Skipper's Shakedown
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- With sailing constrained by a lockdown in France, I don't manage to sail anywhere much. But I feel well tested.
**BONUS VIDEO FOR READERS OF THESE DETAILS**
Here, for those of you who may feel you have not seen enough videos from me this year, (and in particular if you can speak French), is a TV programme about me sailing on the Rade de Brest a few months ago:
www.tebeo.bzh/...
INTERESTED IN DINGHY CRUISING?
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And join the Dinghy Cruising Association:
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AVEL DRO
Do you want a boat like mine?
Avel Dro is an Ilur designed by François Vivier, and built of clinker plywood by Les Charpentiers Reunis of Cancale in 1994. The design is based closely on the traditional inshore fishing boats of Brittany in the early years of the twentieth century, hence her single boom-less lugsail rig and lack of a mainsheet horse, (sometimes controversial among my viewers). Although rare in Britain, Ilurs are relatively common in France. The name Avel Dro is Breton, and means a shifting wind.
Length 4.44 m
Sail area 12.2 m²
Beam 1.70 m
Draught 0.25 / 0.86 m
Design category C3
François Vivier's website (in English):
www.vivierboats...
Similar dinghies can often be found for sale in the French magazine le Chasse-Marée:
www.chasse-mar...
Or try Le Bon Coin, (where you can buy anything in France):
www.leboncoin.fr
MUSIC
Nightingale - Lo Mimieux from Epidemic Sound
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! :-)
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
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!
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!"
Roger, It is good to see you again testing the waters!!
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?
Ur vids are a total antidote to the closeted way we live our lives.....quite wonderful.
Thank you Roger, you make me feel like re watching my Swallows and Amazon's DVD, ( the original of course)!
Good morning from Turkey mate, thank you.⚓️
Morning!
So good to see you sailing again, thank you for such a great little film.
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.
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.
Can't fail to love these charming videos Roger. Salut from the Creeks of the River Fal!
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
Excellent to see new content from this channel most enjoyable 👍
www.tebeo.bzh/player.php?idprogramme=10929019&autoplay=false
So glad to see you again. As always I so enjoy all of your videos
Finally bought your book! Can't wait to receive it!
Excellent! I hope you enjoy it.
Excellent watch as always Roger. Thanks.
MIssed your videos great excersice that rowing that you do
There's magic in that first sip of hot tea each morning. I enjoyed your video with my hot cup of morning tea :)
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.
Some times you have to turn around 😎. Well done. Just got your book, love it!.
Yes! Thank you!
Even a tiny adventure is better than no adventure at all , happy to see you again Roger 😉👍👍🇺🇸
Absolutely!
Wonderful stuff.
A man learns the limits of his comfort. The warmer it is the less you mind how wet you get.
I've found that they're much better bilge pumps, nice one 🙂, but I guess it was a bit frustrating for you not to be able to get further out
Best channel.
The Roger keeping it real. 👍
From my heart this is truly a great video. Thank you for sharing! ~__/)__*
Glad you enjoyed it
The westerly paradox :)))))
Oh yes, and a fab thumbnail to!
Roger, I notice that the sail of your boat looks natural fabric instead of polyester or nylon. Is there an advantage? Or is it by tradition and aesthetics? (... et votre français est très bon!)
It's not real. It is a synthetic product called Clipper Canvas.
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.
I think I would have revisited by breakfast it was getting a bit sporting out there 🤢🤢
What a moment at 8:33 ha, ha! Salut!
Hi.....how length is your boat? and wide.. do you have the project? What’s the project name?
Thanks
Details in the text under the video.
You are so right, Jimmy Britt!
Everything else is better than sitting at home and just doing a
stupid face, because of this bloody corona bullshit! 😎👍
This was all within French Covid regulations.
@@RogerRoving
That's what I mean! 😉👍
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.
This is an inspiration, we should all get out and about! Thanks Roger
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.
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.
So good to see you off and sailing again 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"#
Nice to see you again.
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!
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!
Your A Brave Man
Bless Up Earthling
Fair winds and following seas! Greetings from Poland.
That smile at 14.05 means it doesn't matter how far you got. Lovely video as always Roger.
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
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.
