Two bars and a pub

A coasting dinghy passage between Teignmouth and the Exe estuary, crossing two river bars and visiting one pub.
Links
The Dinghy Cruising Companion
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The Dinghy Cruising Association:
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[@Thelastminstrel]

Your little vid is a balm to the soul for a landlocked man 350 miles from salt water, deep in the heart of Texas.

[@davidmckeown652]

Ha, ha, ha . . . you've given me a good laugh mate. Best of luck from the UK

[@fcable]

I am hooked. Having a glass of red wine and enjoying your beautiful video. Thanks for taking us on your journey- You are truly “Living large”!

[@richardpayne4336]

Fabulous. I have been around boats all of my life and I am actually going to learn to sail this Autumn(I am over 60 now) and dinghy cruising seems to be the best. Thanks for your video.

[@Fosterfanning]

Solid vessel, nice cruise, good camera work. Made for an enjoyable viewing experience. Greetings from the Pacific NW...

[@BigFiveJack]

One of the things that I so enjoy about hearing you all from the U.K. speak, is your use of different terms than we in the U.S.A use and, you also apply different meanings to shared words in some instances. I always remember that you all call a "torch", what we call a "flashlight". What I've heard you repeatedly call a "slipway", we in the U.S.A call a "launching ramp" or a "boat launch", or "boat ramp". Your footage that began at about 2:09 was very exciting to view! I wish I'd been with you there!

[@its_me_dave]

D’you prefer one to the other?

[@navigator902]

Natural and lovely, could hear the rain drops on the canvas, and for a fellow who urns for the sails to flap, and the sea to sing, you bring it every time ... thanks you Roger

[@magicboy135]

Thank you for this joyful and relaxing video, sir.

[@ianinvancouverbc]

I've been to that little pub in 2002 took the ferry over lovely spot

[@jansveen]

great film. Thank you! So nice that you did not put music on, but just the sounds from sailing :-)

[@RobertSeviour1]

Jan you are so right about this, I hate the modern vogue for adding a music track to almost every type of video. So nice to hear just the commentary and the sounds of the natural surrounding.

[@stonetoolcompany3649]

ditto .... not much to add. I also appreciate the lack of superfluous noise.......

[@johnhines852]

Also, what music he does have is quieter than his voice so you can hear him. Often we have mumbly speaking and insanely loud music. Well done Roger!

[@ewingsharp8916]

A delight to watch you sailing in your boat. You are brave my friend. I appreciate the effort you’re going to share these experiences.

[@PKMartin]

What a blast, to see my old seafront - I did my RYA level 1 qualification on those waters, twenty-some years ago. Now a friend from just up the river has just completed a circumnavigation of Britain and I'm 80 miles from the nearest sea.

[@knutknutsen5610]

Thank you. So nice to Watch. This is how self sufficient and yet fantastic sailing can be. I sailed the local coast of Norway like this when I was young. Wonderful life!!!

[@zepfan9988]

Just dropped in mate it's been awhile thought I'd catch an oldey your a classic thank you my old man would have loved your channel he built a few vessels in his time in Cardiff in his younger years during his Merchant days after the war then I had the pleasure with him in Sydney building 25 ft sloop in the 80's you have brought back memories 👍🍺

[@anthonycontares1140]

Your videos are encouraging to us who have small sailboats and like adventures in life. You're living the dream and having fun, free and simply kept economical.

[@vinm300]

A fantastic 10min video. Great audio , especially at the start - the lapping water. (I can't believe I missed this : I thought I'd watched all your vids and this is 3yrs old !)

[@pjburges]

I am a sailor from Maine in the USA. I've watched several of your videos and cant help but think how much happier you might be with a boat like a CD typhoon. I do believe someone as crazy as you would sail all the way around the UK in a typhoon. Lol.

[@ericjscott9908]

On a rainy winters day ..it’s a real pleasure to watch a fellow sailor do his thing ...love what you do Roger..👍👍

[@williamnassif7312]

St. Peters' Oraganic Ale, excellent choice in beers sir!

[@Athandevel]

Fantastic video! what a peaceful yet vivid sailing life you live, thank you so much, please keep up doing what you do!

