Double-handed sailing dinghy Wayfarer

recreational

Why does Hartley Boats believe that the Wayfarer is the best 16ft (4.88m) dinghy in the world? Simply because this is the most STABLE sailing dinghy of its size ever built. The only dinghy that you can stand two adults on the side deck and the boat will still not capsize, this is due to the best dinghy Naval Architect in the world at the time Ian Proctor. His vision, to build the hull in a chined style method and to incorporate stability characteristics that would be unique and set this boat apart from all the other dinghies at the time of build and for many years to come. With a proven track record of over sixty years. Successfully sailed in eighteen countries throughout the world, used by over 1,700 sailing schools, training centres and by many holiday sailing schools, with nearly 12,000 boats sold throughout the world. The only sailing dinghy to sail from the UK waters to Denmark, with numerous channel crossings and just last year three Wayfarers circumnavigated completely round the UK. In 1995 when Hartley Boats was founded, the first boat we started to build was the Kestrel Race dinghy. This was a safe and quick boat but, with a rounded hull it was easy to capsize. Several months later we were fortunate to be offered the Wayfarer Copyright, patterns and the tooling. This was an opportunity we jumped at, with a massive investment but we were determined to buy, an opportunity like this could not be missed. As the deal would take several months to complete we decided we should buy a new Wayfarer from Moore’s, the existing builder and we should sail and test the boat to ensure we understood thoroughly all the qualities and benefits of the boat.