Thread: BETH -YuanFen- Building a wooden sailing canoe in Poland - Budowa drewnianej kanadyjk

Originally Posted by Boatmik

Nice photos Robert,

The Mizzen needs to come a little bit further forward

The downhaul maybe about 75mm further back along the boom and the halyard attachment on the yard about the same distance further back or so the boom goes up a little towards the back compared to the front.

Thank you Michael,

It was corrected later (after photos). Reason for this crease was the block on the yard slided forward (bad lashing of the block).

I have small dolly* from my friend (owner of "Doppio"):

("Doppio" and "YuanFen" in front of my garage)



I will to teach balanced lug sails tomorrow at tiny lake Jezioro Dziekanowskie near my house. They are really different than known by me (all my previous boats were bermudian rigged) but very promising. I like gybying under balanced lug sail - it's more smooth and gentle than by not balanced sails!

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*) I need to make my own dolly (I have similar weels and plywood for platform...) a bit different - weels wide positioned as Beths beam.

Originally Posted by robhosailor

I will to teach balanced lug sails tomorrow at tiny lake Jezioro Dziekanowskie near my house.

"Teach"??? "Teach myself"? "Learn"? Sorry for my English!

This day I've launched my Beth "YuanFen" at lake. Few ours of sailing in light air up to moderate breeze (up to Force 4) N, flat water (no waves). First reef on main - generally enaugh for unexperienced sailor. Mostly sitting on bottom. Few moments with really hiking (F 4)!!!
Similar experiences than previously, but sailor in better condition
She is really fine boat! I like it very much! I'm felling younger myself

No photos from this day

Originally Posted by robhosailor

"Teach"??? "Teach myself"? "Learn"? Sorry for my English!

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No need to apologise Robert, your English is much, much better than our Polish! We understand what you mean, which means your English is pretty good!

It seems like you are becoming more accustomed to "YuanFen" and by the end of summer you'll have a "six pack" (defined abdominal muscles)

Originally Posted by robhosailor

Thank you Michael,
I will to teach balanced lug sails tomorrow at tiny lake Jezioro Dziekanowskie near my house. They are really different than known by me (all my previous boats were bermudian rigged) but very promising. I like gybying under balanced lug sail - it's more smooth and gentle than by not balanced sails!

It is quite interesting how different the boat feels when gybing. It was one of the most striking differences I found with the lug rig on Beth compared to all the conventional rigs I had sailed under at that point.

MIK

There are photos from yesterday's sailing at Jezioro Dziekanowskie (tiny lake near my house) - wind Force 3-4 (5-6 m/s) one reef at mainsail and accidentaly real hiking (no photos of hiking than wind increased by few hours):















More photos there:
YunFen na Jeziorze Dziekanowskim, 26.06.2010 - a set on Flickr
An author of these photos is Wojtek Bagiński (owner of "Doppio")

Enjoy!

Hi All,

Today is hot and almost no wind day with clear azure sky...

I've sailed my Beth "YuanFen" infront of the garage for check out adjustement's possibilities of lugsail. There are photos of perfect (probably) lug mainsail :

I would be pretty happy with that sail. Looks quite nice.

For racing I would probably ease the outhaul of the mainsail to get more depth in the bottom third, but for learning, cruising, strong winds and ultralight winds it is OK as it is.

I would be happy with your sailmaker.

MIK

Thank you Michael

Yes - a sailmaker good work did.

Do you remember our talk about new stiff "L" shape boom and foot loose of mainsail for easier adjustement of outhaul? Original system designed by you for Beth (and built by me) is quit good but outhaul adjustement is a bit harder but possible too. I need to change type of cord there.

This morning is hot (over 30 degree of Celsius) and almost total calm like as yesterday were... prognoses for this afternoon better are (wind 3-4 m/s but very short circa 1800). No sailing on tiny lake...

The upside down L boom doesn't work very well. I should have remembered something about basic engineering - it twists badly around the centroid, so would have to be heavier than a normal boom to resist that.

MIK

Originally Posted by Boatmik

The upside down L boom doesn't work very well. I should have remembered something about basic engineering - it twists badly around the centroid, so would have to be heavier than a normal boom to resist that.

OK - thanks for clarification.
I'm pretty happy with classic round boom and "permanent" lashing

I thnk it is Ok to have the lashing and the round boom on BETH. She really is meant to give the feeling of an 1870s sailing canoe. So I like the lashing along the boom.

My guess is that downwind she is easier to sail compared to the original boats, maybe no faster, because they were fast too. In the 1870's they were said to be the fastest "machine" in the world. If you think the first cars and trains only did 10km/h maybe.

When speeds of 25mph ((40kp/h) were projected for trains they were worried that people might be sucked out the windows. Just like we think if a plane window breaks!

MIK