[@coalfieldbeelovergerald3687]

Very nice 👍! Enjoyed the bar crossing n kite 🪁 sailor dodging ! Nick

[@garman1966]

I love all the seagulls laughing at you at the end for being a free spirit!

[@oreilly1237878]

.The freedom of a man and his boat.All little problems of shore life seem to drop away and the sheer joy of living seems to be all around.Wooden boats seem to draw interesting people.Great video,thank you.

[@ScottTurnerformeindustrious]

As a sailor of my owner built "Green Island" 15, I love your videos and adventures. Cheers Roger!

[@daveevans8256]

Lovely boat thanks for sharing with us all, such a simple way of life. 👍🇬🇧

[@pelageos]

...and the same magic sound of water under hull...

[@msf60khz]

Roger - very impressed crossing the bar! Your boat seems good to windward, even when reefed. David

[@vernonsmith5021]

Love your cruising sailing ⛵ hear in America keep up the good work

[@thameswanderer]

One of your best videos. I've now watched it several times. It's exciting to see how you & Avel Dro cope with tha varying conditions. More please! 👍

[@Robutube1]

I had not realised, before your description of what a bar is and of crossing one at the mouth of Teignmouth Harbour, that this must be the origin of the sailor's description of shipmates who have passed away. It all makes sense now and is a rather poetic epithet. Thank you!

[@madisondeans5566]

The only way I sail,solo most of time &it is so much more rewarding in every way!! Thanks for your inspirational vids!!👌🤗

[@petermirow]

Lovely job, Roger. Beautiful to look at. Thanks.

[@Wayfarer-Sailing]

A nice cruise in a splendid area. Thanks Roger!

[@enriquegarcia9345]

Thank you Roger, great video!! I am also looking forward to watch how you launch your boat as explained in the book!

[@stevebergeron7242]

Very enjoyable video. Makes me very envious. Well done!

[@dgrewar]

Well done Roger... Thank you for making the effort to record your adventure and sharing on you tube. Very inspiring and I intend to persevere teaching myself how to sail on my 14ft Wanderer

[@OldDadProductions]

Great vid Roger! hope you will be sharing a few more of your cruises with us!

[@chriskildun8810]

Very enjoyable Roger, thank you.

[@janwarrington]

Really enjoy your videos Roger...so much so that I'm getting behind in my work ! haha very good work shipmate

[@MrJaree]

I love the action video of you handling the boat!! Well done

[@directorstu]

beautifully filmed and nice sailing. I am inspired to take my tepco 12 down this summer and sail from Budleigh to the Exe.

[@slaquers]

I love your channel and what you do Roger

[@andrewarmstrong9724]

Another excellent video. I hope you make many more.

[@edacropolis7429]

A smashing film. Many thanks 👍

[@Approximal91]

Hello, Roger, I like not only your videos, as well as your way of speaking. Sounds great!

[@46danz]

Hardcore sailing,love it.

[@canyonhaverfield2201]

good share Roger you are ! I'll be checking in to enjoy your other films.. thanks-bunch !

[@morfeo65]

Thanks for the video. Always a pleasure.

[@OldJong]

I love your videos! :-)

[@geraldhenrickson7472]

Very nice look a the type of sailing I have yet to do. Thanks so much for the video.

[@thomasgregory9462]

Hi Roger, just found your videos. I have a new found admiration for dinghy cruising, I moved from dinghy sailing to a 30ft yacht and although it's got it's "luxuries" I do miss the ability to just dry out up a creek or sail in different areas easily. I'm very tempted in another dinghy but maybe I should just inflate the tender and go for a row more often. Good luck with your adventures Tom & Sundance

[@maxboonkittypoison]

Plessand video thank you for taking us along sailing with you. Greetings,, Kitty.

[@hollywood1340]

That shot at 9:20 could very well be where Donald Crowhurst set off from. I could be very wrong also. But something about the layout made my brain tingle.

[@desdeelmuelle4085]

Espectacular video! Saludos desde Buenos Aires Argentina!

[@benalla39]

Thanks Roger. Looked like a really exemplary dingy cruise. Inspiring. I once lived nearby The Turf and visited often. I actually searched you tube for a sailing video of the estuary with the key words Exmouth and Topsham but didn't find this. I had been bingeing my way through your postings anyway and came across this one the next day. It was a bit naughty of you to claim that you can only get there by boat or walking though. A quick look on google maps shows cars parked about the same distance from the pub as your anchorage, but on the other side.

