I’m old and I’ve never sailed…always fancied it but didn’t swim til in my 30s so water wasn’t my thing. I did plenty of other stuff though. Now the boat thing is back in my head. If I built one of these, could I read a book or two, watch some RUclips videos and just take to the water and learn intuitively?
@@peterdelmonte9832 Yes. It's easy to learn. Everything is out there. Start low wind and rent or borrow as small sailing boat. If you like it, then build something, you will know more what you want.
This is a terrific video! I sail a Chesapeake Light Craft Eastporter Pram or Passage Maker - she's 11 feet with a lug sail - in Jamaica Bay NYC. And I sail for all the reasons you mention. It keeps my sanity in this crazy world. Thank you!
That wonderful sound of the water against the wood is called "chuckling." I'll never forget a English guy I worked with on Lake Chiemsee in Germany (I can't remember his name of course but I remember the moment) he was on the dock and I had released the lines and was sailing off. He heard that sound, smiled at me and said..."ah, she's chucklin' atcha" lol. Meaning I was doing it right, and the English accent made it even better. I sailed daily all summer long.
"When we trim our sails to the breeze there is, not the breeze there ought to be... It brings us home." ~Christian Williams Such powerful words... Thank you :)
This video brings me back over 50 years when I learned to sail an El Toro. Even at 11, I could lift her by myself, rig her in a couple minutes and have an afternoon of fun. I bought a trailer sailor a couple months ago and am fitting her for camping. Thanks for your video/
Thanks Christian for sharing and visualising your thoughts. It brought back memories on sailing my lap strake nordic folk-boat in the Oslo fjord. The sound of the water against the hull. Even when at anchor the specific sound made you dose and sleep in a split second.
Actually, my 60 year old fiberglass dinghy does make musical sounds when sailing across ripples, and bubbles from the stern when moving 'right along'. I'm glad Mr. Williams can enjoy the sail that much in an urban marina; my sailing is around a cove on the coast of Maine - more trees and rocks than houses or boats. That helps explain 'why we sail' too.
There is no other soothing sound than water slapping on the side of a boat I don't know why that sound intrigues me that's probably why I like being near the water and boats
... and when we trim to the breeze that there is and not to the breeze that ought to be it brings us home! ...what a beautiful way to explain simplicity!
Ok, I’m sold. Swallows & Amazons ! To hell with this sad deflatable* dinghy I’ve been battling with for the past year. I’ve tried everything..various marine adhesives , prayers, and even fix-a-flat goo... bollocks, I say.. I’m taking the children Pram shopping & micro sailing this spring , by damn, I shall! ;) Just gotta find the right size for an adult and two children and also for storing on deck my 29 foot sloop
Check out the Sailboat Story channel, he has a nesting pram that fits well on his small sailboat. (or pickup bed) Although the channel consists of two adults and a child, I don't recall seeing him sail it with more than two. It's plenty for everyone for regular dinghy transport though.
Take a look at the Chesapeake light craft Passagemaker pram. My wife and I fit into it ok. I don't see why one adult and two kids wouldn't be great. I'd like to sell mine, ready to go with the sailing kit.
The Chameleon that Ben built on his Sailboat Story channel is what I am building. Sailright has a sail kit for it.... Haven’t got mine in the water yet but building it with the kids will for sure be a memory they share for ever. It does take time and dedication, the plans leave you to figure out a fair amount. Check out the PT11, a bit more coin but a lovely boat, easier build too....
Another gem from you, Mr. Williams. I'm "between boats" at the moment, relegated to chartering on the weekends and always hoping to catch of glimpse of you on Thelonious II for the chance to say, "Hi." Building a pram looks like a fun project for me and the kids this winter. Thank you for the inspiration.
Wonderful, absolutely wonderful. I have NEVER sailed, I have almost completed building a small pram, a Chameleon designed by Danny Greene. I am sewing the sail, a kit from Sailright. You have described exactly what I am seeking. I’ll start from this, let the pram show me what is what and then move to lessons on a larger boat.
My yellow single-skin fiberglass daggerboard Sabot made exactly those same sounds in exactly those same waters, up and down Basin F in Marina del Rey when I was a 10-year-old kid living on a boat there during the Seventies. As far as I know, sailing a minimum-sized dinghy with just a mainsail is the purest form of sailing. Could be I'm wrong, though: I've never tried windsurfing. Good times.
