Shoal draft version
Draft: 4.82’/1.47m
Ballast: 3737 lbs./1695 kg
Swing Keel:
Draft(max.) 7.22’/2.20m Draft(min.) 2.79’/0.85m
Rig for Perf. version:
I: 42.98′ / 13.10m
J: 12.20′ / 3.72m
P: 40.78′ / 12.43m
E: 12.80′ / 3.90m
Evolution Non-BR
Discount Sails
Boater’s Closet Non-BR
Rigs: Fractional Sloop
Fractional Sloop
Information supplied by designer.
Also known as HELMSMAN 51.
Deep keel version – draft: 7.54’/2.30m.
Performance version shown.
Hull length: 11.99m/39.34ft.
STD SA: 88 sq m/947 sq ft.
Shoal draft: 5.75’/ 1.75m.
Dimensions from original brochure and Scandinavian handicap cert.
A slightly modified version called the LORD HELMSMAN II was introduced in the mid 1980s. It featured a higher coach roof, slightly different rig and a standard Yanmar 2GM diesel.
In 2018 Beneteau purchased a controlling stake in the Slovenian builder Seascape, bringing all Seascape models into the fold of its First range.
The WEE SCOT was designed for junior sailors and popular on Long Island Sound (east coast USA) before WW II. Fleets also existed at Deer Isle and Sorrento Maine.
A modernized rig, designed by Philip Rhodes, was adopted sometime in the mid 1930’s.
Most of the drawings, records and corresponce concerning this class today reside at the Port Washington NY Public Library Local History Center (Collection Title: The Wee Scot (Sailboat) Racing Association Records).
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