Saint Malo to Camaret-sur-Mer

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[@bmitch3020]

Fighter jet pilot: y'all won't believe it, I flew right over the Sam Holmes! That really got my heart racing!

[@felixitation]

Hello there ! This part of France from Saint Malo to Nantes is called Brittany, and used to be a country. I was a mix with « brit’s » and celtics. There are a lot to see you missed the « rose cost » with granit with the special color. Don’t miss Carnac the most iconic menhir and dolmen place in the world. I am in Pornichet if you need a stop point and maybe I can help. Thank you to give dreams !

[@paullawrence4650]

Hello! My cousin lives near Boulevard du Port & Boulevard de la République, tres proche de Port de Plaisance & Port d'échouage de Pornichet Capitainerie!! J'ai hâte de traverser l'Atlantique dans quelques années et je vais décrocher dans l'une de ces marinas

[@FLH3official]

Camaret. I hope you had the occasion to learn the famous song about the Priest of Camaret ! Next time I hope you'll sing it to us with your ukulele 😁 Regarding your salmon I read "trout" (truite) on the pack. Technicaly a trout is a member or the salmonids family, but it's not a salmon and certainly not "a weird French salmon". Just a trout. 😉

[@samholmessailing]

Oh that explains it 😂

[@Sp3ktral22]

I could really sense the anxiety of the sailing, the passage and the mental battle against wind and waves. Sam, this video particularly pulls us in. Great job!

[@samholmessailing]

Thanks

[@sitatt]

Cheers, mate! Great passage! I'm based in Poole, southern England and hope to venture to France again in my boat - Contessa 28. Really nice to see real sailors in small boats who are not in quarter of a million buck super yachts making these epic passages! Good job, fair winds and following seas!

[@Kinematographer]

We sailed here in an oceanic 30, pre Brexit, lived in Dinan a while…bought a house! Brittany is great!

[@Yeaitstemp]

I want a Contessa 32 so bad

[@lameduck3630]

Will you need crew for that trip?

[@sitatt]

@@Kinematographer That sounds like the absolute dream and you were lucky you timed it right to get out of here pre brexit! Ive spent half of my working life abroad and lots in Europe. It's a disaster for people like us who rely on travel sp much internationally! Hope things are great over there!

[@Kinematographer]

@@sitatt things yes, marriage...disaster! Dont do that kids.

[@CrystalKisser]

Been watching your videos for the past year or so. My Father used to take me out sailing as a kid with his buddies up in mid-coast Maine. I remember getting anxiety from how they would sail - getting the edge as close to the water as possible. Never thought I'd want to go sailing again in my life but you proved me wrong. From the way you explain what you're doing to the places you explore. It's a world full of wonder and excitement. What really makes these videos special is your vibrant, wholesome personality which makes the viewer feel as though we are watching a good friend on his adventures across the seas - a place few of us are able to explore. Thanks for existing, Sam.

[@markburnham3637]

Loved your use of the navionics voice-over to describe current sailing conditions/ destination. Really adds to the story telling when its used during the passage as opposed to a recap later on. Same goes for the 360 cam sail changes. Thanks for bringing us along with you Sam!

[@BrockAngelo]

This is one of the more nerve-racking sail videos. Thanks for capturing all of it. It really gives the sense of stress you feel on board

[@samholmessailing]

You bet

[@grahamm2015]

I delivered a yacht back from la rochelle and had to sail on to the fuel pontoon as we had run out of fuel. We sailed perfectly to the bearth and walk away saying to each other "I hope nobody asks us to do that again" keep it coming

[@samholmessailing]

Nice. So satisfying

[@boisepawn3489]

Thank you so much for posting these travels. I lived in France for two years and was fortunate enough to travel to Saint Malo, Dinard, Dinan and Saint Lunaire. You are bringing back fond memories. Ps. French salmon is very different, and the Merguez sausages are wonderful!

[@klasgollunberg388]

Thank you Sam. Your videos are among the best sailing videos. I realy appreciate them and I will keep on watching till where you are heading.

