Family Cat 23
Gaff head Cat · Keel/centreboard · First built 1978
A William Garden design based on historic James W. Hart catboat plans, featuring a gaff rig and keel-centerboard hull
Designed by William Garden, built by Bill Boyd Boats.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Keel/Cbrd.
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her heavy displacement on a beamy beam gives 20 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.
2.20 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.
300 — heavy for her waterline, built to carry stores and ride steadily.
20.1 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.
23% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.
Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.
- Heavier than ~94% of boats her size on file
- Draws more than ~90% of boats her size on file
- Beamier than ~98% of boats her size on file
Compared with 612 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
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The family
Related models
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