Boat out of water

It is late March 2020. In "lock-down" due to the Covid-19 pandemic, deep in the county of Somerset, southwest England, I work on my boat and try to answer viewers' questions.
At present people in Britain have to stay at home, other than for essential travel. Cafes, bars and restaurants are closed, many workplaces and most shops. Leisure sailing is banned. This situation is likely to last for some weeks at least, and restrictions will probably remain in place into next year. Everyone is having to live with similar regulatory restriction across Europe, as well as many other countries in the world. I try to be positive about this situation in the video, but the death toll is still rising exponentially and there are serious fears about the lack of sufficient trained nurses and intensive care beds, availability of protective clothing for healthcare staff as well as ventilators for people stricken with pneumonia.
ERSE À BOUTON (especially for people who speak French).
Ici une vidéo en français au sujet, mais c'est plus compliqué à faire que celui que je montre dans ma vidéo. • Noeuds marins : L'erse...
MY BOAT
Do you want a boat like mine?
She is an adapted 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, including her single boom-less lugsail rig and lack of a mainsheet horse, (controversial among my viewers). Although rare in Britain, Ilurs are quite common in France. www.vivierboats...
Similar dinghies can often be found for sale in the French magazine le Chasse-Marée
www.chasse-mar...
MORE INFORMATION
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MUSIC
Easy Seas - Chris Haugen
Lazy Day - iMovie library

[@keithcraig4809]

The wife always knows when I have watched one of your videos, seemingly I tend to wander about with a huge smile on my face, me? I never smile.

[@williamwoo1437]

I came watching because of the boat, and finished with the takeaway of kindness to others, the skills and simplicity. Thank you for confirming my beliefs in this period of uncertainties.

[@geraldhenrickson7472]

Roger, thank you very much for this look at the intricacies of traditional sail boating, a positive mindset and history in general. I watched this episode with my three young grandchildren. and we ALL thoroughly enjoyed the time spent together. Thanks again for all you do. And hello from Salt Lake City, Utah.

[@pshearduk]

Always a welcome sight when Roger uploads a video, even more so during these crazy virus ridden times. Stay safe Roger, and everyone else watching. Take care.

[@sassy6292]

Paul Sheard same to you fellow Roger fan:) His videos are an absolute delight.

[@stevegillman1999]

Roger, Delighted to have found your series on small boats. Highly relevant for me as I am in the process of selling my fifty year old wooden Folkboat and hunting for a wooden day boat as a replacement. Long voyages are a thing of the past for me, but I do fancy pottering around my local waters in a small traditional boat. Personally what makes me go all gooey inside is the sight of a gaff rigged cutter. Keep up the excellent work

[@maxflight777]

A Roger Barnes video - compellingly tranquillity and pleasing content! Delighted.

[@romantiachristiana5147]

And thank you for your reflections at a human level.

[@scottengh1175]

The tar on bow planks looks like the tar I used to use on bottoms of old wooden X-country skis. Thanks Roger. Love the robustness and simplicity.

[@martyjackson4806]

I've found that working on my boat in the driveway is a great way to social distance myself. Thing is, I've been practicing it each spring and fall for years now. Even going as far as sewing new cushion covers in my dining room. Family doesn't even seem to want to help... Stay safe Roger. Keep the boat work updates coming.

[@markcharkey118]

Thanks Roger, I was one of your viewers bewildered by the main sheet system. Being an old laser sailor, I thought I understood minimalist sailing rigs, but you have infected me with the very pleasant bug for old fishing boat technology. Thanks for all the videos!

[@olegkostrov7276]

Молодец мужик так держать. Свобода прежде всего, а ты на воде свободен!!!

[@fredzolan7415]

hi roger- been enjoying many years of your videos. wrote on this version because of your sensitivity to our global life upset. we had a true life RESTART and AWARENESS. your wisdom helped. I did not loose anyone, but what a shame. I sail, as crew on a 34foot racing cruising class and on a Lido 14 in southern california. started sailing in the 70’s. I understand your approach to your lug boat and how you sail in a natural way or as you say “simple way”. a traveller and boom gets hung up sometimes on the tiller making it troublesome so your way makes sense. during this video you patiently went through your boat with a clear description of what is needed to set out for an SAFE overnight sail. also been enjoying your adventures to the French and British waterway and Venice, Shoreline. I do follow you on Google Maps making it a travel log. haha ! Thanks for your videos. CHEERS to you over a bottle of beer !

