FAMILY CAT 23
Gaff head Cat • Keel/Cbrd. • Built 1978
Dimensions
- LOA
- 23 ft
- LWL
- 20.75 ft
- Beam
- 10 ft
- Max Draft
- 6 ft
- Min Draft
- 2.25 ft
- Displacement
- 6,000 lbs
- Ballast
- 1,400 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 2.20 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 20.1
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 300
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 23.3%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 414 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Keel/Cbrd.
- Rig Type
- Gaff head Cat
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1978
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- 12
Engine & Accommodations
- Engine Make
- Farymann
- Engine Type
- Diesel
- Water
- 20 gal
- Fuel
- 14 gal
Notes:
Based on the 'James W. Hart' catboat design. (original plans reside at Mystic Seaport Museum - Garden archive - design #600).
Molds were later used to build a Motor Sailer called the BLUE JACKET 23.(Collingwood Yachts, also of Canada.)
Designer
- William Garden (1918–2011)
Builder
- Halman Manufacturing Co. (1978–1997)