Adopt a Wayfarer

(A Wayfarer ready to be adopted)

(An interior view of the Mark III Wayfarer)

Builder
Abbott Boats Inc. (Canada)

Designer
Ian Proctor

Specifications

• Length: 15 ft. 10 in. /  4.83 m
• Beam: 6 ft. 1 in. /  1.85 m
• Draft, board up: 0 ft. 8 in. /  0.20 m
• Draft, board down: 3 ft. 10 in. /  1.17 m
• Displacement: 372 lbs. /  168 kg

(A navy blue Wayfarer equipped with a standard cover and standard trailer)

Remarks
By far the most popular sailing dinghy of its type, the Wayfarer is an ideal day sailing / cruising dinghy or racer that's exciting, dependable, and simple to sail. The boat is easily handled by a crew of two, however a family of six can sail her in comfort. Her ability to make long, open-water passages has been demonstrated many times. With a beam of 6 feet (1.8m) and a double chine hull, the Wayfarer is inherently very stable and very difficult to capsize. A retractable rudder and centerboard allows sailing in shallow water and easy beaching. The large fore and aft watertight buoyancy compartments accommodate everything needed for a week's cruise.

Abbott Boats Incorporated is Canada’s exclusive builder of the Wayfarer. The Abbott’s with over 50 years of boat building and international sailing experience, have a well-established reputation for excellence as builders and sailors of the legendary Olympic Class International Soling, the Abbott 22 and the incredible Abbott 33. That same expertise, precise attention to functional details, quality construction and class development experience goes into every Abbott Wayfarer.

(A forest green Wayfarer on the standard Cradle Ride trailer)

Below is a diagram of the Wayfarer and its labeled components.

For serious class racing or family cruising…

By far the most popular sailing dinghy of its type, the Wayfarer is an ideal day sailing, cruising dinghy or racer that’s exciting dependable and simple to sail.

This spirited 15’10" (4.8m) class racer is the perfect choice for active families, first-time sailors and cottage owners alike. The boat is easily handled by a crew of two; however, with its large 9’ (2.74m) open cockpit equipped with seats; a family of six can sail her in comfort. She is even easy to rig and sail single handedly. With a beam of 6’ (1.8m) and a double chine hull, the Wayfarer is inherently very stable and very difficult to capsize. Her particular qualities as a boat in which to learn to sail has made the Wayfarer by far the most popular first time buyers’ boat around.

Other attractive features include the pivoted mast for ease of handling, the retractable rudder and centerboard for sailing in shallow water and for beaching, the large fore and aft watertight buoyancy compartments which can accommodate spare clothing and a picnic for the family for a day or everything needed for a week’s cruise, food, cooking equipment, sleeping bags and even a small outboard.

A generous sail area, a spinnaker and a planing hull make the boat an excellent racing boat. An extensive racing program, both in Canada and the U.S.A. is available for competitive sailors. The Wayfarer has achieved world renown as a cruising dinghy. Two can sleep comfortably on the wide flat and dry floor of the boat under a tent supported on the boom. Her ability to make long open water passages has been demonstrated many times.

The North Sea has been crossed several times and a Wayfarer has been sailed from Scotland to Iceland. Georgian Bay on Lake Huron and Lake Ontario have been circumnavigated. These feats in the world of dinghy sailing more than testify to the great seaworthiness and ease of handling of the Wayfarer.

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