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Gig Harbor Boat Works Navigator

Cat (Marconi) · Daggerboard · First built 2012

A lightweight, high-performance cat-rigged dinghy with a daggerboard, designed for responsive and agile daysailing

LOA
Beam
Displacement
Hull type
Daggerboard

Is it for you?

Character

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

TrailerableBeam 1.37 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 41 kg of hull, so roughly 650 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.
CoastalBluewater

At 4.02 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 4.02
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 35.9

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

  • Lighter than ~80% 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
35.9
Capsize screening
4.02
Hull
Hull type
Daggerboard
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 2012
Builder
Gig Harbor Boat Works

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Related models

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