[@camilookuinghttons2690]

Thank you Roger, from the deep of my heart! I love the simplicity of your boat, and the "old" type of equipment you showed us today. But the best, are you thoughts about our current world and society, under the stress of a pandemic. Since I am very old, and coming from a different culture from the South American Andes, I agree totally with you about our physical cure, but most importantly, about finding again our soul! I live in Denver, USA, and I only sail my canoe in the lakes of Colorado.

[@stevehanley4434]

I don’t sail, and haven’t spent much time around the water but have come to love your videos and how instructive they are. Keep up the good work. God bless.

[@tim-youtubewatcher2726]

Thank you Mr Barnes, that was a very enjoyable 26 minutes. One thing I have noticed over the last few days is a sky with no polluting aircraft, a huge reduction in motor cars on the roads and a freshness in the air. I hope when things get back to normal people may start to appreciate the air we breathe and look at alternative ways of fueling our transport and what better way to travel than with the wind and a sail. I urge everyone to look at the clear sky with no vapour trails we may never see such times again !!

[@robertbickel6476]

Don't let this health crisis stop you from getting out on the water. Just stay away from people. I was out on a lake this morning in a kayak in South Carolina. It was just great being out on the water. Love your videos. Bob.

[@daleskidmore1685]

Unfortunately we are even being stopped from traveling to the open countryside to walk our dogs in the UK.

[@PJMoskal]

Dear Roger, I usually don't write comments on KZbin, perhaps Corona lockdown has changed me already :) I would like to thank you another great video. Your work is very informative and touches me, and others (judging on comments below), very deeply. I too hope that we will get out of this crisis better as a people and more sensitive to the needs of others. Best wishes for good health and a great sailing season, P.J.

[@muddy0048]

Two trees over a thousand years old! Love it. You're the best Roger.

[@p8ulr3id]

Thanks for the videos Roger. I love your comparison between ancient and modern. Today = complicated technology but easy to use, (hard to fix, impossible when it goes wrong) old technology = needs skill to use, (easy to fix when it goes wrong). That sums up the meaning of life for me and it's why we all carry paper charts!

[@joshuadunn882]

Hi Roger, love the videos. I love how thoughtful and though provoking they always are. You've inspired me to get into dinghy cruising and over the winter I'm going build myself something for next year. I love how "simple" and yet robust your boat is. Just a thought on your sheeting system at the back of the boat. This is just an idea now and maybe you have no interest in changing it, which is perfectly OK. Could you drill a hole, looking from the stern going forward, in the cleats that you hook your block onto, into the end of the "thumb" of both cleats all the way though, of say 1/2" and glue some sort of copper or carbon fibre insert for strength. Once that's done you'd have say a 10/11mm hole running through that cleat. Pass a 8/10mm rope through one side and knot it off, then pass that rope over the tiller, leaving a nice bit of slack to allow for the rudder to rise, as you said, should it hit something underwater. Pass the other end of the rope through the loop on your block and then feed it "up" the other "thumb" of the cleat and knot it off. Now in my mind that would solve the problem of the block being ripped out of your hand when jibing and maybe not paying your full attention. Well it might still get ripped out of your hand but it wouldn't go flying With that set up you'd have the benefits of both staying with the simple traditional method, that allows your tiller/rudder arrangement to go unchanged and not being troubled with loosing your handle on the block. As I said, maybe your perfectly happy with the arrangement you have. You know it, your comfortable with it but I just thought I'd share it with you.... Thanks for the great content and keep it up. All the best from Ireland

[@GrenvilleMelonseedSkiff496]

Thank you for a delightful breath of fresh spring air. There's nothing quite so magical as a boatyard in spring! You've given us a glimmer of the rainbow that awaits us over the horizon. Keeping it simple and caring ... let's hope for a brighter future. Hold Fast !

