3.8m Dinghy
Description
The 3.8m Dinghy by Polish designer Radosław Werszko is a versatile, wooden sailing dinghy designed for recreational use, particularly as a tender or day sailor for small crews like a father-and-son duo or single-handed operation. Part of Werszko's lineup of open-source, stitch-and-glue plywood designs (similar to his 3.1m and 3.3m tenders), it emphasizes ease of home building, affordability, and fun in protected waters such as lakes or bays. Introduced on his website dinghy.pl (likely in the mid-2000s), the 3.8m model offers more capacity and sail area than smaller tenders, making it suitable for light sailing adventures while remaining portable.
The standard boat dimensions
| i | 10.50 ft |
|---|---|
| j | 3.90 ft |
| p | 14.37 ft |
| e | 7.17 ft |
| p2 | - |
| e2 | - |
| I | J | P | E | P2 | E2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.50 ft | 3.90 ft | 14.37 ft | 7.17 ft | - | - |
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Blueprints
Sails
| Sail Type | MAINSAIL |
|---|---|
| Luff | 15.715 ft - (4790 mm) |
| Foot | 7.84 ft - (2390 mm) |
| Leech | * 16.28 ft - (4962 mm) |
| Tack Angle | * 81.33 ° |
| Diagonal | 16.47 ft - (5020 mm) |
| Head (inches) | 3.94 in - (100 mm) |
| Area | * 63.09 ft² |
| Sail Type | JIBSAIL |
|---|---|
| Luff | 11.35 ft - (3459 mm) |
| Foot | 4.56 ft - (1390 mm) |
| Leech | 10.2 ft - (3109 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 100.49 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 4.09 ft - (1247 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 6.1 ° |
| Area | * 23.23 ft² |
Disclaimer. Boats are not all the same -- even when produced in the same factory of the same model. Sailrite does its best to publish accurate dimensions, but we often find it worthwhile to have our customers measure their boats carefully before we produce kits for them. You should take the same precautions, especially when the data is not from Sailrite.