To those interested and those who think his views naive i recommend an incredible read, Tamata and the Alliance. This book fully explores this Legendary yachtsman's approach not only to sailing but to his incredible life and achievements. The world needs those as bold, fearless, thoughtful, inspirational and intelligent now more than ever. Bernard Moitessier thank you.
@tonyarsenault42567 жыл бұрын
Salus Awesome book my personal favorite !
@bobgaysummerland2 жыл бұрын
He inspired so many of us to go to sea alone. I came to understand that there is a place where you keep your own company and learn to be pleased with yourself. Merci Bernard. Merci.
@vincentmiceli25542 ай бұрын
A humble man. Truly the best sailor in his time. Fame, fortune and trophies were unimportant to him. Ahead in the Golden globe race by a wide margin he decided to forego finishing the race and turned back out to sea.
@autotrance9 жыл бұрын
What a human being. Thank you Monsieur Bernard.
@belac469 жыл бұрын
There is a difference between simplicity and naivety. Society at large has a naive faith in the efficacy of "progress" and specialization. We tell our history as a story of that progress and ignore the detriments to the environment, the extermination of cultures, the perversion of our psychology... I think Bernard Moitessier was an incredibly wise man. I wish I could have met him.
@goodq4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for posting this. I never heard him speak English. If anyone had more of him speaking in English please share.
@asb3pe8 жыл бұрын
It is such a blessing to get a brief glimpse into the rarest of the rare in our species - a real, honest, truthful, ethical and moral human being, unencumbered and truly alive!
@dboboc2 жыл бұрын
Ethical? He ran out on his family during the Golden Globe!
@davesavell7054 Жыл бұрын
this should be first thing taught to the children of the world ! Cheers
@seashepherds4959 Жыл бұрын
A wonderful and tasteful memorial to Bernard Moitessier, who alone enjoyed the thoughts and music of his mind in tune with Nature. May we ALL find such comfort and share with the world this pleasure here viewed and then achieved.
@bronsky14104 жыл бұрын
It's like hes describing the present moment. I've read his books so many times and was infatuated with him. The older I get the more I wish I could have hung out with him. Thanks for adding to my life Bernard.
@geeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzz4 жыл бұрын
"There were so many beautiful days on a beautiful boat that it really meant that time changed dimension".
@fjdkfdfjdf333 жыл бұрын
This is easily worth a good movie! He was clearly a man ahead of his time.
@jakobusphsteyn35005 жыл бұрын
I have long ago read of his sailing exploits and also in my very own small way built a boat and sailed a total of 25000+ sea miles in 5 years in the Atlantic. Was not so well read in his philosophy but have through time came to very much the same conclusions. We as a specie are our own worst enemy, and the fundamental is that we are breeding ourselves out of existence. Today is the 50th anniversary of the moon landing where great expectations was expressed for the human race but seen in the greater context we have failed miserably even with the great technological achievements. We must fundamentally re exam our place and destiny on this planet and start to realise that it is not infinite but a very fragile Eco system that we are busy raping for a very silly purpose. A human set of values pertaining to wealth and a need for artificial comfort and a surety in the future that does not really exist.
@snikklefrit7 жыл бұрын
Salus You are 100% correct ive devoured all of his books and am in the process of going back through them. Well worth the read. You either get it or you dont
@Reaper-cm4jr3 жыл бұрын
Bernard Moitessier, Robin Knox-Johnston and Chay Blyth. Absolute legends who will NEVER be equaled. The true Legends of sailing.
@fissh295 жыл бұрын
Not monkeys...sheep...doing what you're told, allowing a small group to run everything...EVERYTHING!!!
@geeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzz4 жыл бұрын
Spot on. What freedom it would be to go from sheep to monkey but of course that could never be allowed, more likely killer robot.
@relou2service2 жыл бұрын
And in 2022, we still are a bunch of monkeys
@matiasgibbs251 Жыл бұрын
Wow, powerful interview. Thank you for this gem
@alexklaar95475 жыл бұрын
After growing up with my father mother sis and brother on our 16m Tai junk, had my own 16m steel sailing ketch. After some years of ups and downs I got rid of the engine, sailed around the globe E to West no engine no radar, eco, etc. Eyeballing at all times, built a stirring sail ,and had GPS, and paper maps. 3 years +- 1000 days. you know what happened ?,. Firstly, l learned really how to sail, especially light winds. Changing sails up to 6 × a day in the Pacific. secondly, nothing broke down, which meant more time, more money, more fun, and fuck less work. Became a weather expert from looking all the time. I did ram a tanker in capetown harbour, very softly no damage, but sailing to the R.C.Y.C .is not a good plan. So Moitessier is rightly in saying monkey this and monkey that. I say only if you LET IT get you..
