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Thread: Doug's BETH sailing videos!
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4th November 2012, 03:28 AM #1
Doug's BETH sailing videos!
I've found videos of sailing canoe BETH built in USA, West Virginia, by Doug Minhau. Test skipper - Dave Gentry.
With Paul Helbert's homebuilt skin on frame boat designed by Dave Gentry:
As a rocket
Enjoy and feel free for comments!Last edited by robhosailor; 4th November 2012 at 03:56 AM. Reason: Sorry for my English :-(((
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8th November 2012, 11:33 AM #3SENIOR MEMBER
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That's not fair. They had all those wind generators guaranteeing a steady breeze.
The "Cosmos Mariner,"My Goat Island Skiff
http://s176.photobucket.com/albums/w168/MiddleAgesMan/
Starting the Simmons Sea Skiff 18
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37973275@N03/
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15th November 2012, 04:04 PM #4New Member
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Sailing Beth
Hello all - I meant to point these out on this forum, but I'm slow. That's me in the last video, sailing Doug Minchau's Beth. Doug is doing the sailing in all the other clips. This was last month, on Mt. Storm Lake which, as you may have gathered, consistently has good winds.
Doug's boat is a little rough around the edges, with a steel pipe mainmast and "interesting" foils, etc, but he's building in a vacuum out there in rural West Virginia, and he's got very small children . . . .
Regardless, his boat still sails just dandy. In fact, despite what I was led to believe by Mik himself, I found her to be quite docile and controllable on almost all points, and I had a great time sailing her. I did find her to be a bit squirrely when running dead downwind (note my awkward pose in the video), but I certainly was expecting worse. Doug's Beth was loathe to tack - or at least loathe to tack like a Laser - but I have no idea if that's typical of the design or just to that particular boat. { I am aware that canoes are traditionally slow in stays } In any case, just backing the main for a moment brought her about much quicker.
All in all, Beth is a design I'd be happy to own and sail - though, as a skin-on-frame convert, it might be difficult to convince me to build one!
Dave
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