Boat models · Walker Bay
Walker Bay 8
Sailboat, daysailer · built 1998- · designed by Paolo Rista
Key figures
Capsize screen4.99fails the screen
SA/D36.4performance
- Built
- 1998-
- Designer
- Paolo Rista
- Builder
- Walker Bay
- Rig
- Marconi sloop (catboat-style single sail)
- Keel
- Daggerboard
- Length
- 8.3 ft
- Beam / draft
- 5.2 ft
- Displacement
- 71 lb
Design figures as published, not for any one hull. Full specifications on practical-sailor.com.
Reputation
Classdaysaileras owners use it
Forumsordinarydoes the job, nobody seeks it
Handy, tough roto-molded dinghy tender that sails okay for its size; a tender first, not a performer
- Daysailing
- ordinary · fun little sailer, slow and wet in chop
- First boat
- ordinary · forgiving for kids and beginners
- Loved
- Tough roto-molded hull shrugs off abuse · Rows well and takes a small outboard · Stows on deck or davits, light to carry · Low maintenance, no varnish or gelcoat
- Gripes
- Slow and tender versus real sailing dinghies · Heavy and bulky compared with inflatables · Sailing kit is basic and flimsy · Wet ride with a load in chop
- Survey for
- Worn or scuffed rubbing strakes and rails · Cracked or missing daggerboard and rudder fittings · UV-faded, brittle plastic on old hulls · Missing or damaged sail rig components
- Cross-shopped
- Mirror Dinghy · Fatty Knees 7.5 · Trinka 8 · Portland Pudgy
Thin discussion; from walkerbay.com
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