@philippepotin46692 жыл бұрын
What’s the link with BM ?
@mtmnynj80716 жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@christopher-bj8de9 жыл бұрын
His ideas sound naïve or innocent today, I'm sure that's just what we need.
@AlbertoC6 жыл бұрын
They do. The criminal elite make sure they stay that way for their own good.
@sailingmorningflight4 жыл бұрын
Legend.
@linpokaya45195 жыл бұрын
Very inspiring!
@icitlalistardust90605 жыл бұрын
Bernard name is misspelled : it’s MOITESSIER. Read his book, it’s inspiring !
@bronsky14104 жыл бұрын
Books you mean?
@icitlalistardust90604 жыл бұрын
j hart - Actually, yes, bookS... but I was specifically thinking of the last one « Tamata », kind of a testimony of his life. BTW, he was a childhood friend of my Mum in Vietnam, they live close by Tam Dao, north of Hanoi....before the Wars (the WWII, then the liberation..etc)...she told me a few stories and I met his sister once... they were quite a family : Gypsies minds and free lives like only some kind of intellectual French elite can be......I tell you that because I just saw your comment below, saying how you wish you you had known him..
@bronsky14104 жыл бұрын
@@icitlalistardust9060 they were all pretty inspiring for me!👍I feel like I know him from how many times I've read the books. Thanks for the story!
@tangerine3144 жыл бұрын
legend
@octavian884410 жыл бұрын
Respect
@stephenjameslavigne10 жыл бұрын
Indeed
@antpoo6 жыл бұрын
The United Fruit company waged bloody war on anyone that tried to hustle in on their racket. Imagine everyone planting fruit trees? There would be civil war. An inspirational man nonetheless.
@TristanDeCunha10 жыл бұрын
indeed indeed
@VadiodaXT8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing
@yahiatalbi36063 жыл бұрын
Lonely man in the sea.
@twown3 жыл бұрын
Appreciate your precious human birth.
@chriswestern1079 жыл бұрын
Though it sounds naive its more a romantic veiw of the world yet he is right when he says man doesnt care . The downfall of man will be his arragance the sad thing is he will take the rest of the world down with him .
@aaron___60149 жыл бұрын
chris western The white man
@paulmuang63775 жыл бұрын
@@aaron___6014 no, all men... all greedy
@aaron___60149 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing, but please fix the title so that more people can enjoy it.
@jutiubhenk30303 жыл бұрын
Please can anyone give me a hint how to find what music it is (sounds like 2 different songs),playing in the background? I love it so much (like Moitessier and his books too), and cant find anywhere...
@phillycheesetake4 жыл бұрын
Is that Keith Jarrett on the piano I hear?
@markmccormick86217 жыл бұрын
Moitessier, not Motessier.
@redbird18245 жыл бұрын
Very interesting fellow-I read all his books and studied him and his childhood in Vietnam under french rule.The sea however is a wild cruel witch to be married too and destroyed all three of the boats he put blood and sweat into.What a cruel harlot.Joshua was filled with sand and ruined during a hurricane.I don't think he ever got over her.He cancered out.I've wondered if it was from chlorine in the water tanks,be careful of that.Use it very sparingly and carefully.
@robertfindlay23253 жыл бұрын
Alas that a steel yacht needs smelters, rolling mills, welders, welding rods, electrical power, copper cables, turbines, generators, lubricant, paint and of course coal mines, mines for limestone, mines for copper, mines for bauxite, chemical factories for dacron and and and........... Sorry; you can't escape the industrial world, whatever your philosophy, and it's a world where a lot of people have to work very hard in unpleasant conditions so some of us can enjoy sailing.
@andyb.102610 ай бұрын
Just like cars & Trucks & Trains etc etc,, that only serve to ruin the Planet, but with no gain
@petep50032 жыл бұрын
His wife elaine? His wife's name is Francois
@psystealth2 жыл бұрын
2:03 4 x Head'ls
@MegaGreendayfan10110 жыл бұрын
Bernard Moitissier*
@johnschofield28186 жыл бұрын
Solar cells? B/S!
@claywebb81993 жыл бұрын
Rubbish. There was no trophies waiting for him, in his own words he was 2000 frigging miles behind RKJ. I wish idiots would stop perpetuating this myth and stick to facts. The man was truly a legend in his own right though and the focus should be on what he DID do not what he didn’t!
@andyb.102610 ай бұрын
There were two Prizes in the GGR & without a doubt BM would have won Fastest time by an embarrassing margin..
@thornil22319 ай бұрын
You are the fool.
@lorentosi Жыл бұрын
I have a motorboat with 4 ×250cv mercury hahahahahahah useless sailors!