I know nothing about sailing, but keep coming back here for the peaceful company, sound of lapping water, seabirds, and the peaceful music you select. Love it. Thank you Roger
Roger, you are one of very few RUclips vlogers who give us absolute joy when you post a new video. The atmosphere of place, of embracing life and your passion for sailing is inspiring…thank you🤗
Another terrific insight into why being on the water is so special and so wonderfully therapeutic. Your videos speak for themselves which is a rare treat. And yes, you're very lucky to be surrounded by clean French water.....
Another excellent video, Roger. The thought just came to me that, after a skiing accident in the early 1980s, I took up an opportunity to go sailing just to strengthen my body, mainly day cruising in small boats and dinghies. And at the first first sight of the wind being captured by the sail and feeling the power, the movement,and the rush of the water bubbling under and around the hull, all my environmental impact thoughts became focussed. I was instantly entranced by sailing and viewing your videos invariably reminds me of why I live my life as I do. Small boat sail cruising could help many people realise all the beauty in the world that needs to be looked after.
Those WaterShed dry bags are the best. Been using them for many years. Thanks for the continued videos. It’s got me motivated to get back home to finish the restoration of my 1973 Cape Dory 14’ Handy Cat. Hope our paths cross one day soon. 🤙🏼🤙🏼
Hello! I am a longtime subscriber who has never commented before, but today, I want to tell you how much I LOVE your videos/channel. I am in the United States, born and living in the Southwest, which is an arid desert climate currently experiencing drought conditions. I have only been on water a few times in my life, but I hope one day to have an experience such as your videos so beautifully show. You are a true artist, in every sense of the word. Many of your video shots/scenes appear otherworldly; they are so beautiful as to be literally mesmerizing. Also, I often find myself singing "Footprints in the Sand." I even purchased a Breton smock, naturally dyed with madder root, so as to live the dream as fully as possible! Many Thanks, With Best Wishes to You for More Sailing Ahead . . . !
@@RogerRoving Wow Mary, I can't imagine not being near the sea. I also love Roger's videos and bought a small sailing boat this summer because I want to follow the master, if you ever get a chance to visit Ireland .......
Im sailing down the east USA coast - someone else sweet 55’ boat. Ton of money n work’ still think your one of the best attitude sailors on the RUclips Thanks for the inspirations
Roger, I have enjoyed your videos for some years now and at this time I cannot live near or travel on the waters. Your videos remind me of how much I loved the inland waterways of the state of New Jersey U.S.A. For your videos are so nice and simple and nautical, that I enjoy each one, even though I live in the Mojave desert.
Dear Roger, I am new on your channel and do not really have an affinity for sailing boats. But your videos are so relaxing, fascinating and focusing on nature, that I could not stop watching them :-) Just great, thank you very much! All the best from Switzerland, Andy
Roger Barnes et son magnifique Avel Dro qui se promène dans une de mes balade dominicale préférée. Tu as choisi la bonne saison pour visiter Loquirec, sa petite plage exposée sud est noire de monde durant l'été... Loquémeau est un autre magnifique port aussi que j'ai découvert il y a 20 ans avec une partie de la famille de la mère de mes filles qui vivait là bas... L'embouchure du Léguer est belle aussi, la météo était au rendez-vous, superbe vidéo partagée encore une fois, pour donner envie de naviguer légé sur le Léguer 🙂. Un grand merci et un 👍 comme toujours...😎
Thank you for another brilliant video,what better could you ask for on a lazy Saturday morning at home…..tranquil,relaxing and set me up for the day ahead.
Always enjoy your videos Roger. I just finished working from sun up to sun down. I am setting here drink a beer, snacking on some popcorn and watching a lovely video. Thanks you.
Charming, looks a lovely relaxing sail. And thanks for giving a nod to what I can only assume you are referring to the woeful state of our UK rivers! So sad, and greed as usual is pivotal!!
Saved for later. Will need it. Had a relative bussed into hospital, today, but things looking ok, now. Waiting on final word as I type. Glass of the amber nectar, a mince pie and a Roger Barnes video will hit the spot, this evening!
Another lovely video of a beautiful part of Brittany. Locquirec has become our regular stopping point when towing the boat over from Devon on the ferry, going to eastern Brittany from Roscoff. We ‘camped ‘ there on “Foxwhelp” at the Locquirec campsite on our way back from La Rance just last week. Despite an awful forecast we spent a week tshirt sailing in late October!
One of your most enjoyable videos for a while. Thank you. Circumstances have kept me and my dinghy off the water for a few weeks now, so it's nice to get a vicarious fix.
