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Carbon, foam, and wood on the side. Two strips of wood on the side, foam in the middle,. Ud carbon, the biaxial on top

Thanks! I did 12.2 knots, measured by gps, 5 second average. I regularly clock 8 knots planing with luggage, 10 with an empty canoe. I'm upgrading the boat now, my dream is to do 15 knots

Mijn kano is de Artemis zeilkano, niet de Viola die je hier ziet. Viola is meer ingericht als zeilboot, Artemis paddelt wat beter. Storer heeft goede groepen op Facebook, misschien daar vragen?

@@Canoesailor Dankje. Ik zal op het Facebook wat vragen stellen :-) Plannen zijn ook besteld ondertussen dus ik ga het zien!

Veel plezier, deze zomer nog te water?

@@Canoesailor Dat is het plan ja! Ik lees nu ook over het maken van een houten mast en giek en begin me nu wel te beseffen hoeveel werk het gaat zijn maar ik kijk er naar uit. Romp maken moet recht toe recht aan zijn; netjes aflakken en het tuig maken wordt nieuw voor me :-)

Thanks, it sails well ;)

Indeed, great fun

Huren genoeg in Friesland, probleem is de uitrusting voor roeien, maststrijken. Wordt lastig denk ik

Namens de Stichting Natuurlijk Varen (ik ben de route planner van de Dorestad Raid): de boot moet geschikt zijn om onder lage bruggen te gaan, over ondieptes kunnen, gemakkelijk ook over langere afstanden (10km+) met spierkracht voortbewogen kunnen worden (roeien of voor kano's peddelen). De mast moet gemakkelijk naar beneden kunnen, je moet snel kunnen reven, etc. Dat soort boten zijn eigenlijk niet te huur. Je zou een kijkje kunnen nemen op de website van de stichting onder het kopje te koop/te huur.

Great to hear ;)

Thanks! New video of this event, 2023 version, will be online tomorrow

No all going up

You need a path to portage, tarmac. With the trolley it's no bother to roll, but going uphill is killing ;) Yes the Sweden portage was hard, but the road wasn't good, uphill, and I didn't know where to get back into the water.

What is a typical canoe portage route?

Thanks. I built the 4mm version since I'm not a very experienced builder. I got the panels pre cut from Switzerland, so I was sure to make the correct boat. Axel has a 4mm version too. At 3mm the planks can get wobbly, and the weight saving is not that big.

@@Canoesailor Thanks for the advise. Wobbly no good 🤪 I read an article by Michael Storer advising against scaling down the dimensions of wood too much, and instead focusing on lighter application of the glass layers for weight saving. Makes sense in many ways . Houdoe.

@@mourlyvold64, that advice of Michael Storer is not what I have found out in systematic studies. In any proper glass-ply-glass composite of 6 mm strength or less, the comparatively soft plywood is the "spacer" between the glass, while the hard glass is providing breaking strength. An ARTEMIS sailing canoe from 3 mm ply together with the laminate schedule I provide will have a hull which is more than strong enough for competitive use. 3 mm ply will result in a 23 kg boat instead of 25 - 27 kg, which is a big difference to hoist onto the roof rack. You will notice, however, that 3 mm ply planks tend to bend in all directions during stitching, which gives a "wobbly" feel. Stitching must be done more carefully or the boat will have some kinks which the designer had not in mind.

@@bootsbaugarage Thank you.

It's in Germany, uhm Europe :)

Not yet, I ordered the plans, but they need to be built, i guess by me. First change my rudder

@@Canoesailor 👍Good luck with that. Make sure to share a video when they're done.

Not exactly, we swimed every day. Its July but Rugen on BaltSee :-)

Indeed not cold, just a bit grey at times, the water was warm

It is a canoe he is sailing, it is just red and a bit fatter. It folds too

Super, which canoe? With sail?

@@Canoesailor Old Town canoe hull with Tabur 320 mast and sail

Thanks, yes the lugsail is so easy... making it easy to reef was important, it's took some tries and copying others. Now here's another example to copy ;)

Thanks, yes the feeling of being close to the water, easy of handling and simplicity is great!

Yes, I looked into that, Gary Dierking has a great description of how to build them, but... I wanted to be able to take them away easy, therefore inflatables. But I'll change to fixed ones now

Thanks, first I used to stow it in the boat, but now I put it on deck, there are two short ends of rope to tie it down for that as the sail and mast tend to glide away. Here is a pic, the aft rope is where the green flag is, the forward rope is near the mast base. photos.app.goo.gl/Kvd2pgo1eK6DTA1y7

I took care to have a good leeboard and rudder, balance the boat. With the lugsail in ideal conditions it sails at 45 degrees to the wind, including leeway. With my mylar rig it gets to 40. But, it quickly diminishes with waves. I have great pleasure in racing (and beating) keelboats ;)

See my answer to your other question

Thanks Tom!

Thanks! I got many questions about my setup, so here goes

Need to deepfake your own voice. There are services and maybe apps now. From what I've seen it is convincing enough. There are apps you can download as well so you don't need to pay for a service.

Grin. Nice to hear the feedback, my own voice wins ;) Have deepfaked my voice: not good enough. It starts to sound American!

I think I'll use the AI as a voiceover friend but keep my voice for live action

@@Canoesailor if I could vote, I vote for Koos, AI is not bad but Koos is way better :-)

@@LadiaBlaha hahahaha thanks

These are big enough for me, even bigger will lose me much more speed, I'll not enjoy that

Sounds good!

Grin, thanks for the feedback! I hate hearing myself back, as many do, I think I may use the ai voice for narrative, but keep live voice as myself

@@Canoesailor The thing about the AI voices (where the tech is currently at, anyway) they kinda drone on as if listening to a school lecture one is bored by. I for one usually immediately tune-out when presented with them in videos of say political/historical docu-subject matter. Much more compelling (to me, anyway)to hear an individual's personalized first hand account. But I can understand and respect your differentiating between the two. Keep up the good work!

@@cruisingcanoeman I like playing with AI too much... But considering nobody preferred the AI voice so far... I think I'll buy a good microphone, and do voiceover myself

Hehe, another vote against AI ;) Yes it's meant to be copied, then improved ;)

@@Canoesailor _WONDERFUL._ I dreamed of canoeing through all the canals of Europe years ago with something I could camp inside but portage easily. Still dreaming!

@@dancarter482 great, just build it ;) I have slept in the canoe, but a small tent on shore is much more comfy

Totally ugly indeed ;)

AI trick?

I got an ai friend, curious what you think about it...

For me it sounds less authentic but I guess it's practical.

@@sailoutofagarage6212 yes it is very practical, no more repeat recording, but most people still seem to like my voice better...

They are tapered profiles of windsurf mast, doubled up below. Diameter on the bottom is 60 mm. There's a video coming where I describe the whole boat, including mast and boom

@@Canoesailor that’s excellent. Really looking forward to it. I’m currently using aluminum mast and boom off of a much larger day sailor and it’s too heavy. Was looking into purchasing carbon fiber tubing and making my own from scratch. Never thought about using windsurf mast.

@@Canoesailor must be a SDM mast with a RDM inside?

@@sailingoksi no it is the same mast, sdm, because I had a long one I kept enough to be able to cut it

Thanks! I had 1.5 hours of drone footage, should be something there ;)

Yes, lugsail is the easiest to drop indeed, check out Michael Storer and lugsail, he's got great info on it.

Have been out, grin. Now back home so time to edit ;)