[@tomwaite4594]

Fantastic message to all enduring the current isolation. Yes we do reevaluate what it truly important, looking out for others Is near the top. Roger, It won't be long before: "Beyond All Things Is The Sea" Seneca Will be our passion again Greeting From the Chesapeake Bay Tom Waite

[@tobyCornish]

Solo dinghy cruising seems well-suited for social distancing :)

[@SailingKateLouise]

Thanks Roger you've answered all my questions about your rig and more importantly I love your philosophy, it would be a much better world it we all followed it.

[@gerrykelly5164]

You have a gift friend, in the manner you impart knowledge and wisdom. Also, I’m with you when it comes to traditional simplicity. Many thanks, keep the tubes coming.

[@andrewcox8750]

Roger. I would love to see a video on how you protect and treat the various different types of wood in the boat. Where and when should you use tar, varnish, oil, etc?

[@OutnBacker]

Pretty much doing the same thing here. Doing mods, clearing floor space in the shop, going over the lines and refreshing some of the whippings, etc. The Huntington rig is brilliant. Thank you, Roger.

[@wassersportblau]

Roger, I will also say "Thank You". I like your Videos so much. Greatings from Berlin, I would like to build me a boat like yours.... I have much time, we all need much time for realizing ideas slowly and careful,now we got it! Stay well and thanks.

[@tombrideau6752]

Thank You Roger from here in Canada... very much enjoyed this video and all of your others. I wish you all the best and continued health. I agree with you that hopefully we come out of this with a better outlook on helping each other and being more kind!!!

[@steveschwartz6138]

Thanks Roger for the boat tour. I'm impressed by the self steering system on the tiller and the soft shackles. Speaking of shackles, I saw a third one that you use to hold your rudder in place. Be safe.

[@jctothel]

Please keep up the wonderful content Roger! Frigging love your videos!

[@coalfieldbeelovergerald3687]

Excellent reflection on old ways that make us think 🤔 n develop traditional skills. I’m a 78 yr old home furnace/heater repair tech. I work in units controlled via circuit boards n computer but not sure they are better than what I started working with decades ago. Heat is heat. Thsnkz for the tour (even if the video is three yrs passed). It was a great journey n video .. Cheers 🥂 Nick

[@islaws4589]

Thank you Roger. I agree, the world will be different after this has passed & a nicer more caring one would be welcome. Take care x

[@michaeltincher5107]

Roger, I believe that your "sailing adventures" are a like calming meditation that has given you a less common and different perspective on life. Your statement of liking the simplicity of technology and the simultaneous requirement for the knowledge to perform using the simple technology is an ethos for life perhaps. Agree with the anecdote of the similarities between modern plague management to those actions rising from awareness in the Victorian age too. You're videos calm me, the sailing calls to me and the simplicity of your offerings and delivery in your videos, make people sail away with imagination. Thank you. PS. Loved your book too!

[@clivegreenall309]

Thank you for sharing Roger, both you knowledge of boats (and boating ) and your gentle example of kindness and caring. Stay safe during this trying period and keep posting ... anything that interests you. Regards from S Africa Clive

[@spijkerpoes]

a nice stream of thought about different subjects .. ..it reminds me of my dad and his wooden 'zeilschouw'. ideas of organizing tackle, stowage, kitchen.. to add: the old oak growth of the pre-potato era is when people needed pigs to get trough the winter. pigs ate acorns. the amount of oak space needed for one pig was called 'akker' in dutch. maybe acre in English. akkerbouw in dutch means agriculture so that meaning has changed. You have examples of these trees just standing around while we have lost them all after the potato came and of course in the post war optimisation - mechanisation craze.. so for me to sometimes see them in different UK vloggs is a delightful suprise .. hang in there - this too will pass..

[@daleskidmore1685]

Akkers is a slang term for money here in the UK. I wonder if that is where it comes from?

[@RogerRoving]

Although we generally use hectares now, the acre is still used as a measure of area, particularly of farm land.

[@spijkerpoes]

@@daleskidmore1685 oh that's funny indeed!