[@Fromplefeet]

So Brave!

[@Hvitserk67]

Again a nice video. The Bay of Biscay can be terrible when it comes to waves (see eg Igor Stropnik's videos where he sails various catamarans from the Netherlands and France to Croatia). By the way, I love these sleepy little French towns. Not only along the coast, but also inland. There is a very special atmosphere there which I really like with old buildings and a lot of unpretentious history.

[@barrybarnes96]

...and the Orcas.

[@vinceglauser4770]

That looked scary. The squeaking from the tiller sounded like you had a kid on-board crying.

[@madal55]

annoying cat

[@dagwood1327]

I had my granddaughter for a sleepover and I had headphones on. I thought I kept hearing her calling out to me.

[@GarySmith-up1un]

Nice to see your sailboat from someone else’s perspective. 👍

[@The_PaleHorseman]

As always nice watching, love when I see a video posted by you! Thanks for bringing us along

[@ianjones1118]

The Pickle actually cries when struggling in waves. That sound. 😢

[@carolkimbell5174]

I love your sailing adventures so much!

[@ryanmorgan5352]

That was the fastest moving snail I’ve ever seen!

[@billmoxon9506]

Many of you watching Sam's channel are like me; we fantasize and wonder if we could solo sail all over the world just like Sam! Well if you just watch the middle 10 minutes of this episode on auto replay for like 50 million cycles you can get a real feel for whether you, too, could be a solo cruiser just like Sam!! I think I'm still satisfied with sailing closer to home with my little San Juan 21 and my Hobie Adventure Island. But thanks, Sam for doing what you're doing so we don't have to and can just enjoy your videos!!

[@SVSeaChange]

That's what 30 of my 37 days crossing of the Pacific last year was like! I loved every minute of it.

[@Boatyarddog]

Sam, is your spinnaker pole used for a spinnaker or for polling out your jib?

[@meh4743]

Very inspiring, Thanks for the adventure and be safe. BTW, I like your music, keep it coming.

[@ve2vfd]

At 16:33 the "Salmon" you are cooking isn't exactly salmon, the package says: "truite saumonée". That's Sea Trout (aka Salmon Trout) and explains why the skin is so different.

[@allanedwards7756]

Really enjoyable - just found you! Really jealous of all the kit you have nowadays, I used to sail this area with little or no navaids 50 years ago - so excited when GPS came along!

[@samholmessailing]

What a game changer

[@tropepe]

What would happen to a boat that lost nav in these waters😮 Do you have some backup methods?

[@ermining1]

​@@tropepe I'm a seafarer (from st Malo originally ) . That's why you don't rely on electronic nav and take points on a paper map.

[@roberthpolk5278]

Have Cape Dory 28 for sale . Most seasonal price. Sam I have enjoyed following your journey. I am 86 and sailing days are over but I sail on the KZbin channels..thank you.

[@dobie2times]

Where and how much please

[@Jeemdeecreations]

Yeah it's highly enjoyable to experience a hobby as fantastic as sailing throughout KZbin this way, I know exactly what you mean!

[@peterrahill9263]

19:46 - "OUTTA MY WAY!! OUTTA MY WAY - COMIN' THROUGH!!" For what it's worth - your Waddenzee adventure inspired an instrumental, still in progress: "On The Waddenzee". Always dig hearing you making your own tunes for your channel - noodling while you're cruising.

[@chancevonfreund9145]

Videos are great Sam! Love the adventure.⛵

[@fredcanavan3864]

Thanks!

[@allenbuck5589]

One more great adventure. Thanks Sam from Sc.

[@Karma-fp7ho]

I love how you make your own sound track. Thank you.

[@glbaker5595]

Hey tickled me, when he says I don't like this, I half expected him to start throwing a tantrum, seems like a good kid

[@freshwaterspaceman7194]

Saint Malo is one of my favourite places on earth, spectacular place!

