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Menger Boatworks CAT 23

Gaff head Cat · Keel/Cbrd. · 1990–2010

Specifications

Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Gaff head Cat
Ratios
SA / displacement
20.0
Displacement / length
299.0
Comfort ratio
21.6
Capsize screening
2.15
Hull speed
6.2 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
762
Hull
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
1990–2010
Designer
Menger, Sweisguth
Builder
Menger Boatworks

Design & history

The Menger Cat 23's displacement increased from 5,500 lbs in early hulls to 6,500 lbs by 1999; later (2006) it was called the Thom Cat 23 and built by Thompson Boatworks.

Variants
  • Thom Cat 23
Production

Early hulls reportedly displaced 5,500 lbs; by 1999 Menger Boat Works listed displacement as 6,500 lbs. Later (2006) built by Thompson Boatworks as the Thom Cat 23.

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