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17' Bes Lugger Yawl (2014) - LUCIA

  • P5240378

  • Owner’s Description

    Lucia is an open campcruiser for oar and sail.
    I aimed at a simple construction, with elegant looks. The skill needed to build her is basic to intermediate.
    In fact she has the same number of parts as a modern Swampscott dory.

    I always liked Joel White’s Shellback dinghy, so I used her lines as inspiration. I drew her on a 1 to 10 scale. Did a few basic calculations and then a friend, Klaas Bes, naval architect, faired the lines and did the final calculations.
    He provided me with fullsize templates of the stations and then I built her over a period of 2 years.

    The mainmast was a used flagpole and the mizzen is a used windsurf mast. The rudder and several blocks were from a free OK Dinghy. As I am a sailmaker and wanted to compare her with Iain Oughtreds Ness Yawl she has a comparable rig; at first Lucia only had a mainsail but I found she was practically neutral on her helm so I added a mizzen and a skeg. It made her much more directionally stable and she was noticed much more on the water. We are pleased with her sailing and rowing qualities, did a few rallies, took her to France to La Semaine du Golfe, and hope to row her on the Canal Grande in Venice some day

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    4 thoughts on “17' Bes Lugger Yawl (2014) - LUCIA”

    • Bert Bowers 4 years ago

      I really like what you’ve done by lengthening the Shellback design. I worked with a group in my Yacht Club in northern New York back in 2006 and built a fleet of 15 Shellbacks. Had great fun racing them, But now mine is with my son. I have a lug rigged 17 foot boat named Let’s Go, which is listed in this show. I am thinking of adding a mizzen sail as you have done.
      Bert Bowers

      • Frank van Zoest Post author 4 years ago

        Thanks Bert, I saw your boat, very nice, and I think she would do great when rigged as a gaff sloop, with a topsail for fun. Frank

    • Bert van Baar 5 years ago

      Hi Frank,
      Jullie hier?
      Leuk!
      Groeten,
      Bert & Joke

      • Frank van Zoest Post author 5 years ago

        Hoi Bert, jij vond dat ik mij bij OCH moest abboneren. En het is hier leu. Groet Frank

        Great boats all over the place.