WATER WAG
Gaffhead Sloop • Centerboard Dinghy • Built 1887
Dimensions
- LOA
- 13 ft
- LWL
- — ft
- Beam
- 4.83 ft
- Max Draft
- 1.67 ft
- Min Draft
- 0.5 ft
- Displacement
- 375 lbs
- Ballast
- — lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 2.68 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 33.8
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- —
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- —
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 110 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Centerboard Dinghy
- Rig Type
- Gaffhead Sloop
- Hull Material
- Wood (clinker)
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1887
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- 44
Notes:
Based on a prototype 'Cemiostama',(1878?), which in turn derived from an earlier Norwegian type.
The design was modified slightly (from double ended to transom) and standardized in 1900.(J.E. Doyle)
The WATER WAG is reputedly the oldest one-design class in the world still racing. (at Dun Laoghaire Harbour, Ireland) and administered by the Water Wag Club.
Spinnaker area: 60 sq. ft.