Hermann Cat
Gaff head Cat · Cbrd w/outboard Rudder · First built 1971
A Charles Wittholz-designed gaff-rigged catboat later produced by Cape Cod Shipbuilding as the Cape Cod Cat
Designed by Charles Wittholz, built by Ted Hermann's Boat House.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Cbrd w/outboard Rudder
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 17 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.
2.25 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.
282 — heavy for her waterline, built to carry stores and ride steadily.
19.4 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.
18% 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 ~97% of boats her size on file
- Draws more than ~85% of boats her size on file
- Beamier than ~78% of boats her size on file
Compared with 287 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
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The family
Related models
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