I read what you wrote, i listened to the audio you recorded and watched videos you did. No matter, i always crave for more. Call it greed or what you will :). Thank you for sharing most solitary moments and making very public and open and inclusive. Hello from RYC in NJ
I always enjoy your sailing and travel videos. I just finished building a "pollywog" dinghy and now will look at building an Eastport Pram. I sail a Pearson 303 on the waters of Rhode Island.
The most joyous sailing I have done is on a Beetlecat. I have two other boats, 22ft and 44ft. The beetlecat is pure joy and my endgame when I am done with the expense and maintenance of my journeying sailboats.
I became interested in sailing about a year ago, took lessons this summer as a week long vacation, found your channel through a search that turned up your solo trip to Hawaii, and just recently finished reading "Alone Together". Thank you.
Great video and commentary. I built a Norwegian pram earlier this year as a tender for my sailboat. Haven’t decided if I will add the sailrig to it or not. I get the same peacefulness slowly rowing it around.
Great beauty here, Poetry in the sound of the words In the sound of the waves slapping against the hull And in the sound of the wind on the sails. OK it’s a little bit short on the sound of the wind! Thank you.
Thanks for sharing Christian. Interesting stuff here. Enjoyed reading Raratonga a few days ago, but would probably have been more enjoyed had I been dockside in sunny California instead of my home in Canada.
Great Video! Now I want to build a pram. Have you watched Salt and Tar...they are building a wood sail. I think you would enjoy their RUclips. Happy sailing. Thanks for sharing your world
Of course anything you do is gold to me but I sure miss those teaching lessons between you and you daughter. She was learning and so was I ( well a little anyway ).
So peaceful. I have a bluejay I want to learn to sail. I have a pickup but no hitch and no title to the blujay's trailer. I wish I had fallen into one of these.
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"Rarotonga," new novel by Christian Williams: ruclips.net/video/Hw39kJ-4rsk/видео.html
A story well told. What a great read! Thank you!
Thank you for this poetic line: "And when we trim to the breeze that there is, not the breeze there ought to be, it brings us home."
Bob MacNeal: yea, that’s good mind food
One of the best boating videos on the internet.
For five minutes or so I was on pram enjoying every bit of the marina! - Thank you.
It’s as if Allen Watts was a sailor, and then yells at the sea lions to “get a job”. I almost fell off my chair laughing
thought he was saying "good job" congratulating them for their barking, but that's even better XD
I’m old and I’ve never sailed…always fancied it but didn’t swim til in my 30s so water wasn’t my thing. I did plenty of other stuff though.
Now the boat thing is back in my head.
If I built one of these, could I read a book or two, watch some RUclips videos and just take to the water and learn intuitively?
@@peterdelmonte9832 Yes. It's easy to learn. Everything is out there.
Start low wind and rent or borrow as small sailing boat.
If you like it, then build something, you will know more what you want.
i think this is the best thing I've seen in a long time! Thank you.
There are not many things on the internet as comforting as these videos.
Thank you, Sir, for these 5:53 minutes of pure joy. I'm absolutely crazy about sailing my dinghy, I'm glad I'm not alone.
I could listen to you narrate your books all day.
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
This is a terrific video! I sail a Chesapeake Light Craft Eastporter Pram or Passage Maker - she's 11 feet with a lug sail - in Jamaica Bay NYC. And I sail for all the reasons you mention. It keeps my sanity in this crazy world. Thank you!
"...but who wants to get to the final destination....nobody I know." Cracking.
I am watching 74 years of experience with pleasure. Not only about the sailing but also life. Thx very much
Absolutely beautiful. This man has figured it out. 😁
That wonderful sound of the water against the wood is called "chuckling." I'll never forget a English guy I worked with on Lake Chiemsee in Germany (I can't remember his name of course but I remember the moment) he was on the dock and I had released the lines and was sailing off. He heard that sound, smiled at me and said..."ah, she's chucklin' atcha" lol. Meaning I was doing it right, and the English accent made it even better. I sailed daily all summer long.
I could listen to Christian read the phone book, it just helps that I love to sail...
Always exciting to see a new video from Christian Williams!
"When we trim our sails to the breeze there is, not the breeze there ought to be... It brings us home." ~Christian Williams
Such powerful words... Thank you :)
This video brings me back over 50 years when I learned to sail an El Toro. Even at 11, I could lift her by myself, rig her in a couple minutes and have an afternoon of fun. I bought a trailer sailor a couple months ago and am fitting her for camping. Thanks for your video/
Myself & my younger brother, learnt to sail in 'Sabots', in the late 1970s. They're still very popular in 'Australia'.😊
You have just put the right meaning to sailing my Mirror. While everyone is racing around I will just cruise and enjoy the view. Nice
Nice video,trip down memory lane ,started my sailing experiences in a pram on a northern lake 55 years ago thanks!
