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Cat (Marconi) · Centerboard Dinghy · First built 1934

A Philip Rhodes-designed centerboard dinghy with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio, built since 1934

Designed by Philip L. Rhodes.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Hull type
Centerboard Dinghy

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Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

TrailerableBeam 1.38 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 61 kg of hull, so roughly 650 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 61 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draft shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draftDraws 0.15 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
CoastalBluewater

At 3.53 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 3.53
EasygoingPowered-up

40.1 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 40.1

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

  • Draws more than ~97% of boats her size on file

Compared with 149 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cat (Marconi)
Ratios
SA / displacement
40.1
Capsize screening
3.53
Hull
Hull type
Centerboard Dinghy
Construction
Wood
Production
Years built
First built 1934
Units built
1400
Designer
Philip L. Rhodes
Builder
Dyer Boats

The family

Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

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