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Water Wag
Development
DesignerThomas B. Middleton (1900 design, James or Mamie Doyle)
LocationDublin Bay, Ireland
Year1887
DesignOpen timber punt
Role"A class of sailing punts, with centre boards, all built and rigged the same, so that an even harbour race may be had with a light rowing and generally useful boat."
NameWater Wag
Boat
Crew2
Hull
ConstructionLarch or silver spruce planking
LOA13 feet 0 inches (3.96 m)
Beam4 feet 10 inches (1.47 m)
Hull appendages
Keel/board typeBoilerplate
Rig
Rig typeSloop rig
Mast length13 feet (4.0 m)
Sails
Mainsail area75 square feet (7.0 m2)
Jib/genoa areaNone
Spinnaker area60 square feet (5.6 m2)
Total sail area10.22 m2 (110.0 sq ft)

The Water Wag is the oldest one-design dinghy in existence, having been devised in 1886 and formalised as a one-design class in Ireland in 1887. It was last modified in 1900. The class is still sailed to this day, notably with large Water Wag fleets racing during summer evenings from Dún Laoghaire harbour on Dublin Bay.[1] The Water Wag class is administered by the Water Wags club, based in Dún Laoghaire.

The Water Wag inspired similar one-design fleets around Ireland and subsequently around the world.

  1. ^ Vincent Delany (30 August 2017). "130th season for the Water Wags". Yachts and Yachting. Retrieved 20 December 2017.

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