BoatsAccess 2.3

Access 2.3

Cat (Marconi) · Fin w/transom Hung Rudder · First built 2006

A 2.3-metre cat-rigged dinghy designed for accessible sailing with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio

Designed by Chris Mitchell, built by Hansa Sailing Systems.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/transom Hung Rudder

Is it for you?

Character

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

TrailerableBeam 1.25 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 72 kg of hull, so roughly 650 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 72 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draught shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draughtDraws 0.75 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
CoastalBluewater

At 3.03 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 3.03
EasygoingPowered-up

21.8 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 21.8
TenderStiff

28% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 28%

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

The record

Full specifications

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

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
27.7%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cat (Marconi)
Ratios
SA / displacement
21.8
Capsize screening
3.03
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/transom hung rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 2006
Designer
Chris Mitchell
Builder
Hansa Sailing Systems

The family

Boats like this

Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.

Hansa 303 (Access)A high-stability, lifting-keel dinghy designed by Chris Mitchell for accessible, responsive sailing

Keep looking

Nothing filmed of this one yet

Two ways to keep looking — both search what the fleet has actually recorded.

Search the fleet for boats like thisAsk the fleet about the Access 2.3

The newsletter

New boats, new stories. Every week, everywhere.

One email from the fleet — boats newly added, videos newly analysed. No noise.

Report an issue