BoatsCom-Pac Yachts Horizon Day Cat 20

Com-Pac Yachts Horizon Day Cat 20

Gaff head Cat · Keel/centreboard · First built 2003

An inboard-diesel-capable evolution of the Horizon Cat 20, featuring a 1.52m keel-centerboard draft

Designed by H. Herreshoff & Halsey C. Herreshoff.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.

Is it for you?

Character

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

TrailerableBeam 2.54 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 1,134 kg of hull, so roughly 1,750 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 1,134 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 0.66 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a beamy beam gives 12 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 12
CoastalBluewater

At 2.46 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.46
LightHeavy

200 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 200
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 17.9
TenderStiff

24% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 24%

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

  • Beamier than ~88% of boats her size on file

Compared with 538 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
24.0%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Gaff head Cat
Ratios
SA / displacement
17.9
Displacement / length
199.6
Comfort ratio
12.4
Capsize screening
2.46
Hull speed
5.7 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
528
Hull
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 2003
Designer
H.Herreshoff, Halsey C. Herreshoff
Builder
Com-Pac Yachts, Hutchins Co

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