Very nice, Mr Barnes. I hope the GoPro9 is adopted by all those Youtubing sailors with horizons crazily out of horizontal. I'm making a gimbal from a fidget spinner, to accomplish the same result for under a fiver. 🙂
10:38 dinghy says 'Ho Yeah - come one!!'
love it - that sound makes me nostalgic..
thanks
great upload roger , i was feeling a bit queezy with the water
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!
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!
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.
Ahoy from Maine USA. Best piece of sailing footage I’ve seen in a long time. Thank you!
I note sometimes you are in France whilst other times in Britain. I'd like to think you sail the channel. Is this the case?
I never have in the dinghy. The boat could do it, but this end of the Channel is 90 miles wide. So it's quite a time to be in a dinghy.
Glad to see you out and about again. Still too chilly here for a boat that more easily flips than Avro Dro.
So good to see you, my friend. Greetings from coastal New Hampshire, here in the States!
Hello,
congratulations for the channel and for the themes. I'm starting sailing, I liked the concept presented, I don't want a very big boat, avoid spending it in the marinas, what kind of boat would you recommend.
Sorry for my English, I'm from Portugal.
Good luck to the channel and congratulations.
Very hard to recommend a boat, but something stable and simple is probably best, about 4.5.m long.
Most excellent, puts me in mind of voyages on my old sidecar through France. You're a very skilled man... J
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.
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!
What a difference a gimble makes!
It's a bit rock and roll out there Roger. Hopefully I will be out on the water next week.
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
The bushcrafter of the sea,, Love this channel.
Hello Roger, the video is excellent, I would like to know how you hold the camera because it does not seem to be rigidly attached to the boat.
Clever GoPro!
What's the sheet you adjust at 10'16"?
Roger, I didn't find literature to explain a bit more about the standing lug sail. How good can this rig sail into the wind? Some says it's really good, other writers says it's not so good. For you, what you think? Can you may make a video about that? Tks
Less good than Bermuda, but less bad than many think. Probably the most efficient traditional rig. Michael Storer (Google him) has a lot to say about efficient lug rigs.
Thank you sir. I find the standing lug really beautiful. Without the boom it's really beautiful.
What are you gimbaling your camera on? that's crazy how it hold the horizon
It’s the latest GoPro. It knows which way is up.
Neil n Liz here Roger ,,, would you make us a replica of your galley box ? Obviously we pay all costs ,,, we were in D the other day and had a sneaky peep at your gorgeous boat and I would love a Roger made replica galley box for “ Kistilic” ... N .
I don’t have a workshop nor most of my tools at present I’m afraid. But I’m charmed by your confidence in my woodworking!
@@RogerRoving ok Roger ,, I will give it a go using your template .. hope to see you soon now things are getting easier at the moment .. Neil.
Fast forward to the sailing and he's briefly caught in irons
He was.
Hi Roger, thanks for all your videos. I found them during covid and it inspired me to do some sailing adventures on dinghy inland, as there is no sea around. Now thinking to make some videos with kids onboard. Btw this video is really nicely stabilized to horizon, I guess it is some software stabilization right? Good luck..:-) and please continue with the job you are doing, looking forward to each...Michal
Love your life stile ❤️
Roger...your truly dedicated to old school sailing. I’m heading back to my little 21 footer to cruise the great loop of America. But with a few more amenities. Hope you enjoy my videos.
Great video, some hard work sailing. I think I heard a 'farm word' when you missed your tack, but hey, sailors.
Could you share some information about your sail?
It's Clipper Canvas, and made by North Sea Sails of Tollesbury, following Francois Vivier's design.
Your keeping me alive Roger, @ seventy two, my gunkholeing excursions have been few and far between, watching you play makes my day.
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.
Ah well at least ya got it wet
No fishing ? Too much pollution or too messy ?
There’s a tale about fishing in my book. I should do a video...
New camera? Looks great.
GoPro 9
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
Magnifique 😋
Hi, Roger, doesn’t seem so hard on the waves when i look out. How much Bf?
Lovely day for another snack.
C'est la vie!
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.
i don't sail yet, but i love following your adventure's, look forward to the next one. thank you for your hard work.
Enjoyed the video while away from my boat. Thank you for posting
Thank Roger
Thank Roger
Interesting !
I admire your calm competence and well thought out rig. Best wishes as experience tells.
Good to see you back
Thanks for letting us crew with you. Fair winds…
The wind will shift and you will make it!
I would have arrived too late for high water, so not be able to get in the creek.
Lovely....