Finn (Monotype)
Cat (unstayed) · Centerboard Dinghy · First built 1949
A Richard Sarby-designed Olympic single-handed dinghy featuring an unstayed cat rig and a long history of competition
Designed by Richard Sarby, built by Brresen Badebyggeri.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Hull type
- Centerboard Dinghy
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Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
TrailerableBeam 1.51 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 145 kg of hull, so roughly 750 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 145 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draught shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draughtDraws 0.12 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelyComfort 4Sea-kindly
CoastalCapsize 2.90Bluewater
LightD/L 61Heavy
EasygoingSA/D 37.0Powered-up
Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.
The record
Full specifications
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Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cat (unstayed)
Ratios
SA / displacement
37.0
Displacement / length
60.9
Comfort ratio
4.3
Capsize screening
2.90
Hull speed
4.9 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
235
Hull
Hull type
Centerboard Dinghy
Construction
Wood
Production
Years built
First built 1949
Units built
4300
Designer
Richard Sarby
Builder
Brresen Badebyggeri
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