Miserable old man saves yacht . Adventures of an old Seadog

Explosions in the dark, sirens into the night, A visit from the police, the country of Spain is found to be closed, I wake some French people as their boat drags it's anchor toward shore and I blow my Grandfathers old horn! Yes it's another action packed episode from the old Seadog.
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[@davidrasmussen5537]

Love your videos. Only done one passage from San Diego to Hilo in a Dutch motor sailer. Three weeks, with major issues. Mainsail and mizzen blew out. Repaired main. Generator crapped out. The gear box seized due to no oil. It was a brand new Yanmar unit but the Capt. didn’t check the oil. Thru hull fitting to the head crapped out, so no head for last two weeks. Fortunately we had power from the engine alternator. Wonderful memories. Thank you Barry. Wishing you fair winds and following seas. 🇬🇧🏁

[@skyworldita]

When I saw that yellow boat leaving with the anchor swinging and possibly banging the hull I thought :” troubles never come alone”...

[@skookumjack]

Never a dull moment with you Barry! 😆

[@legend343]

I done pretty much the same when I was sailing in Norway and the arse didn't even acknowledge that I helped, BUT it wouldn't stop me from helping again, that's what we should do, don't let one idiot stop ya.!! Warren

[@offgridcabin1557]

Like you, I always help people in their time of need. I never expect anything in return for it. So it is always sweeter when someone reaches out and treats me to something after having helped them. I too am on my own in this world, but up until just recently. It's been all land loving for me. But I'm an old Navy salt and the sea is calling for me again. So now that I am in a position to buy another boat. I'm going to do so. Sailing to S.E. Alaska is my goal. I used to live there so I know what to expect. Hope someday to run into you and "I'll" buy you that much earned beer!

[@AdventuresofanoldSeadog]

Good luck with your venture. Cheers.

[@VTOmanifan]

Very, very surprised they never thanked you properly, but that's the nature of some people. Good on you for your efforts!

[@miriamschevz4713]

Not so old, not so miserable and not such a yacht. Keep going man!!

[@AV-qt2sz]

Hats off to you for helping the big Bannana! They're too yellow to be gracious and say thanks at the least. Happy Sails!

[@haroldgjr]

Thank you for the entertainment. You are indeed an old Seadog.

[@dfwc]

As an old sea dog myself I really enjoy your videos mate, safe sailing and thank's.Dennis

[@stevephillips3300]

Hi Barry! I realise this is an old post but I just found your channel the other day. Thought I was a grumpy ol git but you take the biscuit mate lol. Love this channel, cracks me up.

[@steadmanuhlich6734]

Good of you to help a fellow sailor, glad to see they got off in time, thanks to your warning.. If we ever meet, I will buy you that beer. Enjoyed the video and your good humor and good narration of your videos.

[@surfergypsy]

Thanks for this! You deserve sunny days always! Hats off, "old" mate!

[@SailBeforeSunset]

Barry of the Perrins clan, good to hear from you again! Head west, my friend, southwest. You need to be in the warmer waters of the South Pacific. You're a good man for rowing over to wake up the wayward sailors. Good on you!

[@AdventuresofanoldSeadog]

The videos are a few months behind. Im in warmer climes ask we speak. Videos on that soon. Cheers.

[@sunyag]

Hey, thanks for the vid, pleasure to watch it. Hope you enjoy your seadog's life on a sailboat!

[@timothyblazer1749]

What a bunch of landlubbers! By not propitiating to you, they are guaranteeing they will come to harm by Neptune's hand someday.

[@randolphpatterson5061]

They're in in now, might as well give their boat a new name, what the hell?

[@goofy4birds]

Great video! Your a natural.

[@ColGadarby]

Brings back so many memories...I need to get back on a boat...

[@951porsche951]

Stumbled across your feed, really enjoying your commentary, some hearty belly laughs were had.

[@914va]

Obviously a boat owner who dosn't give a crap, and relies on others to keep him out of jams. He will make another serious mistake one day...and there won't be any good sailors to save him!...Good man Berry!

[@draczka14225]

Well after 40+ video's I am very impressed with your energy and commitment. Makes it all that harder to wait a few more weeks before I can get on the water..

[@tentmaran]

Seen it befire enjoyed it again.. Grump. 😉🙃

[@KyIeMcCIeIIan]

I love it. You're such a cranky ass but still warmhearted. Thumbs up :)

[@mikek6556]

Very nice video I will continue to watch. Thanks for making them.