Thanks Christian for sharing and visualising your thoughts. It brought back memories on sailing my lap strake nordic folk-boat in the Oslo fjord. The sound of the water against the hull. Even when at anchor the specific sound made you dose and sleep in a split second.
Lovely little boat. True sailing, no instruments or other clutter.
I never want these videos to end. They’re like therapy
Beautiful Harmony.
Thank you for this video.
Actually, my 60 year old fiberglass dinghy does make musical sounds when sailing across ripples, and bubbles from the stern when moving 'right along'. I'm glad Mr. Williams can enjoy the sail that much in an urban marina; my sailing is around a cove on the coast of Maine - more trees and rocks than houses or boats. That helps explain 'why we sail' too.
There is no other soothing sound than water slapping on the side of a boat I don't know why that sound intrigues me that's probably why I like being near the water and boats
thank you for putting my feet firmly back on solid water.
Fair bit of wisdom. Thanks for sharing your pram and your thoughts. Happy sailing!
... and when we trim to the breeze that there is and not to the breeze that ought to be it brings us home! ...what a beautiful way to explain simplicity!
Ok, I’m sold. Swallows & Amazons ! To hell with this sad deflatable* dinghy I’ve been battling with for the past year. I’ve tried everything..various marine adhesives , prayers, and even fix-a-flat goo... bollocks, I say.. I’m taking the children Pram shopping & micro sailing this spring , by damn, I shall! ;)
Just gotta find the right size for an adult and two children and also for storing on deck my 29 foot sloop
Check out the Sailboat Story channel, he has a nesting pram that fits well on his small sailboat. (or pickup bed) Although the channel consists of two adults and a child, I don't recall seeing him sail it with more than two. It's plenty for everyone for regular dinghy transport though.
@@danielthecyborg8933 he sails it 3 up, with his mrs and kid. Neat set up 👍
Take a look at the Chesapeake light craft Passagemaker pram. My wife and I fit into it ok. I don't see why one adult and two kids wouldn't be great. I'd like to sell mine, ready to go with the sailing kit.
The Chameleon that Ben built on his Sailboat Story channel is what I am building. Sailright has a sail kit for it....
Haven’t got mine in the water yet but building it with the kids will for sure be a memory they share for ever. It does take time and dedication, the plans leave you to figure out a fair amount.
Check out the PT11, a bit more coin but a lovely boat, easier build too....
Great little boat
Lovely narration made a lot of sense
Great vid. It kinda looks like a large Sabo class boat here in Australia, often used for training new kids to sailing and racing. Regards, Jas.
Mr Williams, I so enjoy listening to your musings and narratives. Thank you.
Thank you Christian for a wonderful sail and enlightening commentary. Always look forward to your stories.
What a remarkable boat ,thanks now I need one
You've captured the exact joy I get sailing my Dyer Dhow around our marina :-)
beautiful piece, love your comments and the pram. sincerely, your fan - James
Amazing...you sumed it all up ...in one sitting...
This is perfect. Why I sail and encourage the sailing of small boats. Time to head out again myself.
Another gem from you, Mr. Williams. I'm "between boats" at the moment, relegated to chartering on the weekends and always hoping to catch of glimpse of you on Thelonious II for the chance to say, "Hi." Building a pram looks like a fun project for me and the kids this winter. Thank you for the inspiration.
Every time I see a pram I'm reminded of that scene in Jaws! Great video though.
The essence of sailing in under six minutes. And even the essence of living, in the same time.
Words we all think, even if unspoken. Thankyou.
Wonderful, absolutely wonderful.
I have NEVER sailed, I have almost completed building a small pram, a Chameleon designed by Danny Greene. I am sewing the sail, a kit from Sailright.
You have described exactly what I am seeking.
I’ll start from this, let the pram show me what is what and then move to lessons on a larger boat.
Sailing in the spirit I like. Sailing our lives...
beautiful, as always. a lovely sunday morning video with coffee.
Been there. Done that. It was too wonderful for words.
This is some of your most concise and beautiful prose, Christian. Wonderful work.
An amazing artist, both of the sail and the pen.
This is the best advertisement for a CLC boat I've ever seen...
Very Cool.! Thank you for sharing.! Thumbs Up...!
