I have been going over your old videos lately - it makes my heart ache to get back out on the water. Here in British Columbia I grew up on one of the many floating logging camps where boats were our main means of travel. At 5 years old I could take the rowboat out any time as long as I had my life belt on. Once I rowed from Granddads camp to Uncle Joes camp at 5 and that got me in big trouble. I wasn’t aloud to take the rowboat out for a couple weeks. On these float-camps there were no other kids to play with so my play was to have adventures in the rowboat. I liked the clinker built ones the best - it was a lot nicer to row. We also had a red fibreglass one and it wasn’t too bad either. I remember at 6 trying to rig a sail on it with one of Moms sheets. I was crying my head off because I couldn’t do it. Miss. Wick the cook came out of the cookhouse and asked me what was the matter. I told her I couldn’t rig the sail. She got som string and tied the sheet to the pole I had and away I went. It’s funny thinking back on this I can picture that string wrapped around sheet and pole like it was yesterday. I have travelled across Canada but there is no place I could live except on the coast. I get uneasy when venturing inland. I’m 72 now so my adventures on the water are a little more peaceful a lot similar to what you are doing.
Thanks Roger - I loved your comment about introducing someone to dinghy cruising, and then losing them to their own dinghy and seeing them row off! Your videos are inspirational - many thanks!
Your videos are far superior to big budget blockbuster movies. I honestly enjoy a million times more watching your videos than I do the movies in theaters. I particularly enjoyed the lady in the oranges boat. She got it for very little money and was able to make it amenable to spending a night or two there. That is the true spirit of dinghies cruising.
Thank you Roger for all the effort you put into making these videos. The tent arrangement on Mary,s Mirror dinghy looks better than any commercially produced boat I have ever seen. I can see a lot of people buying pop up tents for their dinghy's in future!!
Marvellous! Roger sort de son chapeau deux belles vidéos qui nous font oublier le gris, le vent et la pluie...🙏 Avec de la musique en plus! Et Mary qui vient nous montrer elle aussi comme il est simple de faire du camping côtier sur un voile aviron, une tente quechua, simple et efficace.👍 Merci à tous les deux.😎
I know nothing about dinghys' although I have lived and travelled on a narrow boat. This is one of the best videos I have seen on you tube and makes me want to get one and move to France!! Thanks Roger.
@Roger Barnes kudos to Mary and her pop-up tent, real improvisation! Rendezvous in Nantes - I'd love to go - someday. Belated congratulations on the win! 😊
That looks like fabulous fun , the urge to get back into small boat sailing is getting stronger despite not having done any for decades ! I like the idea of camping boats too.
Enjoyed the video very much! Glad to see Mary and her boat, nice tent platform. Hoping you will publish another book one day, you probably have many stories to tell. Thank you for all you do!
A great video, Lovely seeing MD;s Mirror and that tent looks far easier to manage and draft free than my tarp and tie approach. Viewing is time well spent....thank you for posting
Mary's boat fixed up very well now. The great thing about these DCA Mirrors is that they are all different. I noticed it rowing very well and I find I can sometimes overtake kayaks!
I think i'm falling in love with the place festivities, i think there are much more to see and enjoy. I wish I could go there and experience sailing especially in the river. So much near to nature u cn hear the birds and splashings of the waves at d boat.
What a great video Roger and the event looks amazing definitely on my list of things to do as I love jazz and swing......well I would as I play Tenor Sax. Absolutely love Mary’s Mirror Dinghy and her adaptation brilliant
Only spotted two outboards ,have invested in a sea hopper, will have to see if I can fit that decathlon tent to it.Used to holiday in the Morbihan, that beer le Blanche ermine was to die for.
Another excellent video. Well done! It seems as though there's a lot more dinghy sailors across the pond. People tend to use bigger boats, or power boats here in Canada.
Thanks for another fun and informative sailing video. I hope to be there this year, thats a festival of Lughsana the Celtic god, how better to celebrate than there. My boats a Dufour 24 named Avel Mad, moored in St. Marine in the bay of Odet so not far at all. Would love to buy you a beer and swap some tall tales. Cheers till then !