[@shanekonarson]

I would have bought you a dozen I reckon ! Good work Barry

[@ed5779]

Splendid life and thanks for the video loved it. Sad they never offered a beer or maybe a few.😀 that was very thoughtful of you to care. Enjoy the rest of your travels.

[@mousepd]

LOL! You're hilarious. You should be on the Discovery Channel. I enjoy your adventures. Looking forward for more!

[@marcelocheves]

Better than Bear Grylls

[@brunowalder750]

the explosions you heard are anti-hail cannons, they send out sound waves to prevent hail storms that can destroy crops. they are quite annoying and I don't think they are a very green solution.

[@RANSailing]

Great video Barry and good job on helping the dragging boat! Fair winds!

[@AdventuresofanoldSeadog]

Cheers guys.

[@gerardbourque7688]

merry christmas from canada and tks for entertainning this old man here

[@maritimetees2315]

We love you Barry:)

[@skipperandy8081]

Good Day Mate, just found your channel, nice stuff. Now I'm going to go back and view them all. Fair winds my friend, lots of beautiful girls. The Baltic Viking,.....Skipper Andy

[@williamdevries7428]

Nice video, i'm surprised they never offer a thanks or a beer, you wont have to waste any effort next time their in trouble, you can sit back with your own beer's and watch them struggle alone. fair winds

[@garygerard4290]

old Seadog is a good name for this channel & you - ha ha ha a nice change from all the 35 year old mega $$ sailing crowds I've been watching I gave you the Thumbs Up and Subbed and am going to check out some more of your videos

[@gmac3675]

Hi Barry. You were very unlucky. I spent three seasons in the Ria's before sailing down to Lagos, and had a wonderful time with great sailing area, great weather, great [cheap] restaurants, cheap beer and great islands to explore, particularly Cies and Ons. We often had fog in the morning but it generally burned off early. Mind you, that was three years ago and the weather has been a bit weird this last couple of years.

[@000001willy]

Thanks grumpy. Great video. By the way I'm 67 so I feel quite comfortable calling one of my peers grumpy.

[@karenwilliams2193]

Beers and a nice bottle of Rum he shoulda gave ya! 😁

[@saintphilis]

3 years ago video by Barry and he looks the same. Good job saving the yellow boat.

[@mobahr4370]

"Lots of big rocks around here, that's why I'm letting James lead". You are too funny

[@Ruffway64]

good job but you waited to long to help,,,ya angry old fellow!!! LOL much love from Canada eh

[@petermcgill4230]

Great videos Barry. Cheers from Denver, CO.

[@kamuelalee]

"Hero needs a beer." should be the title.

[@valde2707]

-skit, it was dramatic!!! Great job and great video Barry!!!

[@AdventuresofanoldSeadog]

Cheers.

[@howardinothegreat136]

Great video my man 😀👍🍔🇳🇴

[@wcresponder]

I know your frustration, I called in a chimney fire at a neighbors house on christmas day few years ago and as the fire department arrived the man of the house said there was no need to call in the fire department. And to this day the numb brain has never said thank you. Would I do it again absolutely. Do right and take the lumps your reward is in your heart and spirit.

[@richardwiley5933]

Chimney fires can burn out safely on their own - they can also burn the house down in the process.

[@wcresponder]

@@richardwiley5933 Yup.

[@WindedVoyage]

The captain of the yellow boat is named Jean. He's Swiss and his lady is French. I met them in Lanzarote and they invited me on their boat, (cement BTW) for a Swiss fondue and plenty to drink. We are now friends and they are very kind and generous. I think the problem was that they don't speak English any better than you speak French.

[@Gamecockinnc1]

Winded Voyage Surely thank you or a sign or an acknowledgement of gratitude is universal.

[@SirPrancelot1]

A common language is not needed to show gratitude or understand it. Barry may not speak French but he understands Merci, a smile and a wave and being offered a drink....

[@jefffoley7876]

good man. I hope you are there for me if our paths cross

[@ladygardener100]

Winner of smallest anchor competition!

[@djucaterenzi2878]

Best video in a while !

[@ronpat100]

enjoyed watching!!!!

[@Pete-eb4ec]

Just started watching. Will continue to do so. A fiend of mine has vineyards in France. They set of explosions to scare the birds from the grapes. Is that what you've heard? Good luck an blue water!

[@joannshuttleworth6359]

farm next to us had a carbide cannon, to scare the birds out of the field- sucker went off every minute!

