Videos of Viola 14 Sailing Canoe in a bit more wind

As I have mentioned, Joost Engelen and Viola Spek have been practicing with their Viola 14 Sailing Canoe, making VIDEOS on this day in stronger winds on the river with some nice gusts.

First of two Videos showing medium gust performance of Viola 14 Sailing Canoe

Practicing for the RAID extreme

Viola (the person) is practicing for sailing in the RAID Extreme. She sailed up to her teens but has spent well over a decade away from sailing.

She wants to get back into it. Joost will be sailing their larger Goat Island Skiff in the same event.

The Viola 14 Sailing Canoe has been performing extremely well with Joost with some very high placings in the large fleet distance races this year.

• Distance race 1 – an hour ahead of the next boat.
• Distance Race 2 – 11 out of 200 boats

Video 2 of Viola Sailing Canoe responding quickly to Gusts

You can also see Joost standing up in this one. The relatively wide beam of Viola allows him to raise and lower the mast while on the water.

A necessity for distance events in the Netherlands – there is never a lack of bridges.