Dear Roger, my little boy Teddy who is 4 is a big fan of yours and asked me to send this message, he is helping me type it. Teddy loves watching your adventures especially when we get to see inside the tent at night as he thinks it is cosy. He has even taken to building you and your dinghy out of Lego. He just wanted to say hi and thank you for helping him dream nice things. Teddy likes the colour red, he just wanted you to know. Thanks Teddy and Dad
Thank you Roger. We’re shut in due to cold rainy weather. And of course we have all these nasty political debates going on. So your posts are more than helpful. In the next life I shall be an Englishman I think
Superb video and what a fabulous event! I love France, hate Brexit, my wife speaks fluent French and we adore jazz, swing and traditional French music. We have sailed wooden dinghies, Thames barges and Broads gaffers and half-deckers for 50 years and would love to sail at the festival. Problem is that it seems to be for wooden traditional boats only. We now have a small sea-going GRP yacht. It is shallow draught and the mast can be lowered. Does that count or do we need a traditional trailer-sailer?
Hello and greetings from Germany. Does anyone know clubs with sailing dinghy boats in Germany (in that style)? Nice video Roger, thanks for all the inspiration.
Fantastic!!!!! Thank Roger very much!!! But how You and Mary got to Nante? Through the Chanal? Like A J Mackinnon? But Mirror Dinghy is not too little? I sail on MD myself. Boris
Waaaaay to go!!! What a huge amount of fun!! Makes me want to get a small boat & get amongst it at these events. Thanks so much for this & all your videos Roger 😃
All this content - the weather must still be too crap to go outside (except for a swift bierre of course.) Good film bro, if only they did things like this in the colonies!
Oh, so true. Remember the band at Golfe du Semaine in Vannes, 2013? Christ alive. I was expecting polite applause for some well meaning but dull shanty providers. Walked in on a rave.
Now Roger what do you think the prospects of someone(2) showing up and catching passage through the days of the festival? I live in the place the Blues came from and just down the road from the center of Jazz....New Orleans. I would arrive with a quantity of Mardi Gras beads as I think those participants need some color, but though small my boat would not fit on an airplane. Once again thanks for the video. Cheers!!!
This is France! The music festival is free to enter, even in Nantes. All paid for by the State. Personal payment is required only for some crew meals and transport on land.
Mary had broken her yard jaws, capsizing on the approach to Nantes, and so could not sail back to windward. As she was taking a tow I thought I may as well too. And Seagulls are pretty powerful!
Unbelievable, i can follow the track of the former normal river, they did these things in most big cities, but normally it became a gutter, nice to read that it is still a river. Something to explore, Roger.
haha, Now i can visualise the whole thing, i saw a little plan of Brittany From Nantes there’s a canal all the way to Brest, and on a certain point there’s a canal on the right that goes to Dinan. But nobody mentioned a canal “sous-terrestre “ from the river Erdre to the centre of Nantes fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_de_Nantes_à_Brest
I have been going over your old videos lately - it makes my heart ache to get back out on the water. Here in British Columbia I grew up on one of the many floating logging camps where boats were our main means of travel. At 5 years old I could take the rowboat out any time as long as I had my life belt on. Once I rowed from Granddads camp to Uncle Joes camp at 5 and that got me in big trouble. I wasn’t aloud to take the rowboat out for a couple weeks. On these float-camps there were no other kids to play with so my play was to have adventures in the rowboat. I liked the clinker built ones the best - it was a lot nicer to row. We also had a red fibreglass one and it wasn’t too bad either.
I remember at 6 trying to rig a sail on it with one of Moms sheets. I was crying my head off because I couldn’t do it. Miss. Wick the cook came out of the cookhouse and asked me what was the matter. I told her I couldn’t rig the sail. She got som string and tied the sheet to the pole I had and away I went.
It’s funny thinking back on this I can picture that string wrapped around sheet and pole like it was yesterday.
I have travelled across Canada but there is no place I could live except on the coast. I get uneasy when venturing inland.
I’m 72 now so my adventures on the water are a little more peaceful a lot similar to what you are doing.
