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What about a rough wind?😮

Yes..yes..

Looks like the hardest part about capsizing is getting back in lol

That boat is assum. The recovery and the ease which the man climb back in...not many boats would have done better!!!

Wow she is very forgiving , you struggled to capsize her.

Took a fair bit of effort to get that little boat over, pretty impressive stability

Could probably do with a webbing/rope 'stirrup' rigged up that could be pulled out after righting to aid with getting back in.

Seen this small sail biat oiwrr causing icw buy swing yaght

Does it have only one daggerboard?

What an interesting design....the off-centre centreboard. I would love to know if it causes the boat to favor one side of the wind.

Awesome.

Does it only have a retractable bowline and one side only?

Impressive recovery.

trade ya

The guy obviously knows what he's doing don't know how a novice like me would fare good video 👍

Does anyone know of it is ballasted in this test?

If you could sleep fully inside, I might consider one... I know people have made passage in these, but I'd want a proper cabin and a self draining cockpit...

Is it harder to right it (with ballast) from the engerboard sice? Looks li ke the cb is not centefed but more on the right?

Need to see in open waters with some waves?

en essai en mer le bateau est déjà rempli d' eau...!! ce n'est pas un test réel sur une eau toute plate...!!

How about checking for turning turtle?

I'm looking forward to the clip when a scamp is heading for a low bridge, and at the last minute dips her gunnel and sails straight under like a boss.

This little cruiser looks to be ideal for a boom tent for on board camping! I quite like the capabilities of the Gorfnik design which allows full control from within the tiny cabin which also has the space for cooking, sleeping and living! I always wondered why there doesn't appear to be many compact cruisers that have the benefits of the Gorfnik cabin, surely having shelter from freezing wind and torrential rain and a dry cabin are benefits over open boat sailing.

I'm with Chris Leggatt!

The more I see of this brilliant little boat the more I want one

What an excellent design. Hats off to John Welsford. I want one. ❤️

I’m impressed

I've recently become interested in boat building as a hobby and I find the very very interesting. I never imagined this was a standard test. I guess it makes sense, you want to test safety features. That boat seems hard to capsize and easy to straighten up. Thanks for posting this. I wonder if you'll add steps to make it easy to board after this test and I see that the video is about 10 years old I wonder if that scamp still exist and how it's doing?

Now THAT is impressive!

there should be more balanced luggers around.

Agree!. very reassuring boat. Maybe my next project ;-)

This has nothing to do with S&A.

And now that I’ve read previous comments, I realise my observations were redundant and/or inaccurate, in parts. I didn’t realise the drop-keel swung down, so not a dagger. I didn’t put the “s” on the leeboard. That was (un)predictable spellchecker! I still like the cheeky little boat with it’s pronounced buttock lines...

Not really SO much... sorry.

Not really I much a leeboards so much as an offset dagger board. The asymmetry, aesthetically bothers me, but clearly not the scamp. A pair of leeboards would look nicer, I feel, but destroy the simplicity, and no doubt be far less efficient. I don’t doubt she may sail better on one tack than the other.

They said the Titanic was unsinkable - when all along in actuality it was the Scamp.

For an 11 foot boat it certainly seems and sails larger. Thanks

Would love to have a Scamp. Alas I'm in my 80's and I'm afraid it's too late with my arthritis.

What kind of a pea-brained video is this!?

Pretty difficult to capsize, I thought they are much more tender than that

shouldn't it have a bigger ballasted keel fin?

Show the boat dude

beautiful boat

lol

Paul, time to compare performance

Ah, the joys of a short wheelbase!

Beautiful... and definitely shared on all sorts of social media.

Not your best work me thinks......maybe four minutes too long!

Jason, good to hear your boat recovered easily even without ballast. In the event you experience an accidental capsize, you'll want to keep that water from getting below the floor or remove it promptly. Although the extra weight would appear to add stability, the free surface effect of water sloshing from side to side could actually make the boat less stable ultimately. Thanks for the report.

i did my first capsize tests this week. i didnt tie my centreboard like this one and it fell back in. i capsized it with the centreboard on the low side. i didnta have water ballast in but had my anchor and camping gear stored in the boat. it only took me about thirty seconds to right it again. my skegs are a bit longer then the prototype and easier to grab. what was cool is all the water drained under the cockpit floor. it only took about a minute or so to completely drain. when i did sail it again it sailed a lot better with all the extra water on board. i love my boat. its fun. my brother in law did video tape me on his phone he may post it sometime. i have a cheap bamboo mast as well but it stayed in good. didnt seem to float as good as this sail though.