Merci Roger ! Tes films glissent doucement, aussi fluides que ton bateau ... Et quel travail sans doute, tant à la prise de vue qu'au montage, pour nous faire partager la manœuvre, la lumière du soir ou l'histoire des lieux ! Je serais bien curieux d'en savoir un peu plus sur tes caméras et tes accessoires, que tu maîtrises toujours davantage ! ;-)
As we keep our sailboat in Roscoff, it is really delightful to see a video of ”our playground". Having 1,5m draft makes us weary of sailing too close to the rocks or into unknown rivers, so I was keen to see your trip. With twin keels, we can however dry out, but best to know on what, and if it is reasonably plane...! Was that an epirb I spotted in the stern storage of your boat? Thank you for sharing!
Delightful as always. How do you feel about the Ventile now? I have a Ventile jacket, which I love, but I'd be interested to know whether you'd pick it again if making a new tent?
Cheers Roger,your videos are so inspiring & they pull on my heart strings everytime,so much joy in messing around with small boats,a life long passion &pre-occupation that never gets old,as you are the best at portraying this life on the water!!thankyou,ol mate!! P.S. I so love "footprints in the sand" what a tune!!
"Painter" = 'a short rope or chain by which the shank of an anchor is held fast to a ship's side when not in use' 'a rope attached to the bow of a (usually small) boat for tying it to a ship, quay,
Hello mr Barnes . I am contemplating building an Ilur. A ply kit version. As a retired boatbuilder it has its attractions , you can get it CNC cut, but i plan to cut it out myself. I have enough tools to do it !! I worked for Cornish crabbers for 20 years, and most of their boats had a galv steel center plate , from the 17 upwards. I have seen the odd Shrimper in the videos you make. Q ,. Avel dro has an alloy plate, would you think a galv steel plate would make much difference, plate down it might? Up not so much,. Keep making the excellent videos.
Thanks for the great video, Roger! Do you ever get bothered by nocturnal arachnid stowaways while camping? I’m always inspired by your trips but think about all the creepy crawlers that want to eat me as I’d try to sleep in a harbor. My dinghy is always infested but I never see that part of sailing in your videos. Thanks again
Nice video Roger, a couple of questions if I may, 1 what model of GoPro do you use 2 how is the ventile fabric now after you have used it for a while and your early shrinkage issues.
What a pity !!! You sailed in my garden and I was not there with you !!! (my boat can be seen at the beginning of the vidéo, half a second). Ok, I was in hospital (can't at different places at the same time). As you sail only one time in the same place, I suppose you will not come back in Locquirec ?
@@RogerRoving At 1'15" there are three old gaffeur at the mooring (behind your boat). Mine is the green one on the left (with the mizzen mast). It is my "big" boat. The one with which I'm going to "sail and oar meeting" is the blue little northembrian coble (may be you remember it...).
Yes I am, and I took the trouble to protect my ability to practise in France against Brexit. But due to Covid putting a brake on my ability to travel back and forth, I am now going to concentrate on work in France rather then the UK.
Hi Roger! I am looking your "vlog(s)" since s long time and never let/made a comment, but today i want to tell you, that this video is fantastic! All your videos are really nice, but this mood of calmness and simplicity decorated with wonderful landscape and various impressions of Brittany makes me: happy! As a German i went with my motobike to this years "Wheels & Waves-2022" to Biarritz and on my way back home i visited the Isle de Mont St. Michel first time in my life. Besides: It was my first tip to Brittany. My short trip to this extraordinary masterpiece of archtitecture and my night in a small Hotel of Pontorson inspired me. Brittanys coast must be spectecular as far as your videos showed it so far. I will come back with my small ship in the next future-thats for sure! I am now refurbishing a small and over 50 years old english boat: a HALCYON 23 which i found in the Netherlands nearby Amsterdam. More or less "forgotten" and in a bad looking condition, but worth to bring it back to "sea-life"! Didnt published some vids of it but will do it, when she´s sailing in the next spring. Her name will be: Plan C. I would like to visit your recommended places with my sailing vessel in the near future and: probably we gonna meet each other at one of those places...!? I would appreciate it! Best luck (and health!) for you and your wonderfiul boat, Linus
A very civilized gathering of 5 like mined gent's. This is how the relationship between the British and France should be :)
I know nothing about sailing, but keep coming back here for the peaceful company, sound of lapping water, seabirds, and the peaceful music you select. Love it. Thank you Roger
Roger, you are one of very few RUclips vlogers who give us absolute joy when you post a new video. The atmosphere of place, of embracing life and your passion for sailing is inspiring…thank you🤗
Ensign at half mast... hits home even if not an Englishman. She filled millions of hearts world wide
Jipiee! Always happy with a video from roger...