My yellow single-skin fiberglass daggerboard Sabot made exactly those same sounds in exactly those same waters, up and down Basin F in Marina del Rey when I was a 10-year-old kid living on a boat there during the Seventies.
As far as I know, sailing a minimum-sized dinghy with just a mainsail is the purest form of sailing. Could be I'm wrong, though: I've never tried windsurfing.
Good times.
Your words are a poem, Christian! Thanks for sharing them.
Fantastic video! This is the essence of sailing. Thank you!
I read what you wrote, i listened to the audio you recorded and watched videos you did. No matter, i always crave for more. Call it greed or what you will :). Thank you for sharing most solitary moments and making very public and open and inclusive. Hello from RYC in NJ
I always enjoy your sailing and travel videos. I just finished building a "pollywog" dinghy and now will look at building an Eastport Pram. I sail a Pearson 303 on the waters of Rhode Island.
LOVE THIS! Thanks Christian....Great stuff!
Very thought provoking,thank you your fan Amelio.
Another great story! Thanks CW!
Another wonderful story. Thanks.
The most joyous sailing I have done is on a Beetlecat. I have two other boats, 22ft and 44ft. The beetlecat is pure joy and my endgame when I am done with the expense and maintenance of my journeying sailboats.
Always a pleasure being transported with you into the world and beyond.
There's a lot to unpack. Loverly stuff. Thank you for sharing. Cheers!
I became interested in sailing about a year ago, took lessons this summer as a week long vacation, found your channel through a search that turned up your solo trip to Hawaii, and just recently finished reading "Alone Together". Thank you.
As always, such fun to watch and listen - thank you!
This is exactly the type of boat I want!
I've toyed with the idea of getting plans from Chesapeake Light Craft for use on our small lakes around here. It was nice to see your's in action.
Thank you for this beautiful meditation. I very much enjoy your videos and wish you all the best.
Thank you so much for sharing your personal meditations with us. Life according to sailing is what I'm in sailing for not the "sport".
Love these videos. This one reminded me of how I started sailing, many moons ago
philosophical and intelligent. wish I was more so.
Lovely, inspiring and poëtic! Thanks a million!!
This is just inspiring thanks for sharing ! Thanks for everything! You made my day! I will keep sailing for life.
Great video and commentary. I built a Norwegian pram earlier this year as a tender for my sailboat. Haven’t decided if I will add the sailrig to it or not. I get the same peacefulness slowly rowing it around.
I know im late but damn.....
Im speechless. Love it!
Another great production!
Nicely done! Pretty sure Neptune enjoyed your narrative as well.
Beautiful pram . Keep up the great sailing video's. Wes
Great narrative!
Great beauty here,
Poetry in the sound of the words
In the sound of the waves slapping against the hull
And in the sound of the wind on the sails.
OK it’s a little bit short on the sound of the wind!
Thank you.
Thanks for sharing Christian. Interesting stuff here.
Enjoyed reading Raratonga a few days ago, but would probably have been more enjoyed had I been dockside in sunny California instead of my home in Canada.
Love it. Thank you Christian.
Great Video! Now I want to build a pram. Have you watched Salt and Tar...they are building a wood sail. I think you would enjoy their RUclips. Happy sailing. Thanks for sharing your world
If I had one wish,- it must be sitting in a sailboat listening to you ☺️
Fair winds ,,,/),,,,
Beautiful!! Thank you.
Really enjoyed your video
Of course anything you do is gold to me but I sure miss those teaching lessons between you and you daughter.
She was learning and so was I ( well a little anyway ).
Part III is coming next week. Cheers, Christian
This was great. Thank you.
very nicegay and wonderful superman
bought your book. Philosophy of Sailing. Next up after the Patrick Obrien series which is fantastic.
Thanks, building Skerry for same reason.
Always a pleasure to listen to your philosophies fine sir🙂
Great video, does the lug sail tack upwind well? I made one with a sprit sail but am considering the lug style?
We sailed right passed you that day on a 22 Catalina. Thought it was you. Yelled hi, but you must not have heard or you were totally in the zone. 🙂
I had just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in. Apologies from the zone.
So peaceful. I have a bluejay I want to learn to sail. I have a pickup but no hitch and no title to the blujay's trailer. I wish I had fallen into one of these.
Wow - just discovered Christian. What a thespian and poet. I’d like to meet him.
You Sir, are my hero.
There is far to little of you around here.
Wonderful!
Love your videos. Did you consider the CLC nesting pram ?