A single-handed skiff featuring adjustable wings to balance sailor weight and a powerful 15.4 square meter asymmetric spinnaker
Designed by Nick Peters & Alex Southon.
LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Hull type
Dbrd. Dinghy
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
TrailerableBeam 1.93 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 79 kg of hull, so roughly 700 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 79 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 0.15 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
CoastalBluewater
At 4.54 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.
Capsize screening 4.54
EasygoingPowered-up
69.9 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.
Sail area / displacement 69.9
Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.
Beamier than ~85% of boats her size on file
Compared with 374 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
The record
Full specifications
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Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cat (Marconi)
Ratios
SA / displacement
69.9
Capsize screening
4.54
Hull
Hull type
Dbrd. Dinghy
Construction
Carbon Fiber
Production
Years built
First built 2001
Designer
Nick Peters, Alex Southon
Builder
RS Sailing
Boats like this, on the water
Nobody has filmed this one — but these are close.
Comparable boats the fleet has on camera: same type, within a quarter of her length. Open the boat, or watch the video — a timestamp means she only appears in passing.
Several Under License 29er4.40 mSame hull family0.3 m shorterA high-performance skiff designed by Julian Bethwaite, featuring a powerful fractional rig for competitive racing
Spindrift 134.06 mSame hull family0.6 m shorterA Hubert Vandestadt-designed centerboard dinghy with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio for lively, responsive sailing
Alcort Sunfish4.24 mSame hull family0.4 m shorterWith a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio of 47.02, this nimble 4.24-meter dinghy remains a benchmark for simple
Ilca 7 (Laser-International)4.23 mSame hull family0.4 m shorterA Bruce Kirby-designed Olympic class dinghy featuring a simple unstayed cat rig and a lightweight, high-performance hull
CL Sailboats 144.32 mSame hull family0.4 m shorterA 109-kilogram fractional sloop built since 1980, offering a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio for lively handling
Fairey Marine Firefly3.66 mSame hull family1.0 m shorterThe 1948 Olympic single-handed class, this Uffa Fox design was the first sailboat ever produced by Fairey Marine
