Comments on: BETH Sailing Canoe plan – Fast, Easy build classic Lug. https://www.storerboatplans.com/boatplans/beth-sailing-canoe/ Boat plans with excellent instructions - Performance and beauty Tue, 11 Apr 2023 00:26:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Michael Storer https://www.storerboatplans.com/boatplans/beth-sailing-canoe/#comment-9908 Mon, 25 Nov 2019 11:08:58 +0000 http://www.storerboatplans.com/wp/?p=12101#comment-9908 In reply to Jim Champ.

Hi Jim,
Yes, my friend Koos uses a short pry seat for his Artemis canoe. That would make hiking out on the BETH a bit more easy without overloading the rig. This is the Artemis without the short hiking plank deployed. I guess it comes about 600mm (2ft) beyond the gunwale.

Koos and his artemis canoe with one of our RSS sails

A good dinghy or canoe sailor would have little trouble with a short board like this. But an intermediate sailor could have an (or several) interesting experiences!

Definitely the BETH Structure is OK for a short seat that extends no more than 600mm beyond the gunwale. There would a a bit of thinking to allow for the coaming around the cockpit, which though very low does keep a lot of water out of the boat.

MIK

]]> By: Jim Champ https://www.storerboatplans.com/boatplans/beth-sailing-canoe/#comment-9907 Sun, 24 Nov 2019 12:08:43 +0000 http://www.storerboatplans.com/wp/?p=12101#comment-9907 Yep, pros and cons of the sliding seat are well stated and valid. Are you, though, familiar with the minimal little sitting out extensions used by some of the Northern European Canoe classes? The German Taifun and several Swedish classes are examples. About the size of an ordinary office chair seat they provide a modest increase in righting moment for modest extra weight and cost? Typically they are folding or pivoting, so off the water handling is just the same. Worth considering? https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/photos/internationalcanoe/yandy177952.jpg

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