Gaff head Cat · Keel/centreboard · First built 2000
A gaff-rigged catboat featuring a keel-centerboard hull and a cuddy cabin, also available as an open-cockpit daysailer
Designed by Clark Mills.
LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
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 2.21 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 680 kg of hull, so roughly 1,300 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 680 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 0.35 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 11 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.
Comfort ratio 11
CoastalBluewater
At 2.54 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.
Capsize screening 2.54
LightHeavy
198 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.
Displacement / length 198
EasygoingPowered-up
18.4 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.
Sail area / displacement 18.4
A balanced, easily-driven cruiser — comfortable and forgiving for coastal work.
The record
Full specifications
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Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Gaff head Cat
Ratios
SA / displacement
18.4
Displacement / length
198.4
Comfort ratio
10.6
Capsize screening
2.54
Hull speed
5.2 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
389
Hull
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 2000
Designer
Clark Mills
Builder
Com Pac, Com-Pac Yachts, Hutchins Co
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