LOA |
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4.46 m - 14' 8" |
LWL |
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4.06 m - 13' 4" |
Beam |
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1.68 m - 5' 6" |
Weight: clinker/strip |
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280 /310 kg - 617/683 lbs. |
Sail area |
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14.3 m² - 154 ft² |
Beg-Meil is a traditional, gaff sloop rigged, day-boat just like many that existed in the old days. It is elegant and seaworthy with its half-deck and varnished wood coamings. A steel pivoting centreboard (40 kg) provides stability and performance. She could be used as a day boat, in the style of old dinghies. You can sail alone, or with a crew of 3 and even 4. She is planked over plywood bulkheads, either with wooden strips or marine plywood lapstrakes. The lapstrake or clinker-built version is easier to build.
Launching and recovering from a trailer is effortless.
Hull shapes are the same as Ilur. Ilur is a reference sail and oars boat, with nearly 1000 plans already sold. The first Beg-Meil, named Pepito (photo above), was launched in Carnac in July 2005. She was built by the amateur builder Benoit Brabant using a kit supplied by Icarai. Many others are under construction.
Click HERE for a two page PDF document with a few Beg-Meil drawings (in French)
Click the thumbnails below for Beg-Meil photo albums:
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