Now that looks like a lot of fun. If only I was 50 years younger and still had my Enterprise !!!!
Be Enterprising and buy another.
Thanks Roger - I loved your comment about introducing someone to dinghy cruising, and then losing them to their own dinghy and seeing them row off! Your videos are inspirational - many thanks!
Your videos are far superior to big budget blockbuster movies. I honestly enjoy a million times more watching your videos than I do the movies in theaters. I particularly enjoyed the lady in the oranges boat. She got it for very little money and was able to make it amenable to spending a night or two there. That is the true spirit of dinghies cruising.
Again you've shared the most important part of the dinghy camping, cruising world, It's PEOPLE!!!! Hooray for all who know and spread the JOY!
Thank you Roger for all the effort you put into making these videos. The tent arrangement on Mary,s Mirror dinghy looks better than any commercially produced boat I have ever seen. I can see a lot of people buying pop up tents for their dinghy's in future!!
Love Mary's camping arrangements!
Two videos in one week...be still my heart!
Such a sense of deep peace. There must be nothing to match messing about in boats. If you do it. Lovely.
this is a dream... putting this on my bucket list!
Marvellous!
Roger sort de son chapeau deux belles vidéos qui nous font oublier le gris, le vent et la pluie...🙏
Avec de la musique en plus!
Et Mary qui vient nous montrer elle aussi comme il est simple de faire du camping côtier sur un voile aviron,
une tente quechua, simple et efficace.👍
Merci à tous les deux.😎
I would say the small open boat scene looks very open and social 👍🍷🍻
'Fortunately, there's still beer' Words to live by. Thank you Roger for the videography and book, am enjoying both immensely.
Congratulations, Roger, and yes, there is always beer.
Bloody marvellous......living the dream
I know nothing about dinghys' although I have lived and travelled on a narrow boat. This is one of the best videos I have seen on you tube and makes me want to get one and move to France!! Thanks Roger.
Roger in 1st place! It couldn't be any other way - bravo - keep the videos coming!
Mary too
@@damepipiastropolis , Yes! Mary too. Congrats to her and Oranges!
@Roger Barnes kudos to Mary and her pop-up tent, real improvisation! Rendezvous in Nantes - I'd love to go - someday. Belated congratulations on the win! 😊
Mary is my new inspiration!! I must do this !
Roger Great Video. 👍 Yes i agree small boats.. Big boat Luxury is not required it’s the atmosphere that’s more satisfying..
I think Mary and Oranges should have their own channel, she’s a natural 🤣
Admirable ! So good to see her enjoying it.
Ps ... Loved your videos, beautiful home.
She has now, search "Mirror Mary" on YT.
That looks like fabulous fun , the urge to get back into small boat sailing is getting stronger despite not having done any for decades ! I like the idea of camping boats too.
"Fortunately, there's still beer." Love it. Sail on!
I continue to live vicariously through you, Roger.
Dood, same. 😂
Thank you, Roger! Excellent vid, as always! Love Mary's Mirror! Looking for one here on the cold North Atlantic in New Hampshire, in the states,
I'm down with it Mr. Barnes. Nautifestivness! Dinghy delights!
There is still beer.
Roger, utterly admirable! So good to watch ! Compelling viewing
J'admire vos efforts pour parler et prononcer le français; un exemple pour mes compatriotes anglo-canadiens !
Keep up the good work !
On espère et essaie de parler correctement la langue française.
@@RogerRoving Vous êtes top Roger !
Effort + résultat = top ! ;)
« Fortunately, there is still beer » 👍😂 you are unique !
Unique?... Every Englishman has at some time uttered that same phrase.
@@edwardjohnson7059 But I am french! As it is the first time I hear that and as it was said by him, he will always be unique, for me!
Sailing in a small dingy along a river feels amazing
On my bucket list thanks to you Roger Barnes😊
Enjoyed the video very much! Glad to see Mary and her boat, nice tent platform. Hoping you will publish another book one day, you probably have many stories to tell. Thank you for all you do!