[@DLBard-bv2nd]

Great sailing. ⛵

[@S.Norman]

Thanks.

[@DB-cm1fx]

That snail was flying! Must know he’s in France 😂

[@MarcelLENORMAND]

😂

[@OurCabinInThewoods]

Nice sail today thanks

[@Wv8675]

Great footage of your boat looks awesome

[@markmahan6768]

Loved this video! I didn't see you wearing a life vest while on deck though. That worries me for your safety.

[@thinkcasting3182]

🙄

[@tiramisu2222]

Sam, you have been one day ahead of me since I do not know when……greetings from Tiramisu from Ausvigheia, now in Quiberon….

[@doug4775]

Great to see Muskrat being enjoyed on the high seas!

[@jamessandman3708]

Aaaaah..., I really needed that. Thanks Sam!!!........⛵⛵⛵

[@Seafariireland]

Great sail!

[@walterjanzen4715]

Sam ! I admire you so much ! Keep up the great videos.

[@cherylsibson2529]

those big waves, would let one know ones place in the world good show!

[@calilocal4134]

you will make an awesome motivational speaker!

[@PatrickPenn-zc4hi]

Watch out for White Gladis and her Orca Pod when you get near Gibraltar Sam. They've sunk two yachts already. A British yacht was attacked the other day and nearly sunk and had to be rescued. The pod took out the rudder which left a gapping hole in the stern.

[@michaelmather7352]

yes a french sailor as the orca's on video attacking his rudder this last weekend. Near Trafalgar

[@PatrickPenn-zc4hi]

Hiya Michael. Do you think this orca pod should be culled? I think they should. They're gonna kill someone soon. It's sad that it may come to this.

[@MaShcode]

Sam will channel his inner Orca.

[@kilenik]

Apparently the trick is to heave to and stop the boat. Then they lose interest. It’s playing dead but in the sea.

[@kend1053]

You got an honorable mention on this weeks "Captain Q Yacht Hunters" post. Your little boat seems to handle just about anything you can throw at it. Impressive.

[@brucerleech]

Thank you very much You're the best

[@Ramenscooter]

Enjoyed the episode 😊

[@StudioBeast7575]

Great job and excellent video.

[@meatdamilkman]

I love the original music in your videos! You've got a good ear for playing interesting and unique melodies!

[@samholmessailing]

Thanks!

[@williamlanark3038]

A couple of large days Sam. Great video! Take care.

[@UUBrahman]

Nice photography of the moving snail at the end of the video.

[@samholmessailing]

Thanks. I thought they were pretty cool and wanted to film it moving.

[@bandpassed]

So cool! I’ve been following you from California since the beginning and you’ve finally reached my home town! There’s a navy boat cemetery right around the corner that’s worth a detour! Cheers!

[@isickofit]

Concarneau is amazing. There are craft canneries making the best tinned food ever..

[@peyo31]

At 19:02, see the little church and its broken spire? It was actually blown off by an English cannonball during a battle in the 17th century and never got rebuilt. I live in the US but my hometown is close to Camaret, I’ve been following you for several years and it’s so cool to see you there Sam! Fair winds to you

[@prospectorjamesmarshall9509]

Awesome ! I enjoyed another adventure with you. Thanks

[@samholmessailing]

You bet

[@JimmyBoqvist]

Big up Sam! 🙏❤💪

[@DARTHDANSAN]

Looks like fun

[@georgedoolittle7574]

When in doubt just keep going!

[@SailingMarieholmIF]

Great episode. ⛵⛵⛵⛵

[@barrybarnes96]

Love everything about sail boats/sailing except the seasickness and constant danger...i used to work on the North Atlantic and Davis Strait in winter on a small ship...60-70 days on, 30 days off, ..no running into ports for bad weather except the most extreme weather forecast and even then maybe not. Love the classic American yacht designs from the 1930s-1960s for their looks.

