Beg-Meil
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- FV-BEGMEIL
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- Printed plans shipped and PDF plans emailed by Francois Vivier
Description
Traditional gaff rigged day-boat
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| Hull length / waterline | 4.46 / 4.06 m | Sail area | 14.3 m² | ||
| Breadth / waterline | 1.68 / 1.46 m | Outboard motor | 4 hp | ||
| Draught | 0.25 / 0.86 m | Design category / Crew | C3 / D4 | ||
| Light weight clinker / Strip planked | 350 / 390 kg | Building time with kit | 500 hours |
Beg-Meil is a traditional day-boat, gaff sloop rigged, just like many that existed in the old days. It is elegant and seaworthy with its half-deck and varnished wood coamings. A steel pivoting centreboard (40 kg) provides stability and performance. She could be used as a day boat, in the style of old dinghies. You can sail alone, or with a crew of 3 and even 4. She is planked over plywood bulkheads, either with wooden strips or marine plywood lapstrakes. The lapstrake or clinker-built version is easier to build.
Launching and recovering from a trailer is effortless.
Hull shapes are the same as Ilur. Ilur is a reference sail and oars boat, with more than 1000 plans already sold. The first Beg-Meil, named Pepito, was launched in Carnac in July 2005. She was built by the amateur builder Benoit Brabant using a kit supplied by Icarai. See our photo album. Many others are sailing or under construction.
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