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10th May 2010, 12:50 PM #1Novice
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BETH -Skippy- Building a wooden sailing canoe in Tasmania
Hi,
the first movements are finally stirring in my boat building garage. The construction of my Beth Sailing Canoe, Skippy will be documented at: http://www.boating.lveska.com
I have already gathered so much useful information from this forum.
Laurie
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11th May 2010, 01:41 AM #2
WOW! Great! Another Beth in the World!
Keep posting your photos here - please! (It's so easy by "[img]image url[/img]")
For example:
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14th May 2010, 05:05 PM #3Novice
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Thanks Robert,
I have enjoyed your posts and have collected many of your construction photos. I hope to start cutting out the side panels tomorrow, will provide links to photos as you describe.
Cheers,
Laurie.
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17th May 2010, 12:27 PM #4Novice
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A little background on my choice of a Michael Storer 'Beth' Sailing Canoe.
I have owned several trailer-able boats from 25' down to my current 15' Navigator. Small is better in my view. The Navigator is now my 'big' family boat.. My functional requirements are for a vessel:
- one person could launch and retrieve using a hand trolley
- one person could lift and carry for a short distance
- one person could self-propel
- that was fun to sail
- that was easily reefed (more on this later)
- that could also accommodate a child at times
- that was relatively easy and cheap to build
- that looked good (in a Bolger-esque kind of way)
- that was suitable for its intended waters
I believe Beth meets most of these criteria, time will tell.
I also own some plastic canoes, they are fun and bullet-proof, but slow and lethargic. I understand that Beth is high performance in design, and quite tippy, I plan to tame her somewhat using reefing, and possibly using a roller reefing drum on the boom as per Matt Layden's Paradox or Enigma system (I own plans for Paradox). I will discuss this with Michael first - it is very naughty straying from the plans.
I plan to use the sailing canoe mostly in the Lewisham/Dodges Ferry area of southern Tasmania, Australia (see link below). Good access is available in all but the worst weather to the open sea via Tiger Head. Within the Pittwater area inside Tiger Head, conditions are generally very sheltered, strong North-Westerlies can stir things up quite a bit though. This area is very tidal with lots of sandbars and shallows to negotiate, I will have to look after Beth's beautifully designed foils very carefully.
Dodges Ferry - Google Maps
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17th May 2010, 08:34 PM #5
Awesome part of the world and should be great for sailing your Beth. We nearly bought a block of land on waterfront near Dunalley a couple of years ago, so I know the general area.
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17th May 2010, 11:56 PM #6
Laurie,
I think - probably Beth meets most of your criteria
About quick reefing: I think you (and I as well) need to reef if you expect than wind could be to srong for you - before the start a daysailing. We (you and me) needs to carefully watching of forecasts. Every wind's violant increasing can to be danger for small canoe an her skipper (over 15 kn. and 20 kn is really gale for us - and it's a sailing time for extreme experienced canoe sailors ). Beth has relatively big sail area (as a racing boat as well!!!) - most of known by me touring sailing canoes, with similar dimensions, have 5,0 - 6,5 (max!) sqm of sail area - than we need to reef earlier then other ones. I'm preparing of simple quick reefing system - clams on booms for reeflines and I intend to reef a mainsail by dropping it into a cockpit, taking reef nad hoisting it again (by MIK's advice).
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PS: Hoping to launch my Beth "YuanFen" next week and check out of described above
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18th May 2010, 07:04 PM #7
There is a Beaufort's scale for canoe sailors
Canoe Sailing Magazine - A Beaufort Wind-Scale for Canoe-Sailors
Enjoy
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18th May 2010, 07:42 PM #8
Welcome Laurie!
Will be indeed nice to have another Beth around.
The mizzen will seldom need reefing and as Robert has passed on I found it easier just to drop the mainsail completely and reef it then rehoist. I suspect most of the roller reefing systems to result in a pretty poor sail shape.
Best wishes
Michael
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20th May 2010, 11:42 AM #9Novice
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Thanks Michael,
I will probably stay with the sails as per the plans. Can't help myself from pondering "what ifs" though.
Gee, block planes are a pleasure to use, I want more planes! First time I have used a Japanese Pull Saw, it cuts easier, truer and faster than I am prepared to go! Who needs power tools with 4mm ply?
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20th May 2010, 11:11 PM #10
Welcome to the world of wooden boatbuilding VICE.
MIK
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21st May 2010, 12:56 PM #11
Who needs power tools with 4mm ply?
Well lets see when you come to sanding down all that epoxy coating.. HEHEHE. I think a ROS is the #1 essential power tool!
Have fun!Nick
Fair Winds and Following Seas
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Storer Eureka 155 - unnamed
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20th February 2011, 02:00 PM #12Novice
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Some more progress
A little more progress on my Beth to report. A certain course of events conspired to reduce my building time over the last 6 months...
I am about to glue the sides to the bottom. I ended up using rounded-over internal chine logs partly to reduce weight, but also I like the look. It will make fitting the bulkheads and knees a little more difficult, but it should be OK.
Wood used for the internal chine log is treated pine - ripped lengthwise from a long piece of decking, then rounded over with a router bit. Treated pine is a good boat building wood in my opinion in that it is cheap, light, strong (if chosen carefully), readily available (at least in my locale) and very resistant to rot. It is much more flexible than the equivalent untreated pine such as Radiata which makes it great for bending around tight radii. My Navigator has internal stringers etc of treated pine too.
Next step is to make the bow and stern posts.
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17th June 2011, 09:59 PM #14Novice
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bulkheads are up
I have taken a week off work during the school holidays, and in amongst helping to keep the kids entertained, I have also managed some more Beth construction:
Centrecase is installed now.
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17th June 2011, 10:24 PM #15
Really happy to see another BETH in 3D!!!
I can see some differences in centreboard installation process or not?
Probably not. Your centrecase is not glued on place - it is a fit before glueing. I can not see notches in bulkheads for centrecase's bedlogs etc.:
Centrecaseandknees02 by robhosailor, on Flickr
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