Shallow-draft Sailing a Traditional Flatbottom Boat
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While work continues on our new aluminum Enksail Orion 49 sailboat, we take the opportunity to try our hand at sailing a traditional Dutch gaff-rigged flat bottom sailboat and explore the Dutch Canals and Frisian Islands.
0:00 Intro
1:10 Sailboat tour and training
4:30 Sailboat on water training handling
6:10 Canals and Frisian Lakes route with sailboat
8:55 Rescue historical shipwreck in Holland
9:41 Rising sail for the first time on a Lemsteraak classic gaff rig sailboat
11:16 Light wind sailing Ijsselmeer to Makkum
13:17 Classic sailboat winch operation
14:20 Through the dyke to the north sea – Afsluitdijk
16:24 Frisian Island of Vlieland in the Wadden Sea
18:23 Wadden Sea classic sailing yacht
20:36 Docking in reverse at Frisian Island of Terschelling
21:47 Next time
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About Paul and Sheryl Shard
The Shards are award-winning travel documentary television producers and videographers who have been sailing internationally since 1989 documenting their global adventures for television, social media, in books and sailing publications. They have sailed over 110,000 nm including 9 ocean crossings and are the producers and presenters of the Distant Shores sailing adventure TV series which is broadcast to 47 million households in 24 languages around the world. Through their TV programs, YouTube videos, articles/blogs and popular boat show cruising seminars, the Shards help anyone dreaming of setting sail to get out on the water and experience their own adventures safely and comfortably.
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