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'WETA TRI-MARAN'

You can loan a Weta from DSA on long or short term agreements - or we can tell you where you can test sail one.

The Weta is not specifically designed for disabled people. If you are foolish, in certain conditions you can capsize it but it will not sink and it is fairly easy to right it. However if you observe normal safety considerations this is a very well behaved dinghy and a delight to sail.

The dinghy can be sailed with or without seating and almost any kind of seat can be fitted without any modifications to the craft itself, you simply fix your seat to the existing hike eyelet. The steering is equally easy to convert and can be done in many ways.

Both seat and steering can be designed to be fitted or removed in less than 2 minutes.

The actual dinghy is very light indeed and extraordinary simple to rig and derig.

You can use any combination of sails to sail the Weta, just the main, main and jib, main and spinnaker… what ever you like or the conditions call for.

It is a very versatile dinghy indeed and is stable and spacious enough to be just a fun boat with up to four youngsters as crew but with all sails on and a two person crew it is very fast and nimble and a super training or racing platform.

The Weta Class Association does not diferenciate between able-bodied and disabled people the GT (Grand Touring Class) requires one member of the crew to remain seated at all times.

A sailing test report on the Weta can be found at
WETA REPORT

The Class Rules for racing can be found at
www.weta.org.uk