[@spijkerpoes]

@@RogerRoving We sometimes use the word 'are'. it's a hundredth hectare .. acre is in feet I understand. Funny mixup of meaning.

[@SilentLesch]

Hey Roger, greetings from St.Petersburg, Russia. I love your videos, and I loved this one in particular as you're finally talk so much about the built and rigging of Avel Dro. And I've never seen a lug-rigged boat live, too, so it was very nice to know how it works. I've been interested in her since your videos about dinghy cruising. I was kinda surprised to know that Avel Dro has the same LOA as my Mardöll and she's only 2 times heavier - I thought she was much bigger than that, watching your videos on the bay crossing. Please, make more of this calming informative films, we all need it so much these days.

[@gregsmith7142]

Thanks for pro-actively embracing this modern plague and squeezing some joy out of it. Watching one of your videos is almost like a mini-cruise. Here’s hoping for more, Roger. BYW, I’ve just ordered my Lugger and it’s all your fault.

[@gpk7683]

Thanks Roger. I needed that. Stay safe, stay well my friend

[@cellobob2358]

Very elegant description of old technology and skill requirements, and also how old ways of disease control, and mutual care, are so valuable now. Really beautiful. -Bob (and Josette), from Vermont, USA, and new dinghy sailors...

[@kgilliagorilla2761]

I applaud your optimism. I hope for true, across the board collaboration to beat this pandemic. If that means staying away from my kids and grandkids, it sucks, but that’s what I’ll do. The soft shackle is amazing. I use them on my hammock system, using 7/16 amsteel. I like to pass the closed loop through the “legs” of the knot, and then back over the knot. Just a little more secure in my opinion. I loved the tour, thanks. Cheers and stay safe from Chicago.

[@quentinwoods8811]

Thanks Roger for your calm and considered insights once again ! We too down here in Aus’ hope for a reawakening of a kinder humanity. ‘Can relate also to the simple feeling of connection you get to likely stories those ancient Oaks could tell...if only. Looking forward to any more sailing footage you can conjure up for up too. Cheers and stay safe.

[@AusMarineRobotics]

If everyone went sailing no one would have Covid. Thank you soooo much for showing us your Huntington helm impeder. As soon as the sun comes up I will have one too!

[@adamcfmacdonald]

Boat maintenance, architecture, sledding - all topics esteemed. Thank you for making videos. Stay well.

[@kevinonorato7223]

Roger, it seems you don't play like a lot of the other kids. That's why we enjoy what you do. I just bought your Dinghy Cruising Companion and am waiting for it in the mail. Thanks for the entertainment and education.. . And thanks for the reflections on our current health situation.

[@johnbanton5112]

Hi Roger,only discovered your vids about a week ago. I bought a 15 foot simulated clinker dinghy a couple of years ago,don't know what it is,its similar to yours except with a wine glass transom,but not a sailing boat. I'm using my time in lockdown to rectify that.Have fitted a rudder, rigged her with a windsurfer mast [with shrouds] ,and a small bowsprit to set a mirror dinghy jib.The standing lugsail has come off an 11' dinghy I built several years ago. Today I am cutting a hole in the bottom and glassing in the daggerboard case. Looking forward to trying her out in a couple of weeks. It's a good job I'm such a squirrel !! everything has come from 'stock' except the standing rigging,some epoxy , glass tape, and paint. Your videos are such an inspiration,am going to use the tiller taming idea and make up some soft shackles.Many many thanks.Stay safe .

[@daleskidmore1685]

Every cloud has a plus side Roger. I'm with you on your thoughts about the virus. It certainly makes me appreciate what we have. I would like to encourage you to continue with this series on maintaining Avel Dro. Aside from the insights into the sailing, I am very interested in the layout of her, having just started in the early stages of building an Ilur myself. I found this vid to be very useful already in realising the plans and drawings I am working from. Also iy has helped me understand some of the technical stuff I didn't understand in you book. Keep well and keep on keeping on.

