Traditional gaff rigged day-boat
| Hull length / waterline | 4.46 / 4.06 m | Sail area | 14.3 m² | ||
| Breadth / waterline | 1.68 / 1.46 m | Outboard motor | 4 hp | ||
| Draught | 0.25 / 0.86 m | Design category / Crew | C3 / D4 | ||
| Light weight clinker / Strip planked | 350 / 390 kg | Building time with kit | 500 hours |
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Beg-Meil is a traditional day-boat, gaff sloop rigged, 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 more than 1000 plans already sold. The first Beg-Meil, named Pepito, was launched in Carnac in July 2005. She was built by the amateur builder Benoit Brabant using a kit supplied by Icarai. See our photo album. Many others are sailing or under construction.
Karl Nelson is building a Beg-Meil and keeps a very detailed blog.
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Francois Vivier –
Yes, it is possible to sleep on board Beg-Meil. The floorboard length is above 2.4 m and the side deck gives a better shelter.
Serg –
Am I right in understanding that you can sleep on board just like on the Ilur?
Pablo Monat –
Dear François. I am a big fan of your designs. It changed my life in what to expect of a sail boat. You got confused because i adressed a Juan and you do not know who he his. Juan is the person which made the comment above of mine. He is from Argentina as I am and I asked him if by chance he built a Beg -Meil in Argentina. Beg Mail Is my favourite of your designs for big rivers which abound here in Argentina. If there is a Beg Mail in Argentina I definitely want to see it, and if possible sail it. Some day i may build one by my own… i know that both post are 4 years apart. But who knows Juan come back around!?
Kind regards and sorry for the confusion.
Pablo Monat
CARATGE Dominique –
Depuis septembre 2017 … j’ ai presque fini de construire ce joli bateau . Il reste à lui trouver un port d’attache .
Le plus délicat reste la pose des bordés en clins avec le brochetage et la découpe de chaque bordé ….
Si des photos vous intéressent demandez moi par le site de F.vivier .
François Vivier –
Hello Juan. This was a mistake I have fixed. Thank you for your comment.
Juan –
Hey guys. I’ve seen you have the strip full size patterns by e-mail, but the clinker one just by mail. The problem is that I live in Argentina, and I’m not sure if you send mail to my country. I would like to buy the clinker full size pattern by e-mail.
Regards
Juan