Against the background of life in Douarnenez, I sail across the bay for a night afloat. LES GRAS DE DOUARNENEZ It is commonly called les Gras de Douarn or mo…
Against the background of life in Douarnenez, I sail across the bay for a night afloat.
LES GRAS DE DOUARNENEZ It is commonly called les Gras de Douarn or more simply les Gras by the regulars. It lasts five days in mid-February and consists of a succession of balls and carnival parades. The origins of carnival date back to 1835. On the first evening, the king of the carnival, named the Den’Paolig, is enthroned and then hung as a mascot on the side of the market hall. Den’Paolig is always based on a real person in the locality. This mascot is burnt on the last day and gives way to a congress of costumed people in the old harbour.
SOUND The music in this video was either recorded live at les Gras de Douarnenez, or is taken from the iMovie library. Otherwise ambient sound is used throughout. I still struggle with wind noise, as can be heard, but am experimenting with various ways of addressing this.
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. http://www.vivierboats.com/en/ Similar dinghies can often be found for sale in the French magazine le Chasse-Marée https://www.chasse-maree.com/revue/
MORE INFORMATION Read my book, the Dinghy Cruising Companion: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dinghy-Cruising-Companion-Roger-Barnes/dp/1408179164 – I took a lot of time over it, and it answers many questions. Join the Dinghy Cruising Association: http://dinghycruising.org.uk/
Across the bay
Against the background of life in Douarnenez, I sail across the bay for a night afloat. LES GRAS DE DOUARNENEZ It is commonly called les Gras de Douarn or mo…
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Against the background of life in Douarnenez, I sail across the bay for a night afloat.
LES GRAS DE DOUARNENEZ
It is commonly called les Gras de Douarn or more simply les Gras by the regulars. It lasts five days in mid-February and consists of a succession of balls and carnival parades. The origins of carnival date back to 1835. On the first evening, the king of the carnival, named the Den’Paolig, is enthroned and then hung as a mascot on the side of the market hall. Den’Paolig is always based on a real person in the locality. This mascot is burnt on the last day and gives way to a congress of costumed people in the old harbour.
SOUND
The music in this video was either recorded live at les Gras de Douarnenez, or is taken from the iMovie library. Otherwise ambient sound is used throughout. I still struggle with wind noise, as can be heard, but am experimenting with various ways of addressing this.
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. http://www.vivierboats.com/en/
Similar dinghies can often be found for sale in the French magazine le Chasse-Marée
https://www.chasse-maree.com/revue/
MORE INFORMATION
Read my book, the Dinghy Cruising Companion:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dinghy-Cruising-Companion-Roger-Barnes/dp/1408179164
– I took a lot of time over it, and it answers many questions.
Join the Dinghy Cruising Association:
http://dinghycruising.org.uk/
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