DYER DHOW
Cat (Marconi) • Centerboard Dinghy • Built 1944
Dimensions
- LOA
- 9 ft
- LWL
- — ft
- Beam
- 4.5 ft
- Max Draft
- 1.75 ft
- Min Draft
- 0.5 ft
- Displacement
- 106 lbs
- Ballast
- — lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 3.80 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 32.1
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- —
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- —
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 45 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Centerboard Dinghy
- Rig Type
- Cat (Marconi)
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1944
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- 6500
Notes: The original DYER DHOW (without the sail and centerboard) is said to have been developed by William Dyer during World War II for sea and air rescue and was carried on many PT Boats. Though only 9 feet it has a carrying capacity of 650 lbs.\nActually drawn by Charles Wittholz when he worked for Philip Rhodes.
Designers
- Philip Rhodes (1895–1974)
- Charles Wittholz (1918–1993)
Builder
- Dyer Boats (1930)