[@shedinthehead]

Hi Roger, Great video, really look forward to watching new ones too! If possible could you do some more fireside chat ones? Would be great winter viewing! Keep up the great work watch your videoed to keep me entertained throughout the day whilst working from home on my own. Good to have something of interest on that’s well made. Many thanks keep up the good work. Bryn

[@KenDay]

Thank you Roger. A warm, reflective tonic in these strange times.

[@julast6658]

Thanks for posting - staying home is boring so its great to watch your vids and learn a bit ;-)

[@sassy6292]

Brilliant tying together of what’s simple and works but requires skill. It blended so wonderfully with how we must approach life during and after the current plague. Your videos are wonderful...I learn so much.

[@gordoncraig8238]

Much appreciated. I'm in the middle of building an Ilur with the same sail. Who knows when I can gather the people to help me turn it over! All the best from Ireland.

[@marB84]

I've been watching a lot of your videos lately and I absolutely love the design of the dinghy and how it works. And ofcourse the "galley in a box". Cheers from the Netherlands. 🇳🇱

[@ianpaul6931]

Thank you Roger, wonderful video as usual. This is a time of self reflection, resetting of priorities. Perhaps that's the silver lining in all this. On the boat side of things, you have me sold on the single block looped main sheet. It's simple and sturdy! Keep the videos coming. Take care of yourself and those close to you.

[@marcusmollsailing]

That is one, if not the most valuable tutorial on cruising dinghies. Thank you very much for all your inspiration, Roger. You already had quite some influence on the 12' lugger, I'm building these days. :-)

[@gustavocimadamore5290]

thank you Roger for your explanations of traditional sailing and your reflections and thoughts for this particular moment. Saludos desde Argentina!

[@jonfisher9214]

Roger thank you for this video. A reminder for me of winter days on the River Orwell in the 1980's. Sanding down and varnishing various wooden dinghys and looking forward to the warmer days ahead when I could get back out on the water. Could almost smell that Stockholm tar!

[@andrewsanders602]

Hi Roger. I live on a narrow boat but, I really love seeing boating in a more simple and quiet form. Your videos give an air of slow and still calm. So, many thanks. Andrew. NB Boudicca

[@kwilliams801]

Hello Roger, Kyle from Utah here. this is my favorite of all your videos, especially the ending with your hope for a return to "traditional" kindness and societal caring. I appreciate your interest in traditional sailing and boats. Loved the days I spent sailing with you on Avel Dro. Someone was asking me the other day about switching the mainsheet from side to side. You will recall with mirth that I never did get the hang of it even while tacking. Strange that I dont recall in those 4 days ever jibing! surely we did, but I dont recall it being the epic that I imagine it must be. the timing would have to be perfect, and the penalty for imperfection would be severe! Carry on skipper!. PS yes, I too love the Watershed bags. I have several

[@youtubespectator7279]

Roger I like your method on boating it’s simple and it goes to show you its strong.. Some People prefer the difficult path, as I prefer your method Easy, Simple, Works

[@williammonfries3881]

Hi Roger, I love your videos and your approach to sailing. I suspect I also like your approach to life. I have recently sold a Stella and bought an old Mirror. The difference in expenditure on gear and maintenance is a revelation, not to mention the lack of worry. Anyway, although I'm a rank amateur in comparison to you I hope you'll indulge a cheeky observation. You have not two traditional shackles on Avel Dro, but three! I spied the third when you showed us the tether that stops your rudder from floating away. That aside, thank you for the work you put into your videos, your good humour and your tranquility during these difficult COVID-19 times.

[@RogerRoving]

It may be that I can’t count...

[@williammonfries3881]

@@RogerRoving We love you anyway.

[@psystealth]

She's a beautiful simple boat, keep her as such. .....Well said Roger thank you.

[@boxer75010]

Hi Roger, thank you for yet another wonderful video. As a "fellow Frenchman," and small-boat sailor, I found your comments particularly resonant. Locked-down as we are here, like you in the UK, it seemed an appropriate time for me to read "La Peste" by Albert Camus. The following quotation from that work indeed finds a parallel in your own thoughts, on the subject of our current predicament: "C'est ainsi, par exemple, qu'un sentiment aussi individuel que celui de la séparation d'avec un être aimé devint soudain, dès les premières semaines, celui de tout un peuple, et, avec la peur, la souffrance principale de ce long temps d'exil." Let's hope that you are right, Roger: that kindness and selflessness will, in due course, prevail. Again, many thanks for the "therapy" that your work provides.

