Introduction to the project - Ep.1 - The Sailing Frenchman

Just found your channel and started with this video. My initial reaction is that you want to have this boar finished and ready to go in 2 to 3 months?! I love your ambition and can't wait to see the story unfold.

Salut Hugo,
Je te suis depuis un petit moment, et je me dis que le mieux est de tout reprendre à zéro...
Ben oui, ce serait crétin de regarder la saison 5 sans avoir pris la peine de regarder la saison 1! Bref, nous quittons La Turballe (vu de La Réunion c'est très exotique) pour la méditerranée. Je m'attendais à un épisode "zéro"; ton passé de voileux et qu'est-ce qui a fait que tu décides d'acheter et rénover ce petit bateau dans l'optique de traverser l'Atlantique...
Merci pour le partage de ton expérience.
Amicalement.
Phil.

Recently started watching your videos at the point you began crossing the Atlantic, to leaving your yacht in the Mangrove, I thought it might be a good idea to go back to the beginning! Your videos are compulsive viewing, very well made, fantastic. You are an inspiration. Bon courage.

Watching you sand the inside of your boat I am reminded of helping my dad build a cabin cruiser when I was 11 or 12 years old. I was working on the inside of the boat with a sander like yours smoothing the rough spots out of the fiberglass. I wasn't wearing any sort of goggles or mask. I can assure you that you were wise to.

Bonjour Hugo, je regarde tes vidéos chaque semaine ( quand il y en a) depuis le début.
J' ai créé aussi ma chaîne dans la perspective de partager la restauration de mon Jeanneau brio (un tibato). J' ai beaucoup regardé ce que tu as fait sur ton écume de mer ( quel boulot !).
Je voulais savoir quelle marque de produits tu as utilisé pour la résine et le mastique époxy ainsi que la peinture.
J' ai l intention de dequiller aussi et ton joint est blanc donc peut être pas du sika...si tu peux aussi me dire quel produit tu as utilisé ..ça serait parfait .
Merci d avance ..bon vent ... bientôt un Vendée Globe 😁

How did you learn/know how to do all the work—like how did you know about sanding the keel and applying all the layers. Did you work in that or did you just read about it and learn that way and ask people questions?

Also, I’ve been jumping all over your channel and your vids are great. Your English is really good and wish my French was as good.

The start of your journey and my yt watching journey

Wait. Portuguese? Nice!

merci énorme pour vos videos. c'est comme si quelqu'un ouvrait une fenêtre de façon que les gens puissent respirer!

J'ai kiffé trop de ton style de montage la vidéo !

Very good vid thanks for sharing , respect from Sydney Australia

Im gonna binge this entire thing.

Man, you are crazy (in the best of ways)! I'll keep watching!
How did you learn to sail and fix boats?

Looks like you had your work cut out renovating her. Must have been a bargain ?
Is she a Rêve de Mer

Watching all your vids again from the start ....just because i miss the time when these vids were unknown to me and how fantastic they are lol ...hope ya safe in well Hugo all the very best.

Today is15/05/2020 few days ago I found this channel and got so dazzled by the idea decided to go and watch all videos in order

Fun to hear that very first music played is a brazillian anthem

Cheers from Brazil

Meu Deus abertura com música Brasileira viva BRAZIL 🇧🇷✌🏼🙏🎊👏👏👏

do you need some to teach you english be glad to

Salut, il s’agit d’un écume de mers ?

what is the size of the boat?

Noah's mini ark!

fucking fantastic place you renovate that boat. totally caveman style! im subbed!

Just found your channel, amazing. Just cann't stop watching 👌.

I jumped in the middle of your series and loved your genuineness and sense of adventure. Then I skipped back to Episode One and watched your small crew with the get-er-done attitude attack the immense task of getting your vessel seaworthy. With an engineering background (but absolutely no sailing experience) I was amazed at the solid rigging techniques you used raising the boat and dropping the keel to refurbish the underside. And the further series are excellent!

I congratulate you, man, you did a great job. I support watching your videos.

You have ended up doing a great
A job of that boat

Can I reprint it to other media to play? Already famous source and copyright！

Watched this Movie now the 2cond Time. You decided to do it in the Right Way, not going like a professional Moviemaker. Your Videos are going in the Way of Documentary, I like this Style you have been going on and think many other People , too. It looks like "I had done this by my own" . Aaaaaand your English is realy better now , then in the Past Time :D .

Are you related to sean Villanueva odriscoll?

I’m just starting to binge watch this series and I love it amazing videos man

I started watching this remarkable adventure later in the series. It was so fascinating that I decided to start again at the beginning.

Great job m8. Thanks for the videos. Love things like this. Well made!

Wow you are soo amazing. Love your videos!

Thank you for your videos! It serves as courage to try to do it. I have been always dreaming of what you are doing. I just finished my first sailing certification because I did not grow up learning how to sail, but always loved to watch them go by. Now as a 30 year old I feel kind of like a teenager again learning how to sail and it is a lot of fun. I will be following your videos! if you come to FL don't be a stranger and come eat with my family. I know you do not know me, but you are about to become one of my best friends! Keep sailing! Ready about...!

im watching the entire series

Absolutely top job just started watching and I’m blown away 😀

beautiful boat man!! congratulations!

Beginning Song title pls hugo

Wow! A real Joshua Slocum beginning. Bravo!

just started to watch your series from the beginning. and i loved it.

These are fantastic videos, really interesting *Subscribed

Hi, i came across these videos by accident, The one i watched you were waiting a few days for some wind.. so now i am at the first video and hope to watch your whole journey over the next few days. Great stuff...

What model is it?

Quite a surprise listening to Barbatuques on your first episode. nice touch, cheers from Brazil!

Have you got a video that explains how you afford this and what lifestyle changes you had to make to accommodate this passion of yours?

Hey, bonjour! I just discovered your blog. My sailing wife and I are in Montpellier for 2 months. Fantastic place. Looking forward to watching all your vids. Normally we cruise on our Joshua 40 — a famous French boat you may have heard of.

I will never understand the fingers down.Good job

2 or 3 month. lol. after having seen all episodes..great project!!
thx. peter

That is an amazing project to undertake. Thankfully my Invader 22 didn't need that amount of TLC, if it had I don't think I would have been as enthusiastic as you about it. I wish you fair winds for your forth coming adventures. George UK

Thank you for posting your videos! You should mention that your boat is a 26-foot (8-meter) Ecume De Mer designed by the Groupe Finot.