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Catboats remain common in New England. I wonder about other parts of the country, and the world. They were designed for comfort, seaworthiness, and ease of sail-handling - not for speed. It's never a terrible idea to have an ugly outboard on the stern of one, just in case.

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We don't see a lot of catboats out here in the Pacific Northwest, but they're here nonetheless. We built a 'cat in 2008 to the exact plans for the Crosby catboat Mystic Seaport used to build the >Breck Marshall

#1 Pete (Link) on 2012-07-18 22:58 (Reply)

My first chance to go sailing was on a catboat in Milwaukee harbor. That trip made a good foundation when I married my-husband-the-writer twenty years later and came down to Texas, where you can sail [and compete] twelve months of the year. We don't see many catboats down here, although our first boat purchase after we married was a 24 foot sloop, a Cal-T-4. My husband had had a 28-foot Pearson before we married, but he sold it to get the money to move me down to Texas ["greater love hath no man" etc., etc.,] I really do love sailboat racing, and we had a lot of fun...

Marianne

#2 Marianne Matthews on 2012-07-19 00:11 (Reply)

I've never seen a rig with the mast sooo far to the fore.

What does that do except eliminate a jib?

It also doesn't look like it'd like crossing seas/ rough sailing.

#3 blert on 2012-07-19 02:49 (Reply)

I learned to sail in a Beetle Cat, similar to one seen in the movie, Moonrise Kingdom. I've never lost my love of them.

Most cats that I've seen are gaff rigged, making them lovely to behold at a distance, though I've heard they can be tricky to jibe.

#4 Estoy Listo on 2012-07-19 11:30 (Reply)

I have roots in the New Bedford area, and cat boats are everywhere. Beetle cats are wonderful for kids to learn to sail on, and then you can take them out when you're relatively young with just your friends (a couple of 12-year-olds), and -- well, I'm not sure my life has ever been that perfect since. .

#5 Park Slope Pubby on 2012-07-19 13:34 (Reply)

I fondly recall sailing a 26ft Nonsuch made by Hinterhoeller Yachts in Canada. It featured an unusual 'wishbone' rig.
A great boat for cruising the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence seaway.

#6 John V. on 2012-07-19 14:20 (Reply)

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