I'am a native canadian indian living in the netherlands since I was 7 yrs old. I love the dutch maritime history, and their boat building knowledge and sail design skills. love your boat, and channel thanks. "behouden vaart" as the dutch say. safe voyage

Two questions if I may: 1. Why did you choose in mast as opposed to boom furling? 2. Does babble cover ‘Klingon’😉 Great stuff - keep it up.😀👍⛵️

Om jeg noen gang setter avgårde med egen seilbåt, tror jeg spansk ville være greit å kunne!

Great video again.

Just yesterday we were saying "Hey, it's about time for Paul and Sheryl to give us an update on the progress on our new adopted boat they are building for us. Good timing! Thank you, guys, for taking the time to make these videos and keep us in the loop

Lovely episode, again! Ee really like the choices you made when it comes to the sailplan, very sensible. Finny fact: back in 1978, Rob's dad made a platbodem himself, right on the driveway of the house. It was a 9 meter Huitema Zeeschouw. The sails: De Vries. Then still located in Lemmer.

Awesome Video, learned a view things about sails. What an immaculate Sail loft.

Thankyou 👍

Always great, interesting and informative

What a boat this will be!

Had custom UK sails on my boat for years. The design was truly amazing and never let me down. They are top shelf!

@DistantShoresTV

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for this review of UK sails and the experience you've had with them, Mark. Great to hear!

What an amazing boat you will have. Cheers.

Experience, sailing environment, extreme weather sail selection options.

When sailing to Norway, you are most welcome to visit my home town, Rosendal, by the Hardanger fjord.😊

@DistantShoresTV

6 ай бұрын

Thanks! We appreciate the invitation.

Thank you so much for sharing all of this. ~ So much knowledge here ~ That lottery ticket. Then I'm your best friend. Oh yea! 😉

I am a big fan of the double headsail idea.

Great video. Looks like a perfect sail selection.

@DistantShoresTV

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Chris! Yes we can't wait to try the sails out sailing!!!

Hi guys, can’t wait to see this yacht on the water , Thanks for the video. Keep up the good work Cliff from Logan City Queensland Australia from the big island. The one leg and tapdancer 🧑🏾‍🦽🦘🐨🏝️🇦🇺🌏🏝

Wouldn't a working staysail provide you with a more powerful and flexible sail plan? and give a downwind combination to use with the genoa, when the wind is too strong for the Code 0? Then when reaching, it helps keep the sailplan lower and allow a more manageable genoa size to be used. I guess it's down to your sailing preferences and the relationship with the lifting keel.

love your channel i am not a sailor but find sailing interesting maybe in another life, i may become one. But great to see the building aspect of it, can't wait for your next post. cheers from New Zealand.

Loved seeing the sailmaker tour.

@DistantShoresTV

6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

The sail making process is fascinating! I'm just watching this on 10/19 so when you ended with the Annapolis Sailboat Show info, . . . well, I've already seen you there! LOL It was great talking with both of you. I asked about Distant Shores IV being almost done and you told me about the typical delays and that early next year is the current splash time. I can't wait for your next episode, and then, for "Splash Time". : - ) It's also cool that my mom's side is 100% Dutch and your boat is being made over there. Did you know that the yacht was "invented" in Holland?

@DistantShoresTV

6 ай бұрын

So great to meet up at the Annapolis Sailboat Show! Yes, we did discover at the Maritime Museum in Amsterdam that the yacht was invented in the Netherlands 🇳🇱!

Where can I see your tv show? I can't find it anymore on cable. Sooo happy to see you guys are still alive and well ❤

Thanks for the video and Babbel link. Serendipity as I was looking for something like this for the kid, so got him a a lifetime subscription and saved a chunk. Sails looks super solid. Look forward to them tested in the North Sea.

@DistantShoresTV

6 ай бұрын

So glad the Babbel link was helpful. A nice gift! So glad you enjoyed the video too.

Beautiful clean facility. Thanks to Sipko for his expertise explaining sail design, reefing points etc... And, Marcel for the loft tour. I didn't catch the sail makers name or read it in the transcript. ? Thanks for sharing.