[@richhillbass]

Love following your adventures Sam !! Ya the Cape Dory 28 LOVES 12-15 kt of wind - had one for 20 years , Buzzards Bay ( near entrance to Cape Cod Canal ) Your world 🌎 sailing adventures to me are a road not taken for me , imagined , dreamt of , copy of The Wanderer in hand …..and yet ok in my little Marshall 18 gunk holing around Cape Cod - thank you for sharing your experience

[@RoryL83]

Got that pretty Farrah Fawcett hair flowing 😅

[@davebest5624]

Thanks

[@davebest5624]

You are amazing, great content 👍

[@samholmessailing]

Thanks!

[@billhanna8838]

I was in the Marlborough sounds about 20 years ago when 3 Jets used me as target practice for an hour , man they were sl low the rigging would shake as they passed over , The pilots gave me a wave as they left , Amazing day , Scared the shitout of me at first .

[@triggerfish999]

Schengen and that 90 day restriction is a real bummer.

[@samholmessailing]

I agree. I don’t understand why they dont have an easy way to get more days even if I had to pay it would be easy money for them. I feel like im only helping their economy by being here. today I got a letter of approval for my residency permit though so one less thing to have to worry about 😃

[@triggerfish999]

@@samholmessailing ah well done! Yep, I’m a Brit and didn’t want to leave the EU. Curious about how you got residency. Do you have a relative that is from the EU? I have friends who have Irish parents so they got themselves an Irish passport. Problem solved… Anyway…great video. Was the bit where you were saying ‘I don’t like these seas' the closest you get to being if not scared then a bit apprehensive? You don’t seem like someone who scares easily and you probably don’t do 'fear'. Those seas looked big on camera so they must have been quite intimidating (mind you, there were some pretty rough seas on your way down from Belgium.

[@Brad.whatthe]

That big aluminium yacht with yellow topsides looked like a weapon, should have taken it out for a spin Sam

[@johnross440]

Thank Sam, Enjoyed the RIDE….. John… Ont. Can.

[@herenow6953]

I love to follow you Sam and admire your seamanship and lack of fear. I couldn't do what you do but love to see your travels - you are a true traveller and adventurer! You mentioned getting residency - which country would you seek that in?

[@samholmessailing]

Malta

[@btydings]

Muskrat! Great to see that book getting some international publicity! I thought I recognized the voice of your friend Doug from your earlier video!! Good man he is!

[@martinhoflich6150]

nice to see Antarctica again at 18:54 . she's a monster of an aluminum ship . ready to survive ice pressur . l saw her in camaret many years ago . thanks for that 👍

[@geriko29]

You reached my town!

[@pironiero]

I see a sudden raise of content quality is part few videos, old stuff was good bit this is good as well

[@rontychynski5208]

Great Vid as usual 👍🇨🇦🍺🍺

[@maxilife5441]

Thanks for posting these great videoes Sam, you have inspired my family and me to travel to France this year, in our small boat.. I really feel ya, we sit in the same waves, it’s ruf! Maybe we catch up with you this summer 🏝 Fair winds :)

[@samholmessailing]

Go for it!

[@edwardshobbies]

Something you can technically do if you want to save some Schengen days, if you have a longer multiple day passage you can stamp out of the zone and stamp back in when you get to the next place

[@samholmessailing]

I wish i had done that for my biscay crossing that ended up taking 6 days!

[@MarcelLENORMAND]

Good progress Sam. I agree with your feelings of missing lots. I’d love to pootle along, discovering places and meeting people all the way. It’s a shame the whole Schengen thing puts you under a time pressure. Fair winds!

[@samholmessailing]

Yes I agree. I got my residence permit approval today so I can slow down a little now.

[@MarcelLENORMAND]

Congratuloads. That’s great news. Enjoy the ride.

[@markthomasson5077]

Sailed that coast many times. Not sure I would call those big waves for that area, when the swell is as tall as your mast, then they are big. Mind short and steep, so not nice. You were lucky to not get fog. Pre GPS we have been fog bound for a week. Also had the fog descent half way through the Chanel du Four, went from one buoy to the next…until we lost sight of the last…scary.

