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SAIL Amsterdam is an absolute CHAOS! -Episode 4-
December 20, 2025 · 38 min · 105K views · Vlieland
Tall ship sails through crowded Amsterdam harbor under Dutch flag
What this video covers
A cracked stainless steel diesel tank discovered under the floorboards of the Contessa 35 Tessi dominates the passage south from Denmark through the Netherlands.0:12 Erik Aanderaa patches the crack with duct tape at Vliland, then deliberately runs the engine at full power across IJsselmeer to burn the fuel level below the crack point before reaching IJmuiden for a proper fix.10:56 Navigation through the buoyed channels approaching Harlingen requires watching the physical buoys rather than charts, because shifting sandbanks move faster than chart updates.4:06 Four attempts are needed to moor solo through a lock before a mechanical failure halts the sluice gate entirely.7:23 Aanderaa then joins Sail Amsterdam 2025 — a free maritime festival held every five years, this edition drawing roughly 10,000 participating boats — sailing the North Sea Canal through Amsterdam in dense, fender-scraping traffic among historic tall ships.18:05 He visits the Royal Netherlands Yacht Club at Muiden, founded 1847, where King Willem-Alexander keeps his boat De Groene Drak.22:20 A detour aboard Team Yayu's V65 out of Scheveningen produces 14-knot boat speed in 26 knots of wind.28:34 After 870 nautical miles from Norway, Tessi arrives at Sint Annalaen for the Benelux Contessa Rally, where over 30 Contessa boats — 32s, 34s, and 35s — gather for a regatta.32:44
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