First Time Sailing a Folkboat

I have always admired the folkboat design, so when I was in Europe recently, I chartered one for the day. Here is how it went! I often day dream about buying on of these, so I put it through it's paces to see if I'd like it. I test how it behaves on the different points of sail, how it maneuvers and how well it sails itself in different directions.
I'm not affiliated with this but you can actually hire this particular boat
www.clickandboat.com/de/boot-mieten/rostock/segelboot/nordisches-folkeboot-aus-holz-b7ewv5j

[@artregeous]

Good old days i use to dail eith one of them 35 some years ago

[@evankanenc]

Thanks for a very informative and chill tour of the boat.

[@KimbaKat]

What a boat !

[@SailingMarieholmIF]

Great episode. I like this boat.

[@Tuneman-iy8og]

What a lovely boat!

[@tobygoessailing]

Lovely boat. Cool video. And I learnt something from how you tied off the tiller. Thanks!

[@careylogan7639]

beautiful boat and you also did a great job of showing us the "Ropes" Thx

[@dominictarrsailing]

you're welcome!

[@gerrit555]

These are very sweet boats!

[@roxyknight4909]

Beautiful boat

[@rodrigosenra2693]

Wooden boats are very beautiful, and sails way better than fiberglass boats. I had the great experience of sailing in a folkboat, amazing.

[@twister2869]

Wooden boats can be beautiful but saying they sail better than GRP is nonsense.

[@russellthomson5571]

Great video. Thanks

[@hobocyclist]

Classy! 👍

[@LeifDjurfeldt]

up in sweden you can even get one for free sometimes, lovely boat!

[@dominictarrsailing]

I have noticed how cheap they are in Sweden! Obviously a lot of maintainance, but a mooring in Sweden is expensive or requires a long waiting list right? That's part of why the boats go so cheap

[@slavonicrus123]

Моей лодке почти 60 лет. Старше чем я. Ходит по японскому морю очень хорошо и не думает стареть.

[@hurri7720]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_Folkboat "The Nordic Folkboat (Swedish: Nordisk Folkbåt) is a Swedish sailboat that was designed by Jac Iversen [sv] and Tord Sundén as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1942. Even though Sundén drafted the plans with design ideas provided by Iversen, Sundén was never credited as the actual designer of the boat.[".

[@behonestwithyourself3718]

Sweet boat. I need to find those mast roller thingys. Anyone know what they're actually called or where to get them?

[@dominictarrsailing]

now I have to know! it's a "mainsail feeder" www.westmarine.com/spinlock-mainsail-feeder-414128.html

[@c.stewart000]

Did you need to demonstrate any competence (link to youtube channel)? Give a bond? What did it cost to rent for the day? Do you just need to say, I want a boat? Thanks for the vid :D

[@dominictarrsailing]

it was ~100 euro with ~500 bond. when he was showing me the boat, we were looking for the cooker, and he said the way I looked through the *cupboards* convinced him I was a boat guy... Another time, when asked specifically for a certificate I just said "I can tie a bowline with my eyes closed!" and they said that was very convincing!

[@c.stewart000]

@@dominictarrsailing Ha! yes that sounds straight forward not what I expected with german process. I was in germany last week and had to register my address, complete a form, show my passport, and be issued with a identification card to sit in the public library (took 30 minutes).

[@dominictarrsailing]

​@@c.stewart000 yeah I know it! to get a german sim card I had to go to the post office and show them my passport. (there was an online verification, through video chat, but there was no option for "new zealand passport" at the verifiers end! but apparently if you go to a spatsi you can get a preregistered simcard. I read that the med requires a certificate but the baltic is just your own responsibility

[@andyknowles772]

Not to wazz on you pommes frites mate, but that's not a folkboat. That's a 'familj folkboat". Same rig and hull, but a roomy, luxurious interior from the bigger coachroof :-). And if those hulls don't leak (early in the season at least), there's something wrong. (Source - ex owner of a folkboat built in the early 40s). Good to see you enjoying the old girl, they really are are beautiful sailing boats as you discovered.

[@dominictarrsailing]

it's only got sitting headroom! I would love to see what it's like inside your folkboat

[@ThinkBoat]

To sailors, real coffee and wooden boats.

[@maritagraefer6027]

Got seasick by watching. Too much camera movement. Try a stabilizer .

[@dominictarrsailing]

can you recommend one?

[@michaelknuckey4405]

Sailing not for you !

[@mikemoth]

1st prize for most annoying video, appalling!

[@dominictarrsailing]

thank you! 🏆🎉

[@NirreFirre]

My father and I used to sail almost every weekend with ours during the 90s. A lot of work to keep in shape (and not too leaky!) but very good boat to own if you want to meet nice people and chat. Another great 🇸🇪 design by Tord Sundén (with help from 🇳🇴 Jac Iversen) en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_Folkboat