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Seezunge A

Gaff head Cat · Cbrd w/outboard Rudder · First built 1969

A Gerhard Gilgenast design featuring a gaff-rigged cat configuration and a versatile hull offered in wood or glass

Designed by Gerhard Gilgenast, built by Fricke.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Hull type
Cbrd w/outboard Rudder

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Character

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

TrailerableBeam 2.50 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 1,000 kg of hull, so roughly 1,600 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 1,000 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 0.45 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
CoastalBluewater

At 2.52 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.52
EasygoingPowered-up

17.3 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 17.3

A balanced, easily-driven cruiser — comfortable and forgiving for coastal work.

  • Heavier than ~84% of boats her size on file
  • Beamier than ~90% of boats her size on file

Compared with 372 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
Gaff head Cat
Ratios
SA / displacement
17.3
Capsize screening
2.52
Hull
Hull type
Cbrd w/outboard rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1969
Designer
Gerhard Gilgenast
Builder
Fricke, Dannhus GmbH, Co. KG

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The family

Related models

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