4.5m dinghy - Radosław Werszko

Radosław Werszko - wooden dinghy designer and builder

4.5m dinghy

Just the two-person sailing boat - fast, efficient upwind, easily planing. However, you do not need

racing skills or special fitness to sail her away.

LOA 4.50 m

Beam 1.80 m

Draft 0.125 m

Draft (cb down) 0.93 m

Hull weight 100 kg

Sail area (main and jib) 12.0 sq m

Spinnaker area 12.0 sq m

Building plans to the 4.5m dinghy include newly redesigned

boat, and are in the form of zipped file that contains six

detailed drawings in PDF format. The plans will be sent to

your email address after paying a fee of €45.

Most orders are sent within 2-3 days or less. Your payment

will not be accepted until plans are sent.

The dinghy that I spotted on

a Russian-language forum.

Andrei Karpukhin decided to

make the side of his boat 15 cm

above the original sheer line -

Russia.

Simeon Stoilov's boat in progress.

Tomasz Kozłowski started up

from the centreboard and rudder,

and completing the rig. Now the

work on his boat is well advanced

- Poland.

In the picture the bow of the

boat is pointing to the Irish Sea

which is 2 km away - Mike Bolton,

North Wales, UK.

György Sáfrán of Hungary plans

to take the first trip in his new boat

on the lake Balaton.

The boat being built by Santa

Cruz Alejandro Dario in Buenos

Aires, Argentina.

Gonzalo Olivera of Argentina

is quite advanced in building

his boat.

Martin Allietti hopes to finish

his dinghy before summer time.

Brent Schutz spent a great deal

of time browsing for a boat to suit

his needs - Minneapolis, USA.

Paolo Pallotta of Italy has

his dream come true...

Stefan Gerzner of Switzerland

thought out and built a boat that

is an interesting mixture of

the 4.5m and 3.8m dinghies.

Simon Miles is currently building

the sailboat in Seattle, USA.

The following boat has been built

in South America by the three

friends: Richard, Alvaro, and

Sebastian.

The dinghy I had designed and

built before the 4.5m was four

meters long and more racing.

One of them was built perfectly

by Michał Mróz in Poland.