McDougall Waszp

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The McDougall Waszp, on the water

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Character

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TrailerableBeam 2.25 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 48 kg of hull, so roughly 650 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Shoal draftDraws 1.00 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.

CoastalBluewater

At 6.24 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 6.24

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 63.1

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

Lighter than ~77% of boats her size on file
Draws more than ~78% of boats her size on file
Beamier than ~99% of boats her size on file

Compared with 186 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The McDougall Waszp, as the fleet has seen it

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The McDougall Waszp is a 3.4-meter foiling dinghy designed by Andrew McDougall, built from 2016 to the present, with over 1,237 units produced by September 2022. This one-design sailboat features an unstayed cat rig, a daggerboard hull, and wings, displacing 48 kg. Its draft is 1.0 meter, but it is also described as "low riding." The Waszp is available with a smaller 6.9 sqm sail.12:30 Asker Seilforening, Norway’s second-largest sailing club, actively promotes foiling classes including the Waszp.1:07

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen 2 times across one channel of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Rig & sail area

Rig

Cat (unstayed)

Ratios

SA / displacement

63.1

Capsize screening

6.24

Hull

Hull type

Dbrd. Dinghy

Construction

Infused epoxy

Production

Years built

First built 2016

Designer

Andrew McDougall

Builder

McDougall, McConaghy

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Related models

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