Naviguer Autrement - the small boat revolution in France 

My late father journalist, writer, carpenter, wine beer and liqueur maker, adventurer, etc etc had a drascombe with brown sails. ❤

Superbe aventure salutations de la Suisse. I’m another Brit abroad :-)

Je suis un Français qui vit en Angleterre et comme l'approuvent mes vidéos nous devons avoir des goûts qui se rejoignent! Je pense que ce que vous faites est super pour le mouvement des dinghy cruisers. Merci!

Sailboats reduced to their most elegant essentials. Loving the tanbark sails!

Roger I really think you should give up this architect business and become a full time dinghy cruising film maker. Beautiful scenery and film work, lovely boats everywhere, great use of charts to show us what you are doing, calm and peaceful narration with just the right amount of information - no better way to enjoy my wee glass of rum! What a scene there, I'm very jealous. The closest I see to a flotilla of dinghies here on the Gold Coast Australia, is half a dozen 13 foot tin boats with 30hp Mercs on the back all arriving back at the boat ramp at the same time and swearing and fighting over who is putting their boat on his trailer first while the others throw fish gizzards all over the beach for the Pelicans and seagulls to fight over... :-(...

Wow I could have watched an hour of this at least. Totally relaxing viewing, interesting to a non sailor & gorgeous scenery!

Mr. Barnes, greetings from Texas. We love your videos. We're novice sailors here. We sail in a fast dinghy (Harpoon 5.2) and my daughter and I have recently reached a milestone by sailing to a sandy island here in Lake Travis, beaching our craft and exploring. I had fun, but it was clearly a peak life experience for my daughter (age 5). Next time, we hope to camp overnight on this sandy island. This island is particularly suited, since I can easily walk to the mainland across a submerged sandbar even at night in case of some emergency (lightning strike, snake bite, severed limb). Unfortunately, we are short on intelligence about the delicate topic of ... you know ... pooping. For better or worse, Lake Travis is a drinking water reservoir (more importantly, OUR drinking water reservoir). It's both illegal and considered extraordinarily bad form to deposit human waste in this water. What to do? I can imagine some solutions, but as a noob it's hard to know which solutions are the most graceful and which solutions have hidden, tragic pitfalls. Perhaps you might address this delicate topic in a video, if you haven't already. My family and I would love if you would Google "Harpoon Dreams" and check out our videos.

One of the most visually beautiful videos you've done. But for me, what was even better was how rich in information. You give me a real feel for the boats differing designs and how they benefited or not in a variety of sea conditions and the shear joy of just sailing and being with others doing likewise. Naming the designs and seeing them sailing or rowing in different conditions. Wonderful, more, please! With one exception, "The blue-hulled boat" it showed up many times and in differing conditions, but you never told us the boat designers' name? The blue-hull boat was often there with the Ilurs. She (blue-hull) looked like a good boat as well. My favorite poetry/commented of yours, "Boats designed for sailing that were happy in the lumpy sea being a boat, with wide capacious hulls and high topsides." Many thanks, you made my day!

Another excellent trip to France, perfect escapist viewing for a winter evening.

A compelling watch 👍

That was pure ASMRtistry. Thank you for sharing. ⛵

Beautiful adventure.

theres also the "rendez vous de l'erdre" a small journey from nord sur erdre too Nantes where a lot of old simple dinghy meet and cruise along at the rythm of jazz in a 3 days long travel. it is something really cool with a lot of beautifull boats, jazz at every stops and just the peacefullness of the quiet river.

Utterly compelling Roger . I can’t thank you enough for taking the time to film and edit this.

I live in Jersey, so st malo is my nearest ferry port, hiking or biking down the rance is a firm favorite I have done many times. Fancied a kayak, but never quite managed it. Yours is a wonderful l'aventure !

Fell in love with Avel Dro and have just bought the plans and working out the best way of building one. It has caused me a lot of sleepless nights, but I think I have come up with a way of utilising the space I have. This vid is a real filip to my resolve.

Thank you, Roger. You are inspiring my own building in California.

