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Pearson Yachts Plebe

Cat (Marconi) · Centerboard Dinghy · First built 1958

A lightweight 1958 centerboard dinghy based on the CUB rowing hull, featuring a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Hull type
Centerboard Dinghy

Is it for you?

Character

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

TrailerableBeam 1.32 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 43 kg of hull, so roughly 650 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 43 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 0.37 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
CoastalBluewater

At 3.80 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 3.80
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 30.8

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

  • Draws less than ~100% of boats her size on file

Compared with 40 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
Cat (Marconi)
Ratios
SA / displacement
30.8
Capsize screening
3.80
Hull
Hull type
Centerboard Dinghy
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1958
Builder
Pearson Yachts

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RS Tera2.87 mSame hull family0.4 m longerA Paul Handley-designed cat-rigged dinghy featuring a lightweight 39kg hull and high power-to-weight ratio for youth racing
RS Tera Eastern Championships: What Went Wrong at the Start?from City Sailing
Optimist Dinghy (INT)2.34 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA Clark Mills-designed pram dinghy from 1947 that serves as the world's most popular youth trainer
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Fairey Marine Ltd. Duckling2.74 mSame hull family0.3 m longerA 2.74-metre cat-rigged dinghy imported to the US by George O'Day during the mid-1950s
The Hatching [of two duckling dinghies]3:32from Classic Yacht TV

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