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Wanderer (Dinghy)

Fractional Sloop · Centerboard Dinghy · First built 1965

An Ian Proctor-designed fractional sloop updated by Phil Morrison, featuring an optional ballasted centerboard

Designed by Ian Proctor, built by Porter Brothers.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Hull type
Centerboard Dinghy

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Character

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

TrailerableBeam 1.78 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 136 kg of hull, so roughly 750 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 136 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 0.12 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
CoastalBluewater

At 3.49 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 3.49
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 41.1

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

  • Draws less than ~93% of boats her size on file

Compared with 372 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
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
41.1
Capsize screening
3.49
Hull
Hull type
Centerboard Dinghy
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1965
Units built
1600
Designer
Ian Proctor
Builder
Porter Brothers, Hartley Boats

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The family

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