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Cat (Marconi) • Centerboard Dinghy • Built 1968
Dimensions
- LOA
- 16 ft
- LWL
- 15 ft
- Beam
- 4.67 ft
- Max Draft
- 4.33 ft
- Min Draft
- 0.33 ft
- Displacement
- 230 lbs
- Ballast
- — lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 3.05 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 51.1
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 30
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- —
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 120 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Centerboard Dinghy
- Rig Type
- Cat (Marconi)
- Hull Material
- Wood/FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1968
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- 2200
Notes:
Single handed dinghy w/trapeze.
Originally presented at a set of trails for selection of a new single handed dinghy class, sponsored by the IYRU and held at La Baule (FRA) in 1966. (A similar event held the previous year at Weymouth proved inconclusive)
An International class since 1968.
Designer
- Ben Lexcen (1936–1988)
Builders
- Chris Somner Dinghy Services (UK) (2004)
- Performance Sailcraft (1970)
- Rondar Raceboats (1980)
- Windrush Yachts (AUS)