Preview: Roger Barnes: Wild Camping in a Cruising Dinghy Aboard Avel Dro

If you’re a devotee of the Church of Wilderness and Simplicity, here’s a wonderful gospel video with Roger Barnes aboard AVEL DRO (her name is Breton for “wind shift”).

AVEL DRO is an ILUR design by Francois Vivier, and you can CLICK HEREto see OCH’s video on this design:

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  • David Meissner

    David Meissner says:

    Thanks Roger, very well produced video and as others have said, an inspiration.

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    James Thomas says:

    Thank you for the beautiful video and encouragement.

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    ron godwin says:

    A memory of 70 years ago in a recovered wrecked dinghy with sails made from washed out blueprints borrowed from Thornycroft shipyard, (my father was a blacksmith there) and leeboards, full of tar,,pitch and a big bailing bucket.Camping in the creeks of Southampton Water UK.Oh ,we were too youmg to go in a pub!
    Ron Godwin

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      Norman Johnson says:

      Sounds amazing Ron. In my day we chopped trees and built rafts to float the local ponds, and patched up an old rubber inflatable to fish the small rivers. Finally built a Glen L sailboat when I was 14 but never sailed her, got distracted with sports and cars. Later going crabbing from a home-built dory found on Craigslist for $75. Good memories. Thinking of building a peapod now from one of CLC’s kits. By the way, what were these “washed out blueprints” that you made the sails from?

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        Christopher Norris says:

        Hello Norman
        did you find out about blueprints? In the old days construction plans were drawn on fabric impregnated with glue. If you washed out the glue you had some fine woven cloth to use for other things
        cheers
        Chris

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    Julian Kuffler says:

    So nicely done and said. The video is a reminder of what is important.
    Thanks
    Julian

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    Christopher Owen says:

    Thank you Roger. Perhaps the best of many great videos so far! How can anyone not want to go dinghy cruising after watching this?

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    Edgar Boyd says:

    I could watch and listen to Roger Barnes all day and all night. It’s poetry!