you once again for sharing your ILUR time! My Mrs is now asking if there are any new RB youtubes! Maybe my ILUR build is not too far off - stay well Roger, you are a blessing to us all - R
Great to see you back at the helm of Avel Dro. Another lovely video Roger and I hope you make it to your destination next time.
Thanks
Brilliant. A new vid..great to see you out sailing again 😁
Nice editing. In the short time it took you to reef in those conditions...you know what's coming ....I'd have been seasick 😄 .....great video again Roger. Thank you. Take care now
Enjoyed the video while away from my boat. Thank you for posting
Finally bought your book! Can't wait to receive it!
Excellent! I hope you enjoy it.
Thank You Roger
Love your work Rog. 👍🏻👍🏻
During Covid 2020 I drive my car across the states (north) to buy a sailboat. i sold my car and sailed it south 400 miles in the intercoastals and bays and canals and lived on it exclusively, with a partner, for several months until I sold it and upgraded my auto accommodations with the money so I could get back to making money on land, and now I've jumped into a 19ft 1967 O'Day Mariner that I just finished fiberglass repairs on yesterday, this being my 10th sailboat since I was 18. Best wishes from crazy Florida.
that’s the way to do it!
Wonderful stuff.
It’s good you’re back. Long winter without you.
Hi Roger. Could watch your videos all day long :) I'm happy, that there is a new one. Thank you.
I'm sorry there are such big gaps between them.
@@RogerRoving For me, the quality is important, not the quantity. So everything is more than fine ;) I impreciate your videos a lot.
Another great video, thankyou. I am relatively new to dinghy cruising, and enjoy your wisdom and knowledge, please keep them coming, great bit of mini escapism in each clip 👍
Thanks Chris
Thanks again Rodger for a fab video.
Hope you find your window of opportunity to complete the quest !! Also with the least amount of ‘bobbling’.
Cheers from Aus’ ⛵️🚣🏽♂️
Probably not until the next Spring Tide, I'm afraid.
Good morning from Turkey mate, thank you.⚓️
Morning!
Someone must have thought a skipper's shakedown had another meaning - hence the one dislike! Another fab video. Thanks for all your time and effort in sharing Roger, much appreciated as always. Conor
I always wonder about my odd dislikes.
Head down rolling a reef like that in rolling seas looks like a very good way to test your threshold for sea-sickness. Mine is thankfully quite high, but even just that video challenged it!
I didn't feel sick, but it was very tiring.
Magnifique 😋
Jiminy Crickets, that was quite a ride Roger. I don't know about your new bilge pump but you certainly gave my stomach a workout lol.
Great to see you back in action again, Roger. Please keep the videos coming.
I was very worried for you when you were shortening sail, it looked as though Avel Dro was beam on to the chop, and about to tip you into the drink. Is there anything you could use to keep her head up, bucket on a line over the stern?
Also beware if you have to rely on that Whale bilge pump if your in muddy estuarine water. The sensor doesn't work if your bilge water becomes muddy. This I know from personal experience, a fault admitted by Whale. I had to resort to a Water Witch external sensor which never let me down.
If I did this I'd have to take the rudder off, as the boat would be making sternway. As it is she was slightly stern on to the seas and moving slowly forwards through the water.
Nice to see you again.
Hey, thanks
There's magic in that first sip of hot tea each morning. I enjoyed your video with my hot cup of morning tea :)
Beautiful video. Thanks.
Have you ever seen a boomless sliding gunter rig? I think I'd like to make one. I will include a horse... just as a luxury.
Haven’t, no. I imagine it would work though.
Exelente como siempre! Saludos cordiales desde buenos aires Argentina!
Saludos
The reefing sequence at 8:00+ was the first time in all your videos I thought, "getting tossed around a little bit". Can you comment more on those specific conditions and how Avel Dro handled?
She was fine, basically. I have not managed to film situations like that before as I didn't really have a camera that was up to it.
Great video, some hard work sailing. I think I heard a 'farm word' when you missed your tack, but hey, sailors.
Thanks for letting us crew with you. Fair winds…
Best channel.
It didn't look so much that the wind was strong. More that the sea was very lumpy. It throws the boat all over the place making the sail very uncomfortable and also knocking all the wind out of the sails and so losing drive. Just the sort of conditions to go nowhere. Heading home seems a very sensible alternative. Thanks for the video.
Oh no, there was lots of wind. I didn't film the worse bits. I was spilling wind a lot of the time and doing over 6kn.
Avel Dro is a very dry boat. She seems happy in a lumpy sea. I have seen guys get swamped in conditions like the ones decided to put a couple of more reefs in.
She takes extraordinary little water aboard.
Interesting !
Lovely....
It would be nice if you could give a tour of the workings of your boat and how you adjust things to make it do what you want it to do call it a sailing lesson! Thanks for the videos
I do intend to. It was in fact the point of the Thames video I did some time ago. You need somewhere to set up a camera on the shore, out of the boat, so difficult to do in tidal water.
Bit breezy down there Roger ,,, my new dinghy ( all your Fault lol ,, I will never buy another boat he said ! ) is now ready for our shakedown and we will be trailering her ( Kistilic ) down to Douarnenez soon we hope when this 10km limit is lifted . Maybe join us for another brew on board ? Loved your vid as usual .. Neil &Liz ..
Would love to!
Great adventure on the bobbly sea Roger. I was out on the river with my rowing boat last week ( just got it in the water before the Vid came along, so only about the 5th time ). I have found she gets turned sharply when heading into the wind, it even spun us around when emerging from under a bridge. Does Avel Dro do that, or is she too heavy, or does the keel and rudder prevent it from happening? Maybe someone has an idea on this?
With plate up, she lies off the wind, taking the seas slightly on her stern. As soon as the sail is raised she turns up into the wind, lying about 45 degrees off it. You can see this happening in the video.