[@ChrisMcEvoy]

Great video as usual Barry :)

[@gol510]

Looks like when they were motoring from the Swim Line their Anchor was unsecured

[@dimitriosdegiannis7364]

Great video Barry.. You are such a nice guy...if you ever sail to Greece (no pirates, no fog, no hurricanes, no extreme weather conditions, no mooring fees) , let me know...

Meltemi is craaazy

[@planetmarine]

Just found your channel. Genuine. Much enjoyed.

[@TropicShade]

All that gloom... this is why guys like me moved to the tropics for good weather year-round! It's always summer time!

[@ddm220]

Anchored in sore thumb Fire island inlet NY during a wind storm. At 2 am boats started dragging their anchors drifting towards me. Even blowing my air horn didn't wake some people up. Some of them beached ! I don't sleep in bad weather !

[@patwma709]

Hey, we just found your channel here recently and we dig it! Thanks. We also really like your Grandfather's old horn! That was great. If you are ever off the coast of So Cal then let us know and we'll deliver a pizza and some beer!

[@gardensofthegods]

You might want to tell him again because I have a feeling he didn't see this comment .

[@gardensofthegods]

but if you click on to where he has his name or where he has responded to other people he is sure to see it

[@mariusmolenaar4178]

Love to watching your video's. Your a big inspiration to me Barry. I would love to do the same thing that you do one day. I'm 20 years now and only have sailing experience on small 2 man boats. Your videos give me some inside in what sailing on the seas is really like! My dream is to live on a bout one day and sail about for some years. But first things first and that is practice and learning and thats what i can do while watching your videos. Keep it up! Great work!

[@AdventuresofanoldSeadog]

Cheers Marius

[@oceanrival2744]

CQR or some copy, not always the best anchor, mine is a backup now in favour of a Delta after dragging on hard sand once too often. Well done for helping them mate, many don't.

[@gregc6661]

You're a Good Samaritan cappie, hope someone looks out for you one day

[@bergssprangare]

Great Video & nicely done.. tey should at least have waived

[@zzzxxzzz4797]

Thanks for sharing 😋

[@k.w.churchill4397]

I used to fish the Merrimack river in Massachusetts USA, ..You can never have too much anchor!

[@dougfairweather]

Thanks... Great video...And your not a miserable old man! Subscribed!

[@phillydawg1313]

Yes We are. And there's a reason for that.

[@buildmotosykletist1987]

Doug Fairweather; Bloody good imitation ;-)

[@tswrench]

"That's all I can stands, I can't stands no more! Where's me spinach?" Good on ya' Barry for saving them from beaching themselves!

[@texanforeverthompson3645]

Sure beats hell out of a cruse ship with shopping malls and a roller coaster. .

[@richardmyhan8755]

Old dog, you have my attention. Keep sharing the good stuff! Subbed 👍

[@AdventuresofanoldSeadog]

Thanks Richard.

[@Hoganoutdoors]

I can see two problems with that boat and its use of ground tackle: 1) Not enough scope. Looked like MAYBE <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="181">3:1</a> was out -you can tell by the steep angle of the chain. Always put out at least <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="301">5:1</a>. & <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="421">7:1</a> if you have space - more if bad weather develops and you plan to stay put. 2) That TINY CQR anchor! OMG - what were those idiots thinking? That looks like a 40' plus boat - heavy displacement, steel hull, etc. I wouldn't trust my dingy to that little hook. CQRs are notorious for being difficult to set, and for dragging. It is an old, outdated anchor design, and the small ones are worthless. That looked like a 25 ponder. I'd want at least a 75lb Rockna scoop style anchor or a Delta plow. at least those designs set reliably. The primary anchor on a cruising boat should look ridiculously large sitting on the bow. Twice as big as every other similar day-sailor's anchor is a good place to start. I've never seen a boat drag because it's anchor was too big, or because it had too much rode out... Those conditions were light. I didn't see any white caps, so it couldn't have been blowing more than 8 or 9 knots. If they keep cruising so carelessly with that anchor, they WILL lose their boat.

[@verpauly]

I had left an anchorage, with no bottom for an anchor to dig in, was about an hour out when this squall line hit out of NOWHERE. By the time it ended, we were nearly back to where we started. Only change to the anchorage was the two dozen boats were up against the mangroves. Nowhere was at fault

[@johnb4183]

Good show

[@jessshook6754]

The sirens and explosions are called noise campaigns, to annoy Targeted Individuals.

[@RasmussenFrank]

This channel is awesome.

