Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
TrailerableBeam 1.19 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 36 kg of hull, so roughly 650 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 36 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draft shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draftDraws 0.05 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
CoastalBluewater
At 3.64 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.
Capsize screening 3.64
EasygoingPowered-up
31.9 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.
Sail area / displacement 31.9
Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.
Lighter than ~87% of boats her size on file
Narrower than ~87% of boats her size on file
Compared with 40 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
What the fleet has seen
The Newport Boats Flipper, as the fleet has seen it
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The Newport Boats Flipper is a 2.4-meter cat-rigged dinghy designed by Carter Pyle and Joe Quigg, built by Newport Boats and Lockley Newport Boats from 1966 to the present. Its unstayed rig and daggerboard hull contribute to its 36 kg displacement and 0.7-meter draft. A notable feature is its foam-filled double bottom, designed to prevent sinking.2:40
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Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cat (unstayed)
Ratios
SA / displacement
31.9
Capsize screening
3.64
Hull
Hull type
Dbrd. Dinghy
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1966
Units built
580
Designer
Carter Pyle, Joe Quigg
Builder
Newport Boats, Lockley Newport Boats
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