Thread: BETH - new build with pics by Norm Lehman

Howdy Clint,

With me aboard the original BETH is a bit slower than a well sailed Laser around a triangular course. I generally came in about mid fleet working hard. Broad reaching she is pretty devastating. Upwind she can hang in OK .. and do better than hang in when the wind and waves get up ... the waves don't slow her as much as a Laser. Beam reaching is the weak point. The Laser is pretty optimal here compared to the narrow canoe.

Light stuff she is pretty good too because heeled she has a very low wetted surface.

Paddling .. I've always looked at it as a residual quality rather than the main game. When it goes real light she can be paddled some destance but it ain't as nice as a proper canoe.

As soon as there is wind at all she sails pretty well .. so never really had to paddle far.

Michael