[@kevinbullas2328]

Roger I totally agree with your analysis about humanity...enjoyed your Vlog too...thanks👍🏻

[@alexandrebohn2346]

Dear Roger, After I discovered your videos and thanks to you François Vivier's boats, I baught and read your so precise, generous and inpirering and often humorous book during covid confinment.. Congratulations, thank you ! I am sure now I will shortly build my own Ilur and modestly begin oar and sail small boat cruising ! Please post a video about your first cruise post-covid quick ! Thank you ! Alexandre

[@ahabva]

This is just what my quarantine needed!

[@jbburton5928]

Thanks roger loved that vid thanks for your thoughts and your sailing techniques just hope we can all sail again in the very near future encore

[@tomedom5107]

Absolutely agree with the moveable block with a becket for the sheet, with two thumb cleats. I had a slightly larger boat , with a mizzen and a standing boomless lug main and came to the same solution. To avoid loosing the block on the gybe, I rigged a looose line from the block to some convenient point on the centreline. in this way, you can retrieve the bock without luffing. The line doesnt interfere with anything if it is attached low down. I also found that for reaching and running , additional thumb cleats further back were beneficial for sail shape/control. But it looks like you don't have the scope to go further back!

[@richardkennedy4215]

Thank you so much for your wonderful comments Roger. I enjoyed your summary of your boat (I think I've seen most of your videos), and your reflections on a COVID world. I'm in North Queensland, Australia, and thank God we're (in this part of the country) COVID-free - let's hope we stay so. Stay safe Roger, and let's get back to dinghy sailing very soon. Keep up your wonderful videos.

[@johnc6339]

Thank you for posting this video, it was interesting to learn how the sheet works and I agree it is good to do things with great skill rather than always add layers of complication to make it easy to learn.😁

[@clydelindsay6657]

I think your dinghy your great the way it is. I also enjoy watch your videos of the dinghy, yourself and the people you meet. Keep doing a great job Roger.

[@davidleeson8088]

Very enjoyable Roger. Stay safe.

[@rogberube6422]

A video with clever elements, a beautiful philosophy, and great wisdom. Thank you, Roger.

[@RogerRoving]

Thanks Rog.

[@spellmadam2947]

I'd like to believe that too. Better days ahead. Thanks for sharing the lovely scenery.

[@jamescavner4242]

Well said and well lived!!!

[@kayakmalta2444]

We love you Roger Barnes, Your narration is therapy to the mind and soul. Sail on buddy!! Keep safe.

[@colinunderdown1758]

Roger, I think that you are better off where you are with your boat. Here in Brittany and the rest of France we can't make unnecessary journeys, as in going to the boat yard to work on my boat or even to sail. Stay safe and hope it doesn't last too long.

[@daleskidmore1685]

It is the same in the UK.

[@RogerRoving]

The boat is kept on a patch of land I rent, very close to my house, about 200m away. This is one of the reasons I did not come back to France, as although I had been offered somewhere to keep the boat under cover and work on her, it is unlikely I could have worked on the boat there in the current restrictions. I also have a couple of live architectural projects nearby that need my attention.

[@rudymarleyaskit4573]

Wow.. there really is no escape!.. crazzzy. Love the boat .. I feel we have a deep relationship with water.. we where built for it...

[@dalehilton]

Live long and live well my KZbin friend. Thank you for the betterment of mankind through your sharing of knowledge and your respite from the the troubles of the world if only for a few moments.

[@nelsonholditch6633]

Thank you for the explanation on how your boat is rigged. I have a lug sail on my sailing dingy which has a boom. And after watching one of your videos I thought I would try rigging this way to see how it works. Not having to worry about the boom wacking my crew on the head might be nice. Wish I was out sailing right now, but alas we like you are in lock down. Cheers form New Zealand.

