Shallow-draft Sailing a Traditional Flatbottom Boat | EP 220
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- čas přidán 27. 07. 2024
- 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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Thank you for sharing your trip on this beautiful boat. My ancestors sailed from Holland in 1630 to help establish the New Amsterdam Colony in America. They were from Winkel, Hoorn and Gouda Holland.
Your channel is the reason that I fell in love with the sailing world and community as a whole.i am so crazy about you guys and when you both featured on Sailing vessel delos ... I went gaga over it
WHat a great trip in this beautiful country!
We sailed Vrouwe Franciska before. A few years ago she did not have furling foresails. Even more authentic.
A great Boot to sail.
Cheers, Andreas
That would be a challenge! Hope this video brought back good memories. Vrouwe Franciska is a lovely boat.
Just recently started following your channel and am thoroughly enjoying your excellent films. I’ve only tried flying my drone once whilst sailing and it’s a miracle it survived the landing! Many thanks, David.
Thank you for the Lemsteraak video, we really enjoyed it. So many memories. In the 1970s, my dad built a platbodem (flat bottom) himself. Not a Lemsteraak but a zeeschouw. It had swords too and back stays. Just like your Lemsteraak. We used it to spend our holidays from 1978 till 1993, when she was sold. Our sailing grounds were Friesland and the rest of the Dutch lakes. Later, after we bought Sirius, we discovered the Waddensea as well. Such a beautiful place.
I am so sorry that I was just too shy to contact you two when we were in Makkum, the same time you were there. I really regret this. We would have lived to just shake hands and maybe have a drink or two. Ah well. Maybe next time.
Does zeeschouw mean sea scow or something similar?
@@kevinmencer3782 yeah, more or less.
Very enjoyable to see you visit my favorite places! What a beautiful vessel. A Lemster Aak is very much in demand here in the Netherlands, and the best vessel to have for the shallow waters of the Waddensea. Take care not to fall in love with it. It is costly :-)
thanks 🙏🏻
Luckily we can rent them😀 actually we’re returning to rent again next week!!
Outstanding perfomance for skipper and crew. As a 'Dutchie' ánd a sailor I know how hard work it is to sail a traditional boat like this. And again you made beautiful pictures of your journey.
You have been to the Netherlands before but this time is more special because of your new Distant Shores being build here.
My wife (from Brockville Ont.!) and I will be sailing the Frisian waters again in september, for the first time on a motoryacht instead of a sailboat.
Thank you so much for sharing all your adventures!
Hi Jan, Thanks for the kind words! Your country is great for boating. I hope you enjoy your first cruise on a motor yacht in Friesland.
We will be back there again also next week sailing again then checking out the construction in Makkum mid September.
This was wonderful! My mother's side is 100% Dutch so it's great to see this sailing/motoring trip in my 1/2 homeland. The sailboat was of course much different from a modern mono hull sailboat. But different can be GOOD! : - )
A captain and crew older than the boat itself and still having fun. Good going!
Howdy…I’m a new follower…Glad to see ya Folks having a Good Time in Holland whilst yer New Boat being constructed…Continue to Stay Safe & Enjoy😎
Thanks Steven and welcome aboard 🤗
Now this is what a boating travel channel should be like Thank You
🙏🏼🎀🎄🎀🧿⚓🈂️🙏🏼Fair Winds and I hope to see you on the waters across the Atlantic this summer and I hope your new boat is everything she proves to be and more!! Orion's are in a league of their own!! ⚓⛵
Wow, thank you for the kind words Jennifer❤️
Another excellent adventure, I think we’ve seen you on the Waddensea before on Distant Shores
We really enjoyed this episode ❤️
Very pleasant to watch, not easy to organize. Thanks crew.
well done. super nice boat and pictures. The crew handled the boat perfectly in narrow waters and full marinas.
Thanks for your comment, Andrew!
Thank you so much for this little adventure. It helped me dreaming. Please, give us more of that, if possible.
Sure thing Mick!
Lovely video! Thanks!
A great trip! I can’t wait until you get your new boat. I miss your video. 💕💕💕💕
Us too! We have more boatbuilding videos in the pipeline!
Great to see you enjoy the waters that we have sailed so often too. You should try to dry out close to one of these islands one day, get your feet in the mud and walk around the boat, it is a lovely experience!
