"Rarotonga," new novel by Christian Williams: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ft1jbM57kprWo58.html

Thank you for this poetic line: "And when we trim to the breeze that there is, not the breeze there ought to be, it brings us home."

It’s as if Allen Watts was a sailor, and then yells at the sea lions to “get a job”. I almost fell off my chair laughing

For five minutes or so I was on pram enjoying every bit of the marina! - Thank you.

i think this is the best thing I've seen in a long time! Thank you.

Absolutely beautiful. This man has figured it out. 😁

I could listen to you narrate your books all day. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

"...but who wants to get to the final destination....nobody I know." Cracking.

I could listen to Christian read the phone book, it just helps that I love to sail...

Ok, I’m sold. Swallows & Amazons ! To hell with this sad deflatable* dinghy I’ve been battling with for the past year. I’ve tried everything..various marine adhesives , prayers, and even fix-a-flat goo... bollocks, I say.. I’m taking the children Pram shopping & micro sailing this spring , by damn, I shall! ;) Just gotta find the right size for an adult and two children and also for storing on deck my 29 foot sloop

Always exciting to see a new video from Christian Williams!

thank you for putting my feet firmly back on solid water.

"When we trim our sails to the breeze there is, not the breeze there ought to be... It brings us home." ~Christian Williams Such powerful words... Thank you :)

Every time I see a pram I'm reminded of that scene in Jaws! Great video though.

I never want these videos to end. They’re like therapy

Lovely little boat. True sailing, no instruments or other clutter.

You have just put the right meaning to sailing my Mirror. While everyone is racing around I will just cruise and enjoy the view. Nice

Thanks Christian for sharing and visualising your thoughts. It brought back memories on sailing my lap strake nordic folk-boat in the Oslo fjord. The sound of the water against the hull. Even when at anchor the specific sound made you dose and sleep in a split second.

This video brings me back over 50 years when I learned to sail an El Toro. Even at 11, I could lift her by myself, rig her in a couple minutes and have an afternoon of fun. I bought a trailer sailor a couple months ago and am fitting her for camping. Thanks for your video/

One of the best boating videos on the internet.

There are not many things on the internet as comforting as these videos.

Thank you, Sir, for these 5:53 minutes of pure joy. I'm absolutely crazy about sailing my dinghy, I'm glad I'm not alone.

Great vid. It kinda looks like a large Sabo class boat here in Australia, often used for training new kids to sailing and racing. Regards, Jas.

Beautiful Harmony. Thank you for this video.

You've captured the exact joy I get sailing my Dyer Dhow around our marina :-)

Words we all think, even if unspoken. Thankyou.

Mr Williams, I so enjoy listening to your musings and narratives. Thank you.

Sailing in the spirit I like. Sailing our lives...

Thank you Christian for a wonderful sail and enlightening commentary. Always look forward to your stories.

I am watching 74 years of experience with pleasure. Not only about the sailing but also life. Thx very much

As always, such fun to watch and listen - thank you!

Another great story! Thanks CW!

Fantastic video! This is the essence of sailing. Thank you!

There's a lot to unpack. Loverly stuff. Thank you for sharing. Cheers!

Love these videos. This one reminded me of how I started sailing, many moons ago

That wonderful sound of the water against the wood is called "chuckling." I'll never forget a English guy I worked with on Lake Chiemsee in Germany (I can't remember his name of course but I remember the moment) he was on the dock and I had released the lines and was sailing off. He heard that sound, smiled at me and said..."ah, she's chucklin' atcha" lol. Meaning I was doing it right, and the English accent made it even better. I sailed daily all summer long.

This is a terrific video! I sail a Chesapeake Light Craft Eastporter Pram or Passage Maker - she's 11 feet with a lug sail - in Jamaica Bay NYC. And I sail for all the reasons you mention. It keeps my sanity in this crazy world. Thank you!

Another wonderful story. Thanks.

LOVE THIS! Thanks Christian....Great stuff!

Always a pleasure being transported with you into the world and beyond.

philosophical and intelligent. wish I was more so.

Been there. Done that. It was too wonderful for words.

Nice video,trip down memory lane ,started my sailing experiences in a pram on a northern lake 55 years ago thanks!

This is just inspiring thanks for sharing ! Thanks for everything! You made my day! I will keep sailing for life.

Another gem from you, Mr. Williams. I'm "between boats" at the moment, relegated to chartering on the weekends and always hoping to catch of glimpse of you on Thelonious II for the chance to say, "Hi." Building a pram looks like a fun project for me and the kids this winter. Thank you for the inspiration.

Great little boat Lovely narration made a lot of sense

Very thought provoking,thank you your fan Amelio.

Fair bit of wisdom. Thanks for sharing your pram and your thoughts. Happy sailing!

Lovely, inspiring and poëtic! Thanks a million!!