@DistantShoresTV

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the feedback! The sailmakers name is UK - de Vries Sails Makkum. It is written in the name keys for Sipko and Marcel but good point about the transcript.

Dyneema rigging goes slack in the cold. Will the sails billow in the cold?

Very interesting segment on sail design! :¬) Webbed USA

Hi Paul and Shery, I am also building an alu boat BM43 Berckmeyer design and learned a lot from your videos thank you for this excellent information. Are you planning to share costs breakdown of your project? E.g. how much will the furniture and joinery will costs? Thanks ?

@DistantShoresTV

6 ай бұрын

We will be doing that at the completion of the project.

Hi, why storm jib instead of using the jib furled?

Very nice! -- QUESTION -- One issue we can't figure out - the "exposed" double rudders, especially when going north in ice situations. It was not long ago when everyone said that a skeg was a critical piece in any serious sailboat. We would want to go up what is called "the inside passage", in case you don't know it is the west coast of Canada. But it has lots of floating logs. Could you sail that coast with your sailboat? Why are you not scared of the rudders?

@DistantShoresTV

7 ай бұрын

Good question, Coleen. The rudders are super engineered with solid aluminum posts so are built to withstand impact.

@Coleen_West

7 ай бұрын

@@DistantShoresTV ...wait, what? I did not know that that was even possible. How sure are you about that? Because if that is true then for sure we would go for double rudders. I know that tHallberg now has double rudders too. But how do you know how strong the rudders are..Is there some sort of spec or rating for that which we can confirm? Sure hope that this is correct.

What do you think it's best boom main furling or must main furling?

In mast furling vs in boom furling? Is one better than the other? I figured in boom would be easier to service. If you can explain, thank you

Did not know that an in-mast furling sail had reef points at its mainsail. I thought it was infinite adjustment. So, you do you have buttons for each reef point then?

@DistantShoresTV

7 ай бұрын

Essentially they're reinforcing areas you intend to use as reef points. Then they will mark the sail so you can see when you have reefed to the planned point.

I know I'm late to your build. But why and In mast furler and not an in Bom furler

It’s Jenna from the wedding

@DistantShoresTV

6 ай бұрын

Hi Jenna! It was so great meeting you at the wedding. Thanks for checking out our channel.

May I ask why didn’t you chose in boom furling?

@DistantShoresTV

7 ай бұрын

Boom furling does keep the weight of the sail low but from our research they are often troublesome due to the number of rolls of sail and size of the roll of sail. The in-mast furling seems to have less issues with jamming due to the finer roll of sail. However, we have no experience with boom furling and would love to hear from anyone who sails with boom furling. Thank for your question.

@mtrezaie

7 ай бұрын

@@DistantShoresTV Thanks for your answer.

@robertashcroft9435

7 ай бұрын

Boom furling is, you just need to set the correct boom angle when reefing, which is easy with a rod kicker or make a mark on topping lift. If it were to jam you can still get rid of the sail and lash to the boom.

@robertashcroft9435

7 ай бұрын

Is good

Can Babbal learn you Dutch?

@DistantShoresTV

6 ай бұрын

We have been working on speaking Dutch using Babbel. 😀🇳🇱

I have several issues with this approach to sails: I dislike in mast, or any mainsail roller furling as you end up with a too flat main with too little roach. It may or may not be easier to handle than a slab reef main, but the sail itself is wholly inferior in both shape and planform. Not for me. Ever. Nautosphere Voyager is unfortunately restricted to cross cut construction. The loads on your boat are just to large for cross cut sails to have any shape life. The leach loads will mean the leach will stretch quickly, and in conjunction with the too flat main you will experience reflex in the leach within the first 5000 miles or so. None of the spectra/dyneema reinforced sailcloth is all that much better than Dacron , especially when looking at off axis loads. Your sail is too big and your displacement and righting moment too large for a woven dyneema cloth.

@DistantShoresTV

6 ай бұрын

We appreciate your comment but are you a sailmaker? What is your experience?

@deerfootnz

6 ай бұрын

I am a sailing professional since 1984 with over 200,000 miles of experience. I currently own a Sundeer 60 in which I do 7-10,000 miles a year.