[@msf60khz]

Really exciting sea sailing. Excellent, Roger. D

[@manwithapan9481]

Loving your videos great stuff !

[@williamstewart8088]

You have made quite lovely videos. However, I find myself a bit jealous. But, I have a small daysailor. You have inspired me to outfit it for multi day sailing.

[@rabwoody264]

Well done Roger splendid video ..

[@housesale9050]

Well done Roger, it’s a tricky area in which to navigate. I live about 1/4 mile from the shore line just a little further up the Teign Estuary towards Coombe Cellars and know the waters well. It gets a bit noisy by Teignmouth Docks due to Ships and lorries loading and associated traffic. It’s much quieter further up stream, but you’d need to get well passed Shaldon bridge and follow the channel carefully as it’s very shallow in places. My choice would be somewhere around Red Rocks on the Bishopsteignton side. It’s far enough away from the Docks to be clear of the noise, but not too near to be distracted by traffic passing over the Newton Abbot by-pass. Here you’d see the Herons and Red Shanks, accompanied only by the call of curlews and many wading birds. Lovely.

[@maddiericketts4524]

I loved every minute, thanks for making the effort to record, edit and post this video in just a few days. Cheers, Paul

[@sergiomantile6470]

Your videos are truly beautiful

[@stephenreynolds6378]

Great video.gotta have some balls to do that roger.great way to spend your time.

[@jayfigg7981]

Another great video Thanks!

[@nilodrallub7812]

Well Done, That Man ! Hello from California !

[@timorcutt2184]

I am very intrigued by the fact that you go to and fro without the need for a motor. Love your videos.

[@RogerRoving]

Occasionally I leave the boat at my destination and get a taxi back. But very rarely.

[@neleabels]

Great video, great narration.

[@dmitry601]

Great! Waiting for your further videos.

[@RyanWheelerUK]

Can't tell if you said the Kitesurfers were or were not friendly - we are a friendly bunch, but its super rare to see any boats coming in over the bar at low tide during the more lively conditions so it was likely they were looking warily to see if you were a madman or not!

[@adrianvalbuena8158]

Nice video Roger!!! Well sailed!!!

[@lb9yejanmorten997]

Love your videos.

[@timvandenbrink4461]

Well done. Greetings from Michigan!

[@Captain_Bartolo]

Thank you for this very good video

[@Cobwobbler]

That looks so much fun.

[@TheSoling27]

Great Beer -- St Perers Ale -- we even have it in Canada

[@johnvititoe6051]

So quiet....so peaceful...ahhhhhhhhh.

[@backtothebarky]

Such a beautifully simple rig. Loved the shot of you tacking and moving the main sheet I'd never noticed in your previous vids. Does the lugged up spar just stay on the same side of the mast then?

[@clarkmatthews5989]

Going out into the English Channel in an open boat has to be a great thrill. I would love to do this.

[@loureis4539]

Great video! After seeing your "spartan" conditions on your boat, I will never complain about the "lilliputian" cabin of my Precision 18 sailboat. I must agree with Knucker on the main sheet arrangement. It would seem to me that a line running across from the stern from cleat to cleat and a block connected to the main sheet could serve as a traveler for your main sheet block. The block would move from one side to the other when tacking or jibing, and it would be a lot safer in a serious blow. Just a thought.

[@RogerRoving]

Lou Reis - a rope horse would hook in the leech of my loose footed sail, ruining its windward performance. So I would have to add a rigid horse and a lifting rudder (as my fixed rudder could not lift up its pintles with a fixed horse). That is a lot of physical changes and added complexity compared simply to learning how to use a fishing boat rig.

[@syncro16se]

My thought was a round steel rod from one side to the other at the stern, just letting the main sheet block travel from side to side as you tack ?

[@pelageos]

Probably a line between starboard and portbart and block of boom-line on it will relieve tacking instead manual work. But it will interfere with the movement of the skipper on the boat. Sorry for my English.

[@nilsingbo]

Very charming fellow with an English language and exellent pronounciation

[@Avalon-vy2rq]

I've just bought your book and might buy a dinghy too then :)

[@Daviddickson]

Nice video to watch on a rainy Vancouver afternoon. Love the rig. It might make sense for my Vivacity. Lug rig would be easier for a 70 year old to control in reefing conditions.

