BUTTERBALL
Cat (Marconi) • Pram (Centerboard) • Built 1957
Dimensions
- LOA
- 9.5 ft
- LWL
- — ft
- Beam
- 5.7 ft
- Max Draft
- 1.3 ft
- Min Draft
- 0.42 ft
- Displacement
- 150 lbs
- Ballast
- — lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 4.29 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 27.8
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- —
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- —
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 49 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Pram (Centerboard)
- Rig Type
- Cat (Marconi)
- Hull Material
- Plywood/single chine
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1957
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- —
Notes: Designed for the DIY builder or could be ordered from Bill Dodds Boats,SC, USA, for less than $400.\nCaptain Richard T. Miller, of the Ship Design Division, Bureau of Ships, U.S.N, was the designer. His plans sold for $10.\nIt received and endorsement by 'Yachting' editor, Bob Bavier and was included in 'Sailboat Classes of North America' of 1961, but it's thought that fewer than 50 were built.