[@willmur54]

Very interesting,thanks Roger.

[@stuartkeegan2291]

There's another shackle - holding the rudder retaining rope on! Thanks for explaining your sheeting technique, I'd often wondered about that. I really wish my boat was at home so I could work on her and maintain her during this enforced lockdown! Something I may have to look into when this is all over.

[@onanysundrymule3144]

Oh stop with your shackle shaming ! (Lima Oscar Lima).

[@solstar4778]

I like your mindset keeping things simple ,learning the old ways !

[@nealwalden3543]

These videos are a bright spot in an otherwise grey/awful news day. Thanks so much for posting this useful/entertaining video.

[@andrewcox8750]

Thank you Roger for yet another excellent video - what a treat. I particularly enjoyed your thoughts on complicated technology which is easy to use versus simple technology which requires skill to use. How true! I spotted the third shackle too by the way! ;-)

[@nielsfriis2409]

Dear mr. Barnes, so nice to see another view of life from your channel. We are a litlle group of danish guys who sails pocketcruisers and we admire youre skills and way you tell your stories, Best wishes for the coming season on the water and fair winds

[@snakeeyes4424]

Yes your main sheet most be the most simple arrangement. Simplicity makes life more interesting. Thank you so much for your videos. Stay healthy my friend.

[@navigator902]

Excellent to see and hear your wisdom, and maintenance genius.

[@OkieBobby]

Roger, much appreciated. I've been very curios about your rigging and tiller tamer arrangements. About a year ago, I acquired a cat rigged, boomless, lugsail and love it. Your video shared some great setup arrangements, that I plan to use or modify on my cruising dinghy. Yes the old ways, often had purpose, and are proven. Many Thanks.

[@jcfgh]

Thank you Roger, that was fascinating. Best wishes

[@martinsachs3837]

I agree with the idea of simplicity in boats and skillfulness required. funny enough if one takes building and maintaining modern, complicated boats into consideration they require much more skills than the traditional ones. btw. there is a in between design for the mainsheet. drill a hole in the end of each wooden hook and loosely run a line between them. the eye of the mainsheet block can then travel on that rope and never be lost. slack in the rope enables the tiller to move up. the downside may be the fiddling with the rope when tacking.

[@CaptainZG]

Roger thank you very much - your videos are something really special. Looking forward to the next one. Stay safe and let's hope the sailing season will not be lost this year. There is no better way to "distance" ourselves from everything than sailing a small boat :)

[@michaelhill7471]

I hope along with you. It’s good to see and hear you and your sailing at times and your architectural stuff is nice too. So if the occasion presents itself, don’t hesitate to post.

[@andrewtrip8617]

Thank you .we are all looking at our boats wondering when they will next get wet .very informative on the boom less sail ,keep them coming .one request if you get the time can you give your field boundaries a tidy up with a slasher.hurts my eyes.

[@alexbowie6316]

Thanks for the gear stories during these times of lockdown.

[@astrorad2000]

Thank you for this video and the one that followed it. I enjoy all of your videos and I like your philosophy. Simple is often the best. I will endeavor to install the Huntingford helm impeder on my 1984 O'Day Javelin day sailer. I also like the idea of the soft shackle. That will make it very much easier for me to reef my mainsail without the need of undoing a hard shackle. I do try to stay optimistic that some good will come out of this pandemic. It is difficult, but your videos do help.

[@hrmacdonald4471]

Very insightful video on all aspects...the cup of tea at the end was a nice touch, made me want a cup ...Great video Roger, thank you!

[@jimbojet8728]

I enjoy the vids with your crew aboard. She’s a diamond, but you knew that right. Thank you Roger.

[@greatsouthlandmike7260]

G'day Roger Love the boat out of water. I am currently building a Ian Oughtred Fulmar wooden boat. It's a lug sail with a mizzen I found that you have a lot of good ideas that I can't help but borrow and certainly will help keeping the cost down on the rigging, and maintain a classic looking boat. Waving the hand at you from South Australia Mike.

[@LivinTheAdventure]

Thank you for another wonderful video! I hope to build a similar boat and explore the coast of BC.