I have a 34 ft sailboat and I am currently the smallest and simplest cruising boat on the Sea of Cortes. Everything else around me is 40ft + and have watermakers, showers, davits etc. so I thought I was going simply. This is another whole level! Love it.

Looks like a blast. I’m jealous.👍🏻

Roger, so many beautiful small sailboats and must have been a wonderful adventure for you all. Thank you for sharing this with us all. Cheers!

Splendid, really enjoyed that. Thank you Roger.

Fantastic! Very interesting selection of boats. Thank you for making another great video.

As I hear Roger Barnes talking it makes me remember Leonard Cohen - Suzanne (Live At The Isle of Wight 1970). Sometimes Barnes is poetry.

thank you for continued inspirational films, looks like a lot of fun

Absolutely beautiful in every way.

Thank you Roger, brilliant sailing and filming.⚓️

Made my Sunday. Merci

Thank you, a very enjoyable excursion

Roger, i've often read your aventures in the chasse marée, it's very cool to see your footages... i don't have a voile-aviron but i often dream of that sort off 'tiny boat' . my first boat was a "corsaire" 5,50 long boat and i know the intense pleasure to navigate next to the rocks (i had a mouillage next Brehat during a long time...).. thank you theses footages...

What a gorgeous trip... maybe one day... having just bought a 1951 Fairey Swordfish dinghy after a 20 yr spell away from sailing... looking forward to similar adventures

Fantastic adventure and beautiful boats.

Merci Roger pour le partage de ces belles navigations estivales, magnifiques images comme toujours avec Toi... 👍

Some decent seamanship going on there, Roger. Especially picking up that mooring, and Mary's sculling.

Such wonderful experiences that you share with these videos! Bravo to you! BRAVO!!!

Your adventures inspire and give me hope. Thank you.

Very much enjoyed the video. Seemingly the time just flew by and the end was upon me.

BRILLIANT. What a wonderful experience.

Bravo!

If you ever come sailing in the Netherlands, I'd love to join. My boat is not as old, only 50 years, and it's more of a competition boat, but I made it look a bit more historically inspired.

Great episode, really enjoyed watching. The Way fairer was the boat I learned to sail on, great multipurpose vessel. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for that👍 what an adventure!

Hi, i built a boat just a bit les than 11 feet, she has got an internal engine with shaft and propeller, now intending to do the mast and sail, looking to make something similar to the boat with own design, having the boom like the windsurf tables. Actually this was made as a dinghy of an eleven meters boat I made, a Caroff design. I found very interesting in small boat sailing, but it un quite important to have a coast that enable you to make shorts distance tríps, ten miles or so

Your videos are always a joy

Very enjoyable Roger.

I'm watching a lot of your videos in my personal lockdown in Catalonia, enjoying them a lot, hoping to go out soon and sail our little old creaky Mirror. Thank you for all the videos, so fun, wise and conforting....

Nice film Roger, looks Like a lot of fun!

How delightful fun and friendship in a modest craft, I am envious.

What a lovely video - bravo Mr President

Beautiful! Thanks!

Roger I miss your videos, I love simple.. your boat is amazing

A very nice sailing journey. Great sculling by Mary to to end the video.

Magnificent Roger an inspiration as always, a two cup of tea classic. Such great comraderie and fine French cuisine to finish the trip. Just wondering what kind of distances you cover each day?

Thank you. This is so cool! Great video and narration.

Fascinating. I've considered a dingy in preference to a boat and since i now live in Morbihan, Brittany, this looks very attractive 😁

Another soothing and enjoyable video! In a similar vein, the association "la semaine du petit cabotage" organises 1-week cruises (not challenges!) during the summer period for small cruising sailboats. The participants get to go places they would not try alone, with an accompanying dinghy, and a knowledgeable person. We met them last summer in Perros-Guirec and they were having a great time!

Beautiful little boats!!!

Excellent video, intriguing story. Welldone.

Amazing!!! Very interesting! Thank you!

Best video ever.....a big hug from a sailor of Puerto Rico. My best for this group!😊💪🍺

Excellent production. Thsnk you

Great video Roger, been a while , love your videos. cheers

So good to see you, Roger! I remember you from the old Yahoo openboat listserve, from way back in the aughts. I always had much respect for your opinions. Increasing responsibilities of age have taken me away from sailing, but I intend to get back to it. So good to SEE you for a change.

