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Hansa 303 (Access)

Lifting Keel · First built 2003

A high-stability, lifting-keel dinghy designed by Chris Mitchell for accessible, responsive sailing

Designed by Chris Mitchell.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Lifting Keel

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The Hansa 303 (Access), on the water

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Character

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TrailerableBeam 1.35 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 85 kg of hull, so roughly 700 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 85 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 1.00 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
CoastalBluewater

At 3.10 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 3.10
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 30.6
TenderStiff

35% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 35%

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

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Sailed by the fleet

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Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
35.3%
Rig & sail area
Ratios
SA / displacement
30.6
Capsize screening
3.10
Hull
Hull type
Lifting Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 2003
Designer
Chris Mitchell
Builder
Hansa Sailing

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