Probably my favourite yet of all your voyages.
Yes! Thank you for sharing your dinghy cruise.
Thanks again Roger, I had a little smile as today is Trafalgar day 😁
Another terrific insight into why being on the water is so special and so wonderfully therapeutic. Your videos speak for themselves which is a rare treat. And yes, you're very lucky to be surrounded by clean French water.....
Another excellent video, Roger. The thought just came to me that, after a skiing accident in the early 1980s, I took up an opportunity to go sailing just to strengthen my body, mainly day cruising in small boats and dinghies. And at the first first sight of the wind being captured by the sail and feeling the power, the movement,and the rush of the water bubbling under and around the hull, all my environmental impact thoughts became focussed. I was instantly entranced by sailing and viewing your videos invariably reminds me of why I live my life as I do. Small boat sail cruising could help many people realise all the beauty in the world that needs to be looked after.
What a joy, gentlemen. Peace. Love. Truth. Thanks.
Thanks Roger, loved it cheers Paul
Those WaterShed dry bags are the best. Been using them for many years. Thanks for the continued videos. It’s got me motivated to get back home to finish the restoration of my 1973 Cape Dory 14’ Handy Cat. Hope our paths cross one day soon. 🤙🏼🤙🏼
Another lovely video, thank you! 😀
Another gem, thank you Roger
Delightful. Thanks for taking us off for a weekend of bobbing about on the water.
Is anyone else getting the Telegram "prize" response to a comment? This is obviously not Roger's doing so who is this spotty gamer doing this?
Excellent explanation share Blokes .. Cheers 🥂 Nick
They need to add a “Love it” icon Roger, just for your videos. You set the bar high with your efforts! Thank you. 🇨🇦
Hello!
I am a longtime subscriber who has never commented before, but today, I want to tell you how much I LOVE your videos/channel.
I am in the United States, born and living in the Southwest, which is an arid desert climate currently experiencing drought conditions.
I have only been on water a few times in my life, but I hope one day to have an experience such as your videos so beautifully show.
You are a true artist, in every sense of the word.
Many of your video shots/scenes appear otherworldly; they are so beautiful as to be literally mesmerizing.
Also, I often find myself singing "Footprints in the Sand."
I even purchased a Breton smock, naturally dyed with madder root, so as to live the dream as fully as possible!
Many Thanks, With Best Wishes to You for More Sailing Ahead . . . !
Gosh Mary. I am very flattered. Thank you.
@@RogerRoving Wow Mary, I can't imagine not being near the sea. I also love Roger's videos and bought a small sailing boat this summer because I want to follow the master, if you ever get a chance to visit Ireland .......
Two or more sailboats sailing in the same direction is always a race Rodger!
Appreciate the nod to her Maj. Good man. Great vid.
Another cracking video
I'm taking the opportunity to watch old videos while waiting for your next video
Thanks Roger, always a pleasure to see there is a new adventure to watch. Everything stops and a wonderful calm settles on the house.
A delightfully peaceful little cruise, thank you very much for taking us along to refresh out souls!
Loved it Roger, the music too, Thankyou.
Always a relaxing adventure when you’re at the helm, Roger! Thanks for sharing!
Always enjoy your video, Roger. Thanks for them. :>)
Thank you gentlemen.
Im sailing down the east USA coast - someone else sweet 55’ boat. Ton of money n work’ still think your one of the best attitude sailors on the RUclips
Thanks for the inspirations
Two+ boats with the same heading is always a race ;-)
Roger, I have enjoyed your videos for some years now and at this time I cannot live near or travel on the waters. Your videos remind me of how much I loved the inland waterways of the state of New Jersey U.S.A. For your videos are so nice and simple and nautical, that I enjoy each one, even though I live in the Mojave desert.
Dear Roger, I am new on your channel and do not really have an affinity for sailing boats. But your videos are so relaxing, fascinating and focusing on nature, that I could not stop watching them :-) Just great, thank you very much! All the best from Switzerland, Andy
Excellent, thank you
Superb! Thank You
Always interesting to see your chart and detailed description!!
Nothing better than cruising with like minded sailors!
Roger Barnes et son magnifique Avel Dro qui se promène dans une de mes balade dominicale préférée.
Tu as choisi la bonne saison pour visiter Loquirec, sa petite plage exposée sud est noire de monde durant l'été... Loquémeau est un autre magnifique port aussi que j'ai découvert il y a 20 ans avec une partie de la famille de la mère de mes filles qui vivait là bas...
