Sven Yrvind
October 10, 2011 SAILING YOUTUBERS
Hi My name is Sven Yrvind. I design, build and cruise small boats. 1962 I left Sweden in 15 feet converted Blekingseka. I soon found out that there was room for improvement. To understand the basic I began to study mathematics and engenering. 1968 I sailed to England via many contries in a converted 13 feet rowing boat. People told me I be more happy on a bigger boat. November that year I found a wreck an old steam launch build 1885 I converted her to a staysail schooner and sailed her to Rio de Janeiro. That voyage advised me that a bigger boat do not bring happiness, happiness is an inside thing. I designed a 6 meter doubble ender built her in my mother basement. Tried to sail around Cape Horn with her but was capsized and pitchpoled. Later I built an 5.9 meter boat in her I rounded Cape Horn in the southern winter June 1980. I have continued to design, build, and cruise small boats often in high latitudes. Please support me on my donation button on my site yrvind.com
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Hi My name is Sven Yrvind. I design, build and cruise small boats. 1962 I left Sweden in 15 feet converted Blekingseka. I soon found out that there was room for improvement. To understand the basic I began to study mathematics and engenering. 1968 I sailed to England via many contries in a converted 13 feet rowing boat. People told me I be more happy on a bigger boat. November that year I found a wreck an old steam launch build 1885 I converted her to a staysail schooner and sailed her to Rio de Janeiro. That voyage advised me that a bigger boat do not bring happiness, happiness is an inside thing. I designed a 6 meter doubble ender built her in my mother basement. Tried to sail around Cape Horn with her but was capsized and pitchpoled. Later I built an 5.9 meter boat in her I rounded Cape Horn in the southern winter June 1980. I have continued to design, build, and cruise small boats often in high latitudes. Please support me on my donation button on my site yrvind.com
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21 May 2025 Starting outer coaming
This Youtube channel is about me Sven Yrvind. I am86 years old dyslectic solo sailor. I am adapting a modest size 30 year old 17 feet, 5.3 meter long high latitude canoe cruiser of my own design for a sail to Dunedin in NZ. There I have been promised an ic...
20 May 2025 Laminating fore deck hatch coaming
This Youtube channel is about me Sven Yrvind. I am86 years old dyslectic solo sailor. I am adapting a modest size 30 year old 17 feet, 5.3 meter long high latitude canoe cruiser of my own design for a sail to Dunedin in NZ. There I have been promised an ic...
19 May 2025 Laminating
This Youtube channel is about me Sven Yrvind. I am86 years old dyslectic solo sailor. I am adapting a modest size 30 year old 17 feet, 5.3 meter long high latitude canoe cruiser of my own design for a sail to Dunedin in NZ. There I have been promised an ic...
18 May 2025 Still leaking, but I see something
This Youtube channel is about me Sven Yrvind. I am86 years old dyslectic solo sailor. I am adapting a modest size 30 year old 17 feet, 5.3 meter long high latitude canoe cruiser of my own design for a sail to Dunedin in NZ. There I have been promised an ic...
17 May 2025 Filling starboard gap
This Youtube channel is about me Sven Yrvind. I am86 years old dyslectic solo sailor. I am adapting a modest size 30 year old 17 feet, 5.3 meter long high latitude canoe cruiser of my own design for a sail to Dunedin in NZ. There I have been promised an ic...
16 May 2025 More gappfilling & water
This Youtube channel is about me Sven Yrvind. I am86 years old dyslectic solo sailor. I am adapting a modest size 30 year old 17 feet, 5.3 meter long high latitude canoe cruiser of my own design for a sail to Dunedin in NZ. There I have been promised an ic...Watch Sven Yrvind From The Beginning!
Testing the fire escape
Safety is important. With a rope I can now escape if a fire starts.
Rollover testing Exlex
To determine the Exlex small cruiser stability range we did a rollover test. The test results exceeded everyones expectations. People don't expect a boat without ballast keel to be self righting at the full range 0-180 degrees. The roopes had full tension...
Exlex Sailing
Second test of the the boat with a little bit more ballast and a few issues sorted out.
Exlex sailing
Second test of the the boat with a little bit more ballast and a few issues sorted out.
Yrvind food preparation vedio
Video of food preparation for 360 days at sea
Locking Device for Exlex Minors inner hatch
When I in heavy weather open the main hatch there is a risk of water entering the boat To prevent the water from entering the sleeping room there is a hatch in the main waterproof bulkhead There is not enough space for ordinary latches, hence this device. ...
Exlex shaping the spoonbow
Here I try to explain my idea of how to create a boat with spoon bow from sheet material Regards Yrvind
New masts from Marström
This is the new masts that Marstrom has sponsored me with for ex lex minor
Laminating Exlex Minor
Laminating Exlex minor with
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Lamination of Exlex Minor
Hatches
This is to visualise that Exlex Minors hatches ate waterproof The hatch and the coamong is uppside down, not even one drip of water had leaked after 5 hoers, submarine specification. Best regards Yrvind
Creating a plane coaming
By using a large sandpaper on a flat piece of particel board my helper Stefan and me is making the hatch coamings flat so that the gasket get close contact and do not have problems keeping water on the outside Regards Yrvind
Exlex centerboard
This also has a deformation zone
Impact testing daggerboard trunc
After installing the dagger board trunk I had a piece left over Here I test it with a big hammer The outside lay up is one layer 450 gram +45-45 in NM-epoxi
Fitting dagger board trunk
Here we are installing the dagger board trunk
Lower rudder fitting
The holder of the bearing had been welded to plates to hold it to the boat The weld had made the hole smaller. I had no ream and with a diameter of 29 mm they are expesive Instead I winded abrasive paper on a stick put it on the late and let the late do mo...
Exlex 2019 Interior
Here is a overview of Exlex
Rudder and Ylouh
In this video i show my rudder construction and my ylouh setup(japanese sculling oar)
Exlex is painted
Not a good paint job but I think its OK with Neptune Its Peter and Stefan who is helping me to remove the masking, Stefan in red Peter in blue. They work in the same building. Now I start to see the of the building. Hopefully I can get the boat into the wa...
Exlex gets electrified
Now the final works before test sailing is being done electricity Like painting I am not good at it but consulting friends makes it OK Its a super simple system and I understand it a good thing. The AIS got no splitter and I use a handheld VHF. The handhel...
Sail to boom
This way I knot sail to boom Also there is two reefs Also one spare rope and one spare loop System without metal The Tufnol is tied with carbon rowing in NM-epoxy Regards Yrvind
Exlex first sail
Exlex first sail. The wind was very light.