TIGER CAT
Fractional Sloop • Catamaran Twin Cbrd. • Built 1960–1963
Dimensions
- LOA
- 17 ft
- LWL
- 15.83 ft
- Beam
- 7.95 ft
- Max Draft
- 6.17 ft
- Min Draft
- 3.08 ft
- Displacement
- 585 lbs
- Ballast
- — lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 3.80 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 65.2
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 66
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- —
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 285 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Catamaran Twin Cbrd.
- Rig Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1960
- Last Built
- 1963
- Number Built
- 160
Notes: Said to be the first one-design catamaran class organized in the US.\nBased on a cold molded wood prototype, 'Tiger Cat', winner of 'Yachting' One of a Kind Regatta in 1959.
Designer
- Robert B. Harris (1922–2014)
Builders
- Lippincott Boat Works (USA) (1946–1986)
- Pearson Yachts (1958–1990)