Sango

 Home-built from plans

Brand:

Woods

Designed by:

Woods Designs, Lilian Woods

Description:

The Sango is a larger version of the innovative micro cruiser-racer, Wizard. As in her predecessor, extra living space is created with the bridgedeck cabin 'pop bottom'. When not underway, the sole of the bridgedeck cabin can be lowered creating a foot-well, making seating comfortable. Raising the lifting hatch gives standing headroom at the galley, which is next to the companionway. The main cabin seating converts to a double bed. The hulls house three single berths and a separate toilet compartment.

The crossbeams hinge allowing the hulls to fold, reducing the width to 8 ft 2 in (2.5 m) for trailering. The road trailer uses a "gallows" system to raise the boat for folding and unfolding. Launching and preparing the boat for trailering takes about an hour.

The design features that make her an exceptionally versatile cruiser scarcely compromise her performance. Due to her extra length, Sango is speedier than the sporty Wizard, with better seakeeping qualities and more load-carrying capacity.

Type:

Cruiser-racer

Multihull type:

Catamaran

Construction:

Strip-planked cedar hulls; plywood cabin

Sails and rigging images:

Accommodation:

Hulls: three single berths; heads compartment
Bridgedeck cabin: galley; dinette with bench seats and table - converts to double bunk; 'pop-bottom' and lifting hatch create standing headroom.

Accommodation images:

LOA (length overall):

7.7 m (25 ft 3 in)

LWL (length at waterline):

7.65 m (25 ft 1 in)

Beam:

4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)

Draft minimum:

0.3 m (1 ft)

Draft maximum (e.g. boards down):

1.2 m (3 ft 11 in)

Windward sail area:

32.4 m² (349 ft²)

Daggerboard / centreboard:

2

Displacement, lightship (empty):

900 kg (0.89 tons)

Displacement, maximum:

1400 kg (1.38 tons)

Number of berths:

5

Outboard engines:

1

Fuel type:

Petrol

Trailerable:

Yes

Towing width:

2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)

In production:

Plans available

More images:

Degree of customisation:

Several options

Cost to home-build:

£8000 Sterling (approx: €10809 / $15871 US / $18044 AUS)*

Used boats for sale:

40 boats of this brand currently available!

Associations & newsgroups:

• Woods boats' forum

* Exchange rates last updated: Sunday 27th January 2008 19:27 GMT