Kayak sailing so much fun!

If you are a decent kayak paddler, you can be an excellent paddlesailor in no time. That is, a kayak sailor without daggerboards, outriggers or even a rudder. A (sea)kayak doesn't need all that to stay on track.

Kayaksailors in its purest form can paddlesail any course, even upwind, except straight against the wind. Or yes, you can but than you must tack some 40 degrees off the wind and zigzag your way forward just like any sailingvessel. However, tacking up wind brings you to point B in about the same time your kayakbuddies will arrive there when just paddling straight into the wind. But kayaksailing upwind on a long track (without tacking) will defenitly push you more ahead comparing to your buddies with no sail. Though you still need to padde along a bit on that course.

This blog deals with all aspects of kayak sailing, made possible by only three serious kayak sails: Flat Earth Kayak Sails (FEKS), Falcon Kayak Sails and Sea Dog Sails (a clone of FEKS) from Australia. 

I have absolutely no commercial interest in them. I'm just a happy customer and admire all three types of sails. They are 100 percent made for kayaks on rough, open waters, as you will see in the many movieclips on this blog.
The first ten posts or so are in English, the rest in Dutch. If you hit the translation button on the right bar, you will understand most of it in spite of the bewildering grammar and linguistic lingo.

Have fun and please leave a message from whichever country you are as a support for my effort.

Thank you,
Berend Schilder,
the Netherlands