L'embouchure du Léguer est belle aussi, la météo était au rendez-vous, superbe vidéo partagée encore une fois, pour donner envie de naviguer légé sur le Léguer 🙂.
Un grand merci et un 👍 comme toujours...😎
I love this video!
thank you Roger !
Thank you for another brilliant video,what better could you ask for on a lazy Saturday morning at home…..tranquil,relaxing and set me up for the day ahead.
Always enjoy your videos Roger. I just finished working from sun up to sun down. I am setting here drink a beer, snacking on some popcorn and watching a lovely video. Thanks you.
What a wonderful way to spend a weekend! Many thanks for taking us along.
Charming, looks a lovely relaxing sail. And thanks for giving a nod to what I can only assume you are referring to the woeful state of our UK rivers! So sad, and greed as usual is pivotal!!
Yes, I don't think I'd wash my crockery over the side there. Very sad.
Saved for later. Will need it. Had a relative bussed into hospital, today, but things looking ok, now. Waiting on final word as I type. Glass of the amber nectar, a mince pie and a Roger Barnes video will hit the spot, this evening!
Ah! Sounds lovely.
Awesome!!! Another lovely "movie" from Mr. Barnes! Thank you very much Roger. I truely appreciate your videos! All the best to you!
This video is wonderful! Thank you!
Another lovely video of a beautiful part of Brittany. Locquirec has become our regular stopping point when towing the boat over from Devon on the ferry, going to eastern Brittany from Roscoff. We ‘camped ‘ there on “Foxwhelp” at the Locquirec campsite on our way back from La Rance just last week. Despite an awful forecast we spent a week tshirt sailing in late October!
Glad you enjoyed it
One of your most enjoyable videos for a while. Thank you. Circumstances have kept me and my dinghy off the water for a few weeks now, so it's nice to get a vicarious fix.
A nice surprise to come back into the house to.
Lovely. Absolutely lovely
I do love the places you take us to. Thanks Roger.
You would have to spend the first night in Toul an Hery little harbour. Closer to Locquirec and very well sheltered mooring !
Bravo! Thank you for the many quiet moments.
Absolutely love your cruising style. And dinghy’s are the best!
Dinghys
@@brucekjesbo3378 Dinghies?
Enjoyed the video, could imagine sailing along with the crew, beautiful boats and scenery, great job
Many thanks!
Fun vid to watch, thanx.
wonderful
Great place and calling me over to France with every new video. From the chocolate brown waters of the Humber
I remember the Humber. Another place with big tides.
Hey, Roger!
A lot of nice romantic pictures again!
You let me dream!
Thanks for that!
Beautiful!
very good indeed
9 meter range? Wow.
I like that you show the important things, like how you fold your tent.
Nice. Was over Lannion and also Auray the other week. Lovely rivers to sail up. Nice video as always. Thanks
Lovely enticing video. I need to explore more of the N. Brittany coast and discover those lovely places.
Lovely video of that expedition thanks Roger.
A joy as always Roger thank you
Lovely video, thanks.
Beautifully edited and put together, with or without gopro!
Beautiful video.
Relaxing and inspiring at the same time. Thank you.
Thank you for your wonderful videos.
Sir I always love you videos!
Merci Roger ! Tes films glissent doucement, aussi fluides que ton bateau ... Et quel travail sans doute, tant à la prise de vue qu'au montage, pour nous faire partager la manœuvre, la lumière du soir ou l'histoire des lieux ! Je serais bien curieux d'en savoir un peu plus sur tes caméras et tes accessoires, que tu maîtrises toujours davantage ! ;-)
Your tent is really fantastic, and looks so smart against Avel Dro’s topsides in your beautiful anchorages.
Great video!So relaxing.
Your tent always looks very ship shape.
Beautiful bay loved my time spent in locquric
👍
so nice to watch your episodes. This one was really peaceful. Thank you.
Beautiful cruise as always Roger 👍
As we keep our sailboat in Roscoff, it is really delightful to see a video of ”our playground". Having 1,5m draft makes us weary of sailing too close to the rocks or into unknown rivers, so I was keen to see your trip.
With twin keels, we can however dry out, but best to know on what, and if it is reasonably plane...!
Was that an epirb I spotted in the stern storage of your boat?
Thank you for sharing!
Lovely area. Thanks
Lovely 🥰
Delightful as always. How do you feel about the Ventile now? I have a Ventile jacket, which I love, but I'd be interested to know whether you'd pick it again if making a new tent?