A great video, Lovely seeing MD;s Mirror and that tent looks far easier to manage and draft free than my tarp and tie approach. Viewing is time well spent....thank you for posting
Mary's boat fixed up very well now. The great thing about these DCA Mirrors is that they are all different. I noticed it rowing very well and I find I can sometimes overtake kayaks!
As long as we have Roger and his video we can weather any situation! Greeting from the Chesapeake Bay
I think i'm falling in love with the place festivities, i think there are much more to see and enjoy. I wish I could go there and experience sailing especially in the river. So much near to nature u cn hear the birds and splashings of the waves at d boat.
That mirror is a mighty fine dinghy!
Love Mary’s camping arrangement!
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Oh and, nice video Roger!
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Good video and jazz we enjoyed it got the vibes thanks Roger
Fabulous, Rog! Thanks!
What a great video Roger and the event looks amazing definitely on my list of things to do as I love jazz and swing......well I would as I play Tenor Sax. Absolutely love Mary’s Mirror Dinghy and her adaptation brilliant
This is a man who knows how to live. Nice video.
Bravo. Excellent video.
Only spotted two outboards ,have invested in a sea hopper, will have to see if I can fit that decathlon tent to it.Used to holiday in the Morbihan, that beer le Blanche ermine was to die for.
That was pure delight!
Oranges, what a lovely little dinghy. Fun :o)
love your work Roger, keep them coming
Another excellent video. Well done! It seems as though there's a lot more dinghy sailors across the pond. People tend to use bigger boats, or power boats here in Canada.
There's a number of us on the west coast, Derek. Have you heard of the Barefoot Raid?
It would be really nice to have a feature video on Mary,s dinghy.
This is the plan. We did film much more at Sucé, but there was too much background noise from them taking down the floating stage.
Nice one Roger! Never heard of it but wouldn't mind going one year, looks like fun ( sv calico jack)
Love the videos. ♡ Toast to Capt. Barnes, with an American made Yuengling, Black & Tan beer. Cheers !
Thanks for another fun and informative sailing video. I hope to be there this year, thats a festival of Lughsana the Celtic god, how better to celebrate than there. My boats a Dufour 24 named Avel Mad, moored in St. Marine in the bay of Odet so not far at all. Would love to buy you a beer and swap some tall tales. Cheers till then !
what a blast. Looks like good times.
I shall put down your recently received book to watch yet another video. Keep it coming.
Excellent Roger ! 👍
Marvelous video. Thanks for making. Be well.
Thanks for posting. Cheers SV Good Karma
Cheers!
Dear Roger, my little boy Teddy who is 4 is a big fan of yours and asked me to send this message, he is helping me type it. Teddy loves watching your adventures especially when we get to see inside the tent at night as he thinks it is cosy. He has even taken to building you and your dinghy out of Lego. He just wanted to say hi and thank you for helping him dream nice things. Teddy likes the colour red, he just wanted you to know. Thanks Teddy and Dad
Rus Clark Wow! I don’t know what to say. Thank you Rus. Hi Teddy!
Thank you Roger. We’re shut in due to cold rainy weather. And of course we have all these nasty political debates going on. So your posts are more than helpful. In the next life I shall be an Englishman I think
Excellent!
Superb video and what a fabulous event! I love France, hate Brexit, my wife speaks fluent French and we adore jazz, swing and traditional French music. We have sailed wooden dinghies, Thames barges and Broads gaffers and half-deckers for 50 years and would love to sail at the festival. Problem is that it seems to be for wooden traditional boats only. We now have a small sea-going GRP yacht. It is shallow draught and the mast can be lowered. Does that count or do we need a traditional trailer-sailer?
I wish I was there!
I always enjoy your video's 👍
Hello and greetings from Germany. Does anyone know clubs with sailing dinghy boats in Germany (in that style)? Nice video Roger, thanks for all the inspiration.
A lovely video. Thank you.
Fantastic!!!!! Thank Roger very much!!! But how You and Mary got to Nante? Through the Chanal? Like A J Mackinnon? But Mirror Dinghy is not too little? I sail on MD myself. Boris
Mary at it again, rowing of course.
Thanks Roger...quite marvellous! How could i get my Miracle over there, I wonder?
