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Cat (unstayed) · Dbrd. Dinghy · First built 1974
A lightweight 1974 unstayed cat-rigged dinghy designed for high-performance sailing
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Hull type
- Dbrd. Dinghy
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Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
TrailerableBeam 1.47 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 59 kg of hull, so roughly 650 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 59 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 0.10 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelyComfort 2Sea-kindly
CoastalCapsize 3.81Bluewater
LightD/L 32Heavy
EasygoingSA/D 62.4Powered-up
Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.
- Lighter than ~81% of boats her size on file
Compared with 356 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
The record
Full specifications
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Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cat (unstayed)
Ratios
SA / displacement
62.4
Displacement / length
32.3
Comfort ratio
2.0
Capsize screening
3.81
Hull speed
4.7 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
210
Hull
Hull type
Dbrd. Dinghy
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1974
Builder
Koma Boats
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