Thomas B. Middleton (1900 design, James or Mamie Doyle)
Location
Dublin Bay, Ireland
Year
1887
Design
Open 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."
Name
Water Wag
Boat
Crew
2
Hull
Construction
Larch or silver spruce planking
LOA
13 feet 0 inches (3.96 m)
Beam
4 feet 10 inches (1.47 m)
Hull appendages
Keel/board type
Boilerplate
Rig
Rig type
Sloop rig
Mast length
13 feet (4.0 m)
Sails
Mainsail area
75 square feet (7.0 m2)
Jib/genoa area
None
Spinnaker area
60 square feet (5.6 m2)
Total sail area
10.22 m2 (110.0 sq ft)
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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.
^Vincent Delany (30 August 2017). "130th season for the Water Wags". Yachts and Yachting. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
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