Shallow-draft Sailing a Traditional Flatbottom Boat

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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