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Skimmar Boats Seadog

Cat (unstayed) · Centerboard Dinghy

An unstayed cat-rigged centerboard dinghy with a high power-to-weight ratio, widely campaigned in eastern US frostbite racing

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 1.24 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 54 kg of hull, so roughly 650 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 54 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 0.61 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
CoastalBluewater

At 3.31 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 3.31
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 27.6

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

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cat (unstayed)
Ratios
SA / displacement
27.6
Capsize screening
3.31
Hull
Hull type
Centerboard Dinghy
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Builder
Skimmar Boats, Aero-Nautical, Inc

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Asker Sailing Club5:14from SEILmagasinet
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Cape Dory 103.20 mSame hull family0.3 m longerA lightweight Gunter-rigged centerboard dinghy from Andrew C. Vavolotis, built for nearly two decades of versatile sailing
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The family

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