A 3.51-metre dinghy built on the Captiva hull, featuring a boomless, unstayed SimpleRig for quick, responsive handling
LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Hull type
Centerboard Dinghy
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
TrailerableBeam 1.52 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 89 kg of hull, so roughly 700 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 89 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 3.45 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.
Capsize screening 3.45
EasygoingPowered-up
30.5 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.
Sail area / displacement 30.5
Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.
The record
Full specifications
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Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cat (unstayed)
Ratios
SA / displacement
30.5
Capsize screening
3.45
Hull
Hull type
Centerboard Dinghy
Construction
Polyethylene
Production
Years built
2000–2009
Designer
Escape Sailboat Co
Builder
Escape Sailboat Co
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.
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Hunter Marine 1404.27 mSame hull family0.8 m longerA lightweight fractional sloop designed for responsive dinghy sailing with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio
International 144.27 mSame hull family0.8 m longerA high-performance development racing dinghy that has served as a testing ground for innovations like the trapeze since 1928
O'day 123.76 mSame hull family0.3 m longerA lightweight cat-rigged dinghy featuring a simple unstayed mast and daggerboard, sharing her hull with the Widgeon
Fairey Marine Firefly3.66 mSame hull family0.2 m longerThe 1948 Olympic single-handed class, this Uffa Fox design was the first sailboat ever produced by Fairey Marine
RS Feva3.64 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA Paul Handley-designed fractional dinghy with a high power-to-weight ratio, widely raced in its XL configuration
