East of Sweden: 15 days solo [longplay]

[@virgilschroder6043]

Looks like it was a good trip.

[@Canoesailor]

Indeed, great fun

[@TomH151]

Whoo, hoo, hoooo 😃 . You're my idol, Koos.

[@Canoesailor]

Hahahaha thanks!

[@thepast8376]

Thanks! I'm from Virginia and I feel like I've sailed Sweeden's east coast!

[@Canoesailor]

Great!

[@ilyafaden1789]

Great episode . Good music. That three reef lug rig really works well.

[@gerredprice8828]

Great Stuff! Thanks for sharing.

[@nefas11]

Great adventure! Would love to see more sailing footage with only the ambient sounds 👍

[@nefas11]

Good job and thank you for taking us along.

[@Canoesailor]

More to come!

[@05Cat28]

Hi Koos. Great vids. I’m putting together a sailing kayak and was wondering about your choice of rig. I was thinking of a gaff rig but your lug rig looks easy to drop. Any thoughts? Cheers Rob.

[@Canoesailor]

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

[@tompamperin8575]

Koos, thanks for posting this! Sweden looks great--so much like my usual cruising grounds in the Canadian Great Lakes. And your trip is very much in the spirit of what I like to do with my own boats. In case you're interested, here's a couple of links to one of my trips to one of my favorite places: Georgian Bay. So much like the Baltic! Thanks again-Tom kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJOzo2lnn9asg6s and kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHulq6l-jp2Ders

[@Canoesailor]

Thanks, great videos and trips yourself, the area looks similar indeed, and small boat cruising too, the best!

[@sailingoksi]

Great stuff! If you don’t mind, what’s the diameter of your mast and boom?

[@Canoesailor]

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

[@sailingoksi]

@@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.

[@sailingoksi]

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

[@Canoesailor]

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