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Escape Sailboat Co. Solsa

Cat (unstayed) · Centerboard Dinghy · 2000–2009

A lightweight centerboard dinghy featuring a boomless, unstayed SimpleRig that sets up like a kite

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Hull type
Centerboard Dinghy

Is it for you?

Character

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

TrailerableBeam 1.22 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 39 kg of hull, so roughly 650 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 39 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 0.08 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

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

Sail area / displacement 40.6

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

  • Lighter than ~78% of boats her size on file

Compared with 68 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 (unstayed)
Ratios
SA / displacement
40.6
Capsize screening
3.64
Hull
Hull type
Centerboard Dinghy
Construction
Polyethylene
Production
Years built
2000–2009
Designer
Escape Sailboat Co
Builder
Escape Sailboat Co

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.

Topper International Topper3.40 mSame hull family0.7 m longerAn Ian Proctor-designed polypropylene dinghy featuring an unstayed cat rig and three versatile sail-area configurations
Isle of Dogs Sea Cadets race at London Regatta May 25 in blustery conditions,from City Sailing
McDougall Waszp3.35 mSame hull family0.6 m longerA one-design foiling dinghy featuring wings and an unstayed rig, built in the thousands for high-performance racing
Asker Sailing Club5:14from SEILmagasinet

The family

Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

Escape Sailboat Co. MamboA 3.51-metre dinghy built on the Captiva hull, featuring a boomless, unstayed SimpleRig for quick, responsive handlingEscape Sailboat Co. MangoA lightweight centerboard dinghy featuring a SmartRig that allows for infinite sail reefing with a single line

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