Cheers Roger,your videos are so inspiring & they pull on my heart strings everytime,so much joy in messing around with small boats,a life long passion &pre-occupation that never gets old,as you are the best at portraying this life on the water!!thankyou,ol mate!! P.S. I so love "footprints in the sand" what a tune!!
I think its a good tune too, but I've decided to use it a little less, hence its inclusion here as out-tro music.
@@RogerRoving it is a nice song though, I added the album to my Spotify playlist thanks to you introducing me to it on previous videos.
Hi Roger, my little boy and I love watching your videos. We were wondering if you were out on the water now?
I was yes!
Beautiful boats!
you should come to the Texas 200. It's a sirvival course compared to the French raids
I'm feeling like I need a more relaxed life though!
Lovely
"Painter" = 'a short rope or chain by which the shank of an anchor is held fast to a ship's side when not in use'
'a rope attached to the bow of a (usually small) boat for tying it to a ship, quay,
Hello mr Barnes . I am contemplating building an Ilur. A ply kit version. As a retired boatbuilder it has its attractions , you can get it CNC cut, but i plan to cut it out myself. I have enough tools to do it !! I worked for Cornish crabbers for 20 years, and most of their boats had a galv steel center plate , from the 17 upwards. I have seen the odd Shrimper in the videos you make. Q ,. Avel dro has an alloy plate, would you think a galv steel plate would make much difference, plate down it might? Up not so much,.
Keep making the excellent videos.
Sounds silly but how are you going to the bathroom as you go along?
Thanks for the great video, Roger! Do you ever get bothered by nocturnal arachnid stowaways while camping? I’m always inspired by your trips but think about all the creepy crawlers that want to eat me as I’d try to sleep in a harbor. My dinghy is always infested but I never see that part of sailing in your videos. Thanks again
In England and northern France they're not really a problem. Scotland. Ah Scotland. Beautiful Scotland is a little different...
Thanks Roger, what's the blue and white flag flying on one of the boats, very impressive!
Nice video Roger, a couple of questions if I may, 1 what model of GoPro do you use 2 how is the ventile fabric now after you have used it for a while and your early shrinkage issues.
Hi Roger, what are your sails made of.
Thanks Sean.
It's a product called Clipper Canvas
What a pity !!! You sailed in my garden and I was not there with you !!! (my boat can be seen at the beginning of the vidéo, half a second).
Ok, I was in hospital (can't at different places at the same time).
As you sail only one time in the same place, I suppose you will not come back in Locquirec ?
I’d never been there before. I’d certainly go back though. Which was your boat?
@@RogerRoving At 1'15" there are three old gaffeur at the mooring (behind your boat). Mine is the green one on the left (with the mizzen mast).
It is my "big" boat. The one with which I'm going to "sail and oar meeting" is the blue little northembrian coble (may be you remember it...).
Roger, may I ask if you are still a practicing architect? Found your old video about your practice very interesting.
Yes I am, and I took the trouble to protect my ability to practise in France against Brexit. But due to Covid putting a brake on my ability to travel back and forth, I am now going to concentrate on work in France rather then the UK.
@@RogerRoving thanks Roger and so pleased you can continue to practice in France despite the despicable occurrence of Brexit. Love the videos!
I think Roger you have got new sail on you boat?
Some dinghy owner forgot about the tide at 10:41!
Hi Roger!
I am looking your "vlog(s)" since s long time and never let/made a comment, but today i want to tell you, that this video is fantastic! All your videos are really nice, but this mood of calmness and simplicity decorated with wonderful landscape and various impressions of Brittany makes me: happy!
As a German i went with my motobike to this years "Wheels & Waves-2022" to Biarritz and on my way back home i visited the Isle de Mont St. Michel first time in my life. Besides: It was my first tip to Brittany. My short trip to this extraordinary masterpiece of archtitecture and my night in a small Hotel of Pontorson inspired me. Brittanys coast must be spectecular as far as your videos showed it so far. I will come back with my small ship in the next future-thats for sure!
I am now refurbishing a small and over 50 years old english boat: a HALCYON 23 which i found in the Netherlands nearby Amsterdam. More or less "forgotten" and in a bad looking condition, but worth to bring it back to "sea-life"! Didnt published some vids of it but will do it, when she´s sailing in the next spring. Her name will be: Plan C. I would like to visit your recommended places with my sailing vessel in the near future and: probably we gonna meet each other at one of those places...!? I would appreciate it!
Best luck (and health!) for you and your wonderfiul boat,
Linus
Thank you. I feared people might find it a little boring. Nothing really went wrong. Nothing really happened. We just went sailing together...