[@emiliomunoz1455]

Remember that the town where you were is where the Spanish Prime Minister lives. State security is as in Valmoral (His Queen Isabella) or in Candeleda (Spain) when Major was British premier.

[@GoFurtherBug]

Good job helping the other boat, good karma in the karma bank.

[@jennifers6435]

Gloomy and depressing..that is Everett

[@normanboyes4983]

Hi Barry - enjoyed the vid - I thought that the crew of the yacht heading for the beach had gone ashore themselves - how the hell could they have slept through the Foghorn impression?😉😀

[@OneGenericName]

Dinghy still tied on, they must be aboard

[@JCrook1028]

@@OneGenericName Not always, could have gone ashore with another boat in their dinghy...

[@romeo9017]

Looks like Gravesend!

[@gdfggggg]

I was just dropping off then the bloody horn went off...😂

[@johnlaband770]

Another cqr type anchor dragging. Time to get rid of these anchors?

[@turvyjj9232]

In that part of Spain, explosions (noise rockets) signal the village that has a special summer celebration that day, it's a way to let people know they can dance, drink and eat joyfully at that place during the evening. Sirens into the night mark that there is a close fishmarket and that a fishing vessel is coming to sale her prey. So fish buyers run to the market to buy it and store it for food markets and restaurants. In a way, they are romantic and misterious sounds, but fully functional.

[@hearsejr]

I have not seen a lower unit like the one on the outboard on your boats stern pulpit railing before. Was it a conversion of sorts?

[@VORTEKTHEWARRIOR]

good bugle!!

[@gregcurrie982]

They're French. What do you expect? That's why you guys fought them for hundreds of years :). At least you did the right thing. Well done Barry.

[@knut761]

The English don't like the French. The French don't like the English. Goes way back, a bit of a tradition haha.

[@oceanrival2744]

Many nice French knocking about and some are excellent sailors.

[@Kitiwake]

@@knut761 no one likes the English

[@blainelester6845]

They aren’t fireworks they’re trees exploding. The wound gets so cold it contracts and eventually splits. It is crazy loud. Love you vids

[@blainelester6845]

Wound- tree

[@davidgallagher8573]

RAN sailing brought me here, have decided to stay

[@AdventuresofanoldSeadog]

Cheers.

[@TropicShade]

Come to think of it, I thought "The rain in Spain fell mainly on the plain?"

[@jckirby7994]

I'd like to sail like that man

[@lambertoazzi7883]

They should have smoked something funny the evening before.... and YES you did deserve a full box of beer!

[@jvcoulter]

I saw the CQR anchor- figures.

[@brian.7966]

and what does that mean ?

[@pooheadlooool]

Brian. It’s the type of and referred to as a certain shape of the anchor the yellow boat was using. It’s a useful all round anchor but relies on digging or ploughing into the ground. Just dropping it isn’t a guarantee you need to back up to dig it in, which really one should do with most anchors anyway - make sure they’re set before you turn in! 😴

[@martinrouen]

Just wanted to confirm that you said ‘beaches’!!! ;-)

[@robertwiley3171]

Construction? Blasting and explosive stuff ... They like Rock apparently.

[@captlarry-3525]

We are old and in the way, until somebody needs something done, and we old farts are the only ones who know how... Classic. Blow Your Horn !

[@deckiedeckie]

looks like the anchor risk hitting the hull

[@VibratingDolphinNow]

Why not go over and knock on the hull sooner, out of curiosity? Sweet horn though, I can understand wanting to use that thing. You've earned my sub for sure

[@AdventuresofanoldSeadog]

Cheers.

[@Si1234321]

Makes more sense to signal from distance than risk your own life in the inflatable!

[@hipcatwho]

Better late then never. No Beer Maybe they saw Your Video. But I do think You have potential as a Musician, remember Practice, Practice, Practice. Work on the long tones....

[@GENECARP]

Some people have know manners....keep doing what’s right, expect nothing in return..

[@irgski]

Looks like Jolly Old....😉

[@theislandpackrat]

Berry they had a 10lb. anchor down, don't know why it would drag! All you need is a cannon ball from the down rigger. that will hold in a force 10.

[@ragimundvonwallat8961]

you should see my home made anchor...its just an recurved cross of concrete rebars that i recurve i then make 4 holes in a plastic trash can so the 4 legs can come out and then i cast cement in there. i paint the thing with elastomeric 'rubber paint' best anchor i ever had lol...i put way too much cement so its too heavy so im gonna trim it down a little

[@Gwyhir]

Explosions - catching fish ?