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18 Oct 2025 A long drive for a good cause
October 17, 2025 · 7 min · 2K views · Västervik
What this video covers
Sven Yrvind drives roughly five hours each way to collect aluminum extrusions for an in-boom sail-furling system he is building for his 1.8-meter project boat.0:35 The extrusions are surplus Selden components, normally used inside larger boats for in-boom systems, and Yrvind is adapting them to a much smaller vessel.5:11 At the destination he meets Jonas, a professional rigger who has worked at Seldén since 1986 and travels internationally to inspect yachts for events including the Oyster World Rally — most recently visiting Las Palmas before the ARC rally, with Antigua next on his schedule.1:37 Jonas identifies Yrvind's setup as resembling an in-boom system that has grown popular on large boats but has not been applied at this small scale.0:33 Jonas is also building a James Wharram Tiki 38 catamaran and shows Yrvind components including hull panels, frames, and a wind vane.2:57 Yrvind returns home with four aluminum extrusion sections and notes the round trip consumed a full day, starting and ending near Västervik, Sweden.5:23 Surplus Selden in-boom extrusions can be repurposed for small-boat sail-handling systems.5:11
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