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Beetle CAT

Gaff head Cat · Centerboard Dinghy · 1921–present

Specifications

Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Gaff head Cat
Ratios
SA / displacement
38.2
Displacement / length
126.4
Comfort ratio
5.3
Capsize screening
3.18
Hull speed
4.6 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
254
Hull
Hull type
Centerboard Dinghy
Construction
Wood
Production
Years built
1921–present
Units built
3600
Designer
John Beetle, Carl N. Beetle
Builder
Beetle, Inc., Beetle Boat Co.

Design & history

The authentic Beetle Cat is a wooden strict one-design class boat. After World War II construction rights passed to the Concordia Company, and as of 2014 it was built solely by the Beetle Boat Shop (Beetle Cat Inc.).

Class · Strict one-design class.
Notable features
Strict one-design classBuilt of wood
Design

Designed by the father of Carl Beetle, who later passed construction rights to the Concordia Company after World War II.

Production

After World War II, Carl Beetle passed the rights for construction of the original Beetle Cat Boats to the Concordia Company. As of 2014 it was being built solely by the Beetle Boat Shop (Beetle Cat Inc.). Numerous boats modeled after the original Beetle Cat have been built of fiberglass and other methods in the US and elsewhere.

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