Grate video. Thanks for sharing

Wonderfull ! This is what sailing is all about

Nice one Roger.

most inspiring, greetings from Greece

Wonderful stuff

Nice video Roger.

Beautiful shooting!

I have just edited the subtitles on this video. I hope this is helpful to people viewing it for whom English is not their first language. You can turn the captions on and off in "Settings". They do distract from the pictures, if you do not need them. This is an experiment, and I will be interested in your comments.

excellent!

Awesome video!

I just bought your book on Dinghy Cruising. Im very excited to find that you have a youtube channel as well. I'm hoping to get myself a Wayfarer but they seem to be non-existent here in France, looking forward to joining the community.

Brilliant really enjoy all your hard work over here in NZ... keep it up your brilliant

Fantastic film.... inspirational

I have come to your site from the sometimes crazy world of a lge social media site, used for info. Rivers and seas bring joy back to the soul. This is a lovely sail and my first visit to Dinan! I adore Brittany. This is as relaxing to watch as you always sound. The Ilur was made for these waters (yes?) and it shows.

Love to watch your adventures. I see you even made it to my neck of the woods NZ in one of your vids. I spend alot of time each summer sailing and camping in the abel tasman area , boat of choice lloyd 6.9 trailer sailer.

Like the videos. I'm very new to sailing and i enjoy your content. Wish there was a small dinghy association here in the US.

Roger, you're one of those rare channels that often receives view counts higher than the number of subscribers, which I think says a lot about your efforts.

Wonderful. Thank you.

Excellent video

Great stuff

Great adventure mate! Inspired by the ilurs, all the way from landlocked Alberta. will be visiting family near Brighton in December holidays though, will be looking out for your boat out in the far!

Wonderful I hope to join you one of these days

Beautiful

I visited Dinan once! A beautiful place!

Hello Roger, lovely sailing video. I have asked this before on a previous video; could you please do a video on how you unship your boat from the trailer on the grass at home for its winter lay up, and the subsequent re-shipping on to the trailer for the new season. Kind regards.

Amazing!

Lovely

When I was a kid in the 70s and 80s small sailboats we’re popular in the States mainly due to the oil crisis. I worked the Annapolis boat show for several seasons when I was in college (architecture). The boats kept getting bigger. The manufacturers chased the most profitable buyers. For the last decade those buyers have been aging and are not able to sail. The market has moved to power boats, helped by cheap fuel. I wish there was a movement here like dinghy cruising that would help spur small boat sailing for the next generation. Gunkholing in the Chesapeake is easy and cheap thanks to craigslist nearly free boats. Why aren’t more people doing it?

Hi Roger. I love your channel and am enjoying the videos. I built a little sailing boat from an aluminum 12 ft row boat when I was 16. That was log ago and I’ve had numerous other hobbies (obsessions) since then. I’m getting to an age that I should abandon some of my current hobbies like backpacking, bad knees and aviation,diminishing vision. I think this kind of sailing might be my next hobby. I live in America and while we have plenty off fresh water in The form of rivers and lakes I am in the middle of the continent so quite far from the sea. The great lakes are a days drive of 6 to 8 hours and are as big as many seas. I am also a life long fishing enthusiast and I am quite curious if you ever fish from these boats. I do quite a lot of flyfishing in the cold rivers for trout and we are blessed with numerous public access. I have always wanted to fly fish in Scotland The birth place of fly fishing. Keep making more videos and I will keep watching. Thank you

Fascinating!

lovely

Belíssima paisagens! Muita saúde ( aqui Brasil🇧🇷

Thanks Roger, very inspiring. I’m just building an Ebihen 18, also designed by Francois Vivier. Would love to join you and sail in these waters one day.

good stuff

Beautiful life!

wow very nice video

How delightful! In reference to Mary's sculling, are you having a go at her for missing the trailer 😊. With love, Ken

With that voice and pace you should produce relaxation/meditation recordings!