[@RogerRoving]

David Dickson ... thanks Dave. I’m working myself up to some more videos.

[@AndysEastCoastAdventures]

Have you ever thought about have a decentstrong stainless steel riser made up acoss the transom arched over the tiller with large stainless ring where you could latch your mainsheet too to save keep switching it over on the tack?

[@SuperBullyone]

Outstanding. Nice life Roger has made for himself...It is the kind of life Christopher Robin would have grown up to live.

[@davidchave9784]

Hi Roger regarding the unfriendly Kite flyers as you sailed into Teighmouth , all I can think of the reason is that they need both hands to keep in the air rather than finish up in the river David Chave

[@jackduffy1817]

CAPT Barns, Pure sailing, Love it, In days of old when the wind was cold and under wear had not been invented, You'd take a rubdown with lard, Then add hands full of wool in patches, Haul away Joe.

[@Morongobill]

Now I know why the male lead in Hanna slathered the goose fat on before swimming away.

[@knucker4931]

Really nice! Your main sheet arrangement looks as though it could become quite exciting in strong winds, does it ever cause problems? Al

[@RogerRoving]

It is sometimes challenging and needs practice to use, but it has the advantage of robust simplicity.

[@hendrikarqitekt6286]

What a nice seashore you English have, as Flemish i have the Ijzer and the Schelde

[@nicholasbell9017]

Hi Roger, I love your little boat, and the way she's been set up. The one thing I wonder about is the main sheet, the need to unclip the block and move it across when tacking or gybing. Is there any reason why it could not be hooked on a horse, either rope or, e.g a metal rod crosswise? I have sailed on Thames sailing barges, and they have them, also for the fore-stays'l. I used to sail a Drascombe Dabber, of similar lug rig to yours. It had a rope mainsheet horse. It also had a mizzen sail which tended to hold the boat in irons in a tack. In frustration, I pulled the thing out of it's socket and stowed it, which solved that problem! Loving your videos. Nick.

[@stephenburnage7687]

Roger, I was wondering what sort of material you used for your boom tent? In the US / Caribbean everyone uses Sunbrella but its primary virtue is UV resistance. I guess you would use a more waterproof material?

[@vinceboyle5063]

Pretty cool.

[@mjcubo2246]

Thank you for this video. I had no idea how versatile a dinghy could be. At 5m30sec you say that you anchored off some reeds. How do you get onto dry land...row right up onto it and walk out onto the muddy shore wearing boots?

[@user-fo3pr3oq5j]

这艘船太棒了！

[@tomwaite4594]

"BEYOND ALL THINGS IS THE SEA" SENECA

[@lamathunderbolt]

Great videos, very interesting and informative. I like your boat, an Ilur. Did you build it yourself. I'm looking at either an Ilur or Beg-Meil. Hope it all works out for GB economically. It looks as though we in the US are heading into a very dark storm with our lack of adult politicians...Anyways, anxiously awaiting more cruising videos!

[@RobertSeviour1]

Lama, one wonderful advantage of a decently long cruise is that world events and politics become pleasantly distant. It becomes addictive.

[@davidstill1256]

What a great video I live on the Exe and have just bought a dinghy and plan to teach myself to sail, I love the idea of dinghy cruising and maybe one day build an Ilur to do it in.

[@markbird1965]

Ripple on the bow creak of the rigging...i was out like a light, this is sress reduced sailing i need to get my little dinghy rigged....

[@FirstLast-ml7yf]

Ha ha..just a pub? Thought you were heading for Dunkirk..cheers!

[@DaveBoatBuilder]

Just a thought, if you are taking requests, a video of anchoring under sail, and sailing off from anchor would be nice...

[@RogerRoving]

I do aim to do that at some point.

[@apawmudin5393]

good job sir.

[@timmymojito]

Hi Roger, I'd be really interested to know what your Buoyancy aid is or where it's from, it looks very interesting in that it resembles a "puffa" jacket and allows more movement than the restrictive things I normally associate with dinghy sailing, does it also provide similar warmth to a "puffa"? Really enjoying your videos, hoping to do some dinghy cruising on a small scale this summer in my Heron.