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Dyer Boats Midget (Hi-Sheer)

Gunter · Dbrd. Dinghy · First built 1952

A Rhodes-designed gunter-rigged dinghy from 1952, featuring a high-sheer hull and a nimble 40kg displacement

Designed by Rhodes & Dyer.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Hull type
Dbrd. Dinghy

Is it for you?

Character

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

TrailerableBeam 1.24 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 41 kg of hull, so roughly 650 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 41 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 0.12 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

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

Sail area / displacement 28.7

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

  • Draws more than ~88% of boats her size on file

Compared with 34 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
Gunter
Ratios
SA / displacement
28.7
Capsize screening
3.64
Hull
Hull type
Dbrd. Dinghy
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1952
Designer
Rhodes, Dyer
Builder
Dyer

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.

Newport Boats Flipper2.44 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthAn ultra-light 36kg cat-rigged dinghy designed by Carter Pyle and Joe Quigg for high-performance, unstayed sailing
A Knack for Sailing: Christen With on 60 years in the service of sailing2:40from SEILmagasinet

The family

Boats like this

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

Dyer Boats DhowA WWII-era utility dinghy designed for PT boat rescue, featuring a high power-to-weight ratio and versatile cat rigDyer Boats DinkA Philip Rhodes-designed centerboard dinghy with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio, built since 1934

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