Bestevaer Test Sail - Yacht Designer on Board! | EP 214

This time on Distant Shores we test sail two Bestevaer aluminum sailboats - both built by KM Yachts in the Netherlands and are thrilled to sail with the yachts' designer, legendary Gerard Dykstra.

00:00 Introduction
01:00 Bestevaer 45 aluminum sailboat test sail
03:18 Lemmer canal sailing to Dutch village
04:24 Test sail Bestevaer 53 with Yacht Designer
05:00 Gerard "Gerry" Dykstra Yacht Designer
05:56 Gimballed navigation "nav" station
06:30 Ergonomic design galley with gimballed stove and counter
07:11 Watertight bulkhead compartments sailboat design
07:41 Water ballast system for performance and reduced angle of heel
08:56 Undocking with aluminium 53 foot monohull
09:23 Sailing on board Bestevaer 53
11:28 Pilothouse nav-desk with forward views Bestevaer 53
12:22 Test sailing with Gerard Dykstra
13:27 Next time

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Special Thanks to:
Dykstra Naval Architects & KM Yachts
Gebroeders van Enkhuizen BV

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Thank you for watching!

Sheryl and Paul

[LoanwordEggcorn]

What a treat to get a tour of Dyksta's personal boat, and to sail it with him and his wife! Thanks for sharing some history of the boat, etc. Very impressive!

[mabs]

Wow!
Great to see and hear the ideas of mr Gerard Dykstra. He's absolutely a legendary designer and sailer.

[macktravels]

One of the best travel shows on TV in the US. Wonderful and down to earth people. So great to see the YouTube channel. Love Distant Shores!!!

[tomriley]

Wow What a treat, fabulous famous boat to get to sail on and what an experience to go sailing with Gerard Dykstra! Completely jealous.

[brandtdetering]

That forward-facing gimbaled nav station is thoroughly brilliant.

[waxcomb]

This boat is so much better than I thought it was, and it's already my favorite boat

[uisguexjack]

I've seen allot of your content over the years.... This is simply delightful. What a honor. Of course the boat is as cool as one would imagine. We are impressed, Cheers!

[mz]

Good for you! What a treat that must have been going through Lammer and sailing with the designer!! I noticed how quiet the cabin was under sail. Great boat design albeit a tad “cold” without the contemporary wood furnishings… but hey you got a bit of the calvinistic experience right off the bat 😀. Welcome to The Netherlands 🇳🇱!

[SUSYDEHORTA]

Thank you Paul and SHeryl for all your amazing videos

[IdyllicDreams]

Absolutely love your channel and your TV show been following your adventures since Oswego in 1994.

[travelinman]

Love the pilot house. living while actively sailing.

[psystealth]

Great to see the coverage Bestavaer boats get!

[nooneanybodyknows]

Beautiful location. Thanks for sharing your sea trials on these magnificent sailboats. 👏

[tomcraddock]

Great to follow your search for a new boat.what a privilege to sail such a wonderful boat with the designer!!
can’t wait to see what shipyard you choose!! Good luck
Fair winds ⛵️

[mariuszkijowski]

Thank you for sharing this great sailboats! I hope you will find this perfect one :)

[andreeph]

Nice. Glad they’re also making smaller version 36’

[tomwilliams]

The gimbald table to the left of the stove was very cool. They must have been fixed together?
The ability to shift the ballast as needed on a small sail boat must be considered quite a luxury. I would love to see what it does in heavy weather. It was a beautiful boat. Thank you for the brief tour. Looking forward to seeing more. 🤝🤝🤝😊

[gregsutton]

Thank you for sharing, looking forward to seeing what you choose for your new boat

[hobnob]

That's one weird sculpture at 0:23. At 1:29 that's welds, baby! Mr. Dykstra knows the difference. This boat is a lesson to anyone who makes any useful thing.

[hotrodamd]

what a a great boat designer, i didnt know who designed the black pearl till i seen this video, i love that vessel and the maltese falcon as well. dont think id want to be cleaning the bottom of either though :) thanks for the updates and showing us some well built vessels.