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet! Cheers from Montreal QC (where Jazz is alive and well).
Jeff Spate Yes. I like jazz too! So much so, that I find it hard to believe some people don’t.
@@RogerRoving By the way, I forgot to mention that I thoroughly enjoy your channel. Your wee boat is a true gem. Stay safe out there.
Genial video! Saludos desde buenos aires Argentina!
Does Mary have her own RUclips channel? She probably should!
Ahh a Tou Cabanee I noticed, I’m building one of those now!
Fascinating
Waaaaay to go!!! What a huge amount of fun!! Makes me want to get a small boat & get amongst it at these events. Thanks so much for this & all your videos Roger 😃
Hello Roger it's look like à Nice festival.
All this content - the weather must still be too crap to go outside (except for a swift bierre of course.) Good film bro, if only they did things like this in the colonies!
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Great work. Did Mary find a tent that had a footprint that fit her boat or did she have to modify it?
She found one that fitted.
Hope that beer was my favourite leffe
It was.
Oh, so true. Remember the band at Golfe du Semaine in Vannes, 2013? Christ alive. I was expecting polite applause for some well meaning but dull shanty providers. Walked in on a rave.
Thanks for another beautiful video! I enjoy them very much. Avel Dro is such a good looking dinghy. I wonder what colour the inside paint is?
Daniel Novello it’s an Epifanes colour. I don’t know the reference off hand but you’ll find it on their colour chart.
@@RogerRoving Thanks a lot, Roger. I`ll look it up. The colour becomes the boat and looks workboat-like.
Hi Roger, thanks for the videos, really enjoying them. Is the Casse Maree in French only?
Yes, sadly. R
Does mary have a blog or website at all? I've just bought a mirror dinghy and would love to read more of what she does.
Really cool
Now Roger what do you think the prospects of someone(2) showing up and catching passage through the days of the festival? I live in the place the Blues came from and just down the road from the center of Jazz....New Orleans. I would arrive with a quantity of Mardi Gras beads as I think those participants need some color, but though small my boat would not fit on an airplane. Once again thanks for the video. Cheers!!!
I'm looking into a shipping container.
@@AndyJarman
Much too much effort there. Think something could be found.over there and be all the more fun .
This is France! The music festival is free to enter, even in Nantes. All paid for by the State. Personal payment is required only for some crew meals and transport on land.
Needed that tow due to all that glass you picked up.
Mary had broken her yard jaws, capsizing on the approach to Nantes, and so could not sail back to windward. As she was taking a tow I thought I may as well too. And Seagulls are pretty powerful!
I apologize for the prod, Roger. Was in jest. Your channel is a jem.
More oranges please.
Tres bon!
I saw few small cabin boats there. Would my memory 19 qualify to participate?!
I would think so. ;-)
Made my Hobbit toes wiggle!
Beer was good?
Traducido al español?..cuesta mucho?Asi los que te seguimos desde el tercero o cuarto mundo,Argentina,podemos leerte?
Jose Garcia ¡Hola! lamentablemente no hablo español.
......We'll need a smaller boat.....(Jaws)
There’s always beer 🍺😁
Unza unza time!
l'Erdre is not really ending up in the
Loire, the last part is gone
It goes through a tunnel under Nantes, and is perfectly navigable throughout.
Unbelievable, i can follow the track of the former normal river, they did these things in most big cities, but normally it became a gutter, nice to read that it is still a river. Something to explore, Roger.
hendRIK arQiteKt It is a through route from the Loire to the English Channel at St Malo, and also to Lorient.
haha, Now i can visualise the whole thing, i saw a little plan of Brittany
From Nantes there’s a canal all the way to Brest, and on a certain point there’s a canal on the right that goes to Dinan. But nobody mentioned a canal “sous-terrestre “ from the river Erdre to the centre of Nantes
fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_de_Nantes_à_Brest
I think i have found it: le canal St Felix
Love the sailing... And there is always mute for swing 😉 sorry.
Edgerton A Hightower Jazz is very trendy in France. Nantes, where I didn’t do much filming, was full of young people there for the music festival.
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