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Skimmer 45 Iceboat

Cat (rotating spar) · Iceboat (Bow Steerer) · First built 1971

A J.T. Lockley-designed bow-steerer iceboat featuring a rotating cat rig and an exceptionally high power-to-weight ratio

Designed by J. T. Lockley, built by Wind Products.

LOA
Beam
Displacement
Hull type
Iceboat (Bow Steerer)

Is it for you?

Character

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

TrailerableBeam 1.83 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 25 kg of hull, so roughly 600 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.
CoastalBluewater

At 6.31 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 6.31
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 49.8

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

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cat (rotating spar)
Ratios
SA / displacement
49.8
Capsize screening
6.31
Hull
Hull type
Iceboat (bow steerer)
Construction
Tubular steel
Production
Years built
First built 1971
Designer
J.T.Lockley
Builder
Wind Products, Windward Boatworks

The family

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