I became interested in sailing about a year ago, took lessons this summer as a week long vacation, found your channel through a search that turned up your solo trip to Hawaii, and just recently finished reading "Alone Together". Thank you.

An amazing artist, both of the sail and the pen.

... and when we trim to the breeze that there is and not to the breeze that ought to be it brings us home! ...what a beautiful way to explain simplicity!

Amazing...you sumed it all up ...in one sitting...

Wonderful, absolutely wonderful. I have NEVER sailed, I have almost completed building a small pram, a Chameleon designed by Danny Greene. I am sewing the sail, a kit from Sailright. You have described exactly what I am seeking. I’ll start from this, let the pram show me what is what and then move to lessons on a larger boat.

beautiful, as always. a lovely sunday morning video with coffee.

Your words are a poem, Christian! Thanks for sharing them.

Love it. Thank you Christian.

This is perfect. Why I sail and encourage the sailing of small boats. Time to head out again myself.

This is some of your most concise and beautiful prose, Christian. Wonderful work.

I always enjoy your sailing and travel videos. I just finished building a "pollywog" dinghy and now will look at building an Eastport Pram. I sail a Pearson 303 on the waters of Rhode Island.

Beautiful!! Thank you.

Thank you so much for sharing your personal meditations with us. Life according to sailing is what I'm in sailing for not the "sport".

What a remarkable boat ,thanks now I need one

This was great. Thank you.

I've toyed with the idea of getting plans from Chesapeake Light Craft for use on our small lakes around here. It was nice to see your's in action.

Actually, my 60 year old fiberglass dinghy does make musical sounds when sailing across ripples, and bubbles from the stern when moving 'right along'. I'm glad Mr. Williams can enjoy the sail that much in an urban marina; my sailing is around a cove on the coast of Maine - more trees and rocks than houses or boats. That helps explain 'why we sail' too.

Very Cool.! Thank you for sharing.! Thumbs Up...!

I read what you wrote, i listened to the audio you recorded and watched videos you did. No matter, i always crave for more. Call it greed or what you will :). Thank you for sharing most solitary moments and making very public and open and inclusive. Hello from RYC in NJ

This is the best advertisement for a CLC boat I've ever seen...

Great video and commentary. I built a Norwegian pram earlier this year as a tender for my sailboat. Haven’t decided if I will add the sailrig to it or not. I get the same peacefulness slowly rowing it around.

Another great production!

NICE TO HEAR FROM YOU AGAIN!

I know im late but damn..... Im speechless. Love it!

Great narrative!

The essence of sailing in under six minutes. And even the essence of living, in the same time.

Brilliant, as always

Beautiful pram . Keep up the great sailing video's. Wes

Thank you for this beautiful meditation. I very much enjoy your videos and wish you all the best.

beautiful piece, love your comments and the pram. sincerely, your fan - James

The most joyous sailing I have done is on a Beetlecat. I have two other boats, 22ft and 44ft. The beetlecat is pure joy and my endgame when I am done with the expense and maintenance of my journeying sailboats.

Wonderful!

Thank you for that.

Always a pleasure to listen to your philosophies fine sir🙂

Thanks for sharing Christian. Interesting stuff here. Enjoyed reading Raratonga a few days ago, but would probably have been more enjoyed had I been dockside in sunny California instead of my home in Canada.

This is exactly the type of boat I want!

Nicely done! Pretty sure Neptune enjoyed your narrative as well.

very nicegay and wonderful superman

Really enjoyed your video

There is no other soothing sound than water slapping on the side of a boat I don't know why that sound intrigues me that's probably why I like being near the water and boats

You Sir, are my hero.

Great beauty here, Poetry in the sound of the words In the sound of the waves slapping against the hull And in the sound of the wind on the sails. OK it’s a little bit short on the sound of the wind! Thank you.

If I had one wish,- it must be sitting in a sailboat listening to you ☺️ Fair winds ,,,/),,,,

Wow - just discovered Christian. What a thespian and poet. I’d like to meet him.

Thanks, building Skerry for same reason.

My yellow single-skin fiberglass daggerboard Sabot made exactly those same sounds in exactly those same waters, up and down Basin F in Marina del Rey when I was a 10-year-old kid living on a boat there during the Seventies. As far as I know, sailing a minimum-sized dinghy with just a mainsail is the purest form of sailing. Could be I'm wrong, though: I've never tried windsurfing. Good times.

bought your book. Philosophy of Sailing. Next up after the Patrick Obrien series which is fantastic.

lovely :)

Wonderful.

We sailed right passed you that day on a 22 Catalina. Thought it was you. Yelled hi, but you must not have heard or you were totally in the zone. 🙂

Great Video! Now I want to build a pram. Have you watched Salt and Tar...they are building a wood sail. I think you would enjoy their KZfaq. Happy sailing. Thanks for sharing your world