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Gig Harbor Boat Works Scamp

Standing Lug · Daggerboard · First built 2013

A John Welsford-designed pocket cruiser featuring a standing lug rig and daggerboard for versatile shoal-water sailing

Designed by John Welsford.

LOA
Beam
Displacement
Hull type
Daggerboard

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Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

TrailerableBeam 1.62 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 191 kg of hull, so roughly 800 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.
CoastalBluewater

At 2.85 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.85
EasygoingPowered-up

28.6 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 28.6

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

  • Heavier than ~95% of boats her size on file

Compared with 291 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Standing Lug
Ratios
SA / displacement
28.6
Capsize screening
2.85
Hull
Hull type
Daggerboard
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Water
Production
Years built
First built 2013
Designer
John Welsford
Builder
Gig Harbor Boat Works

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Related models

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