[@samholmessailing]

Sounds scary

[@markthomasson5077]

We also once sailed around the outside, in the fog. Tacking between the sound of big ships in the traffic lane and the waves on the coast. The joys of pre GPS!

[@usspaul9422]

Your boat is 27'-28' ? I saw your vid sailing from US mainland to hawaii. If so & ur still going then great job ! An entire planet in a teeny-tiney boat, INSPIRATIONAL ! 😂👍

[@samholmessailing]

Yes but the boat I sailed to Hawaii was 23’

[@usspaul9422]

@@samholmessailing oh !!! Even better coz im looking @ $5,ooo relocation costs for a 32' bristol yawl. Seems tiny inside but a study boat & bluewater capable, so if u can enjoy on a smaller boat then i can keep it mind 4 myself 😄 tyvvm !!!

[@usspaul9422]

I mean to say $5'000 to transport the boat so i can put it in a marina where i am. Then go sail !!!!

[@VAdu56]

hello friend, I advise you to go and see the Gulf of Morbihan, it's magnificent, and also take the opportunity to make a stopover at the 3 offshore islands, Belle-Ile en Mer, Houat and Hoedic... total change of scenery , it has always been our navigation ground...!!

[@RT-vo2vh]

Watch out fer irate Orcas ... wild boat attack stories lately

[@madal55]

Off Morocco so i heard

[@RT-vo2vh]

@@madal55 iberian coast ... southwest france spain ... one bit a hole in a vessel ... not much you could do to stop it i guess ... aside from shooting

[@elfredo70]

@@RT-vo2vh Mostly Gibraltar and North Morocco and outside Portugal!

[@RT-vo2vh]

@@elfredo70 No, that Orca is YER MOM !!

[@alanabroad3471]

I'd be interested to hear more about the Schengen situation Sam

[@ulfolofsson3940]

The fish is a farmed raibowtrout😂!

[@jamesgordon2289]

more Sam Holmes goodness

[@loribadgero1035]

7:17, wow!!

[@cotillion567]

What you ate was a Rainbow Trout. Note the magenta marking and small black spots. Look out for Saumon next time. Enjoyed the vid.

[@GarySmith-up1un]

Or Farm raised 🤮

[@teddw5786]

Ahoy Sam, did you see Captain Q gave you a nice plug in his episode on a $6,000 world cruiser?

[@jonathanalea]

I saw that.. the Captain giving Sam props.

[@samholmessailing]

Cool!

[@johnchisolm4033]

Look for a bus tour to Mont St Michele. I did one from Paris.

[@richardroy2430]

There’s also truite saumonée, half truite,half salmon

[@peterrahill9263]

21st subscriber LIKE; 142nd desktop tag-along shipmate view. 1st quotable quote - would make a good T-shirt: 3:56 "Gotta Go When The Wind's Good!" Right on.

[@eleanorchapple8772]

And the north north east wind is keeping Jeremy Bagshaw circumnavigator 7to800 miles off the coast of France for days and days and days.

[@sailingbootlegger3870]

Dam sam ! You growing that hair!

[@alfred7350]

Fuck that snail was fast 😂

[@NailsofNorway]

Finally early for once 😉 looks like you're over the channel again. So no chance to see you around the Norwegian archipelago this summer..??🥺 Anyways, keep on having a great time!😎

[@GerardFoucher75018]

It wasn't salmon mate, it was trout! It's written on the package: 😅 truite. So good to see you're so near my place in Pluvigner. Meet up when you're in the Golfe? All the best anyways Cheers Love your vids! 😊

[@markthomasson5077]

Still has the graveyard of old fishing boats.

[@dad8315]

You look like a rock star man! Thanks for the great videos.

[@JrodsJourneys]

The ham and cheese baguette 😂

[@chrisballUKtoNZ]

I hope you all join me next time when I sail to Breast 😂😂😂😂😂 you've sold me already

[@em--draws]

16:34 It's a trout! not a salmon LOL.