That's a good idea! We dried out and filmed that some years ago on Distant Shores II but didn't have the tides for it this time...
So much fun, thanks!!
Beautiful video!
Nice too see you in my own sailing area.
You picked one of my favorite routes. Next time, of ever, try the isle Schiermonnikoog. Maybe Enkhuizen too, there's a museum where people live in!! Every thing traditional.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the tips! We did indeed visit Enkhuizen and film the museum for out television series back in 2010. That time we also made a trip on our Southerly 49 to Schiermonnikoog! Very sweet little village!
That was an interesting boat & episode.
Another great episode, especially being dutch and see you visiting my hometown Grou
Never seen a boat like that. A side mounted keel?
Good tour, thank you.
very good video!!!
Thank you
so awesome very cool trip love your video's
We’re so happy you enjoy our videos!
Thankyou very nice 👍
Outstanding production.
Thanks Thomas ❤️
Great video. So far I only did inland sailing with my sailboat in The Netherlands but next season I want to go to Vlieland and Terschelling as well.
Good luck! We’ll be out there next season with the new boat 😅
I love you guys!
Thanks Rusty :-)
Nice boat and apparently in really good conditions! There have been several accounts in the past years of traditional Dutch Sailboats losing their mast because of their bad conditions.
Platbodemverhuur Friesland take very good care of the boats in their fleet. We were impressed!
This remind me of the London barge once owned by P&O group barged names Will, now used as a conference centre.
So nice! Wish we had time this summer to join for a trip.
Always a pleasure to have you aboard, Eric! So glad you are having a good summer with your boat.
Great!
Thanks Seth!
You guys are back
Very nice
Wow fantastic! How do I get my price? Do I have to pay something up front? That would be no problem.. ;)
What an educational vid... I had no idea: sailboat with no keel...? A 'sword' instead... excellent vids (and the drone) for a what would be a boring Sunday... Lemsteraak: not for the solo sailor... Haha... Fair Winds...
Glad you enjoyed this video! Sailing this boat definitely required team effort. 😊
wait a minute....Shouldn't this be 'Learning the Lines'? ....just pulling your anchor! Love the videos as always!
Seeing the men out of the kitchen doing hard labor is very enjoyable. The women cooking and cleaning were the highlight of the voyage... 🤣
You missed that the women were on deck managing sails and lines and winching too. 😉
@@DistantShoresTV Yes, I missed it on purpose 😂
I didn't like it. I loved it! Wow! What a classic sailboat. I'm going to recommend this to Salt and Tar. I just know they will enjoy this. Thank you for sharing.
Wonderful footage and it’s heart warming to see such a beautifully maintained vessel going about her business. Just wondering if that top spar on the mainsail is deliberately curved to increase sail area or some other reason
This vessel reminds of a Thames sailing barge. I served my apprenticeship as a deck officer with Tate and Lyle and they owned one but sadly I never got to crew on.
To keep the gaff as light as possible, it was traditionally made from naturally grown curved spars that are much stronger then straight ones.
Thanks for replying with this information, S/V Adma.
Thanks for the info
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Nice video though
I expect the initial stability augmented the shallow draft although I can't recall what is considered a shallow draft. The weight aloft seems significant with no real effort with design considerations to limit this. The halyards have been replaced with Dynema but the standing rigging seems traditional. Under sail did the Leeboards splash as some leeboard designs tend to do?
What a treat to get to sail this almost ancient type of boat.
Always wanted to ask what the boards are for. And aren't they the origin of the term "starboard"? So they're a lee board for countering leeway, like a flat daggerboard. Since the hull is relatively flat, presumably they help quite a bit.
The leeboards are remarkably effective at preventing leeway. Quite an innovation for their time!
I was wondering if you considered Garcia in your search for an Aluminum hulled yacht. I have seen them up close and they check a lot of boxes. Another question was if you have any experience with the Sirius DS series? Always love the content!
Did the Dutch build any bilge ballasted leeboard fitted ocean going vessels?
hey i think we meet at a hotel before
What is the designed hull speed and was the speed ever achieved?
Friesland Boppe.
A lemster aak is not a treu flat bottom ship
Too many people in the picture, ...not enough boat.
To many skills required to sail these boats..where is the captain?
It’s a really a beautiful trip, but it’s really irresponsible not to wear life jackets at sea…