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The History of Barnegat Bay A Cats

Being first to bring goods to market or deliver passengers has always been a priority for profit- minded 　 entrepreneurs. And racing for almost any reason is part of the fabric of human nature. It was inevitable that the workboats of Barnegat Bay would compete. With the advent of the railroads prosperous people could move easily, and like today, people of the 1800s wanted to go to the sea. Elaborate resorts along the Jersey Shore attracted the vacationers from Philadelphia. Along popular rail routes, yacht clubs were formed in Bay Head, Seaside Park, and Island Heights. Sailing the workboats became sport. It didn’t take long for owners and skippers to strive to sail faster, a passion that continues to drive the A Cat sailors of today.

We are pleased to have Roy Wilkins join us on Friday, November 27 to present “A History of the Barnegat Bay A Cats”. Roy’s powerpoint presentation will include:

 The evolution of the A cat design

 Photos of the most famous A cats with their owners and history

 How A cats got their names

 The history of A cat racing and the most notable challenge cup races

Roy is the sailing coach at Ocean County College and Monmouth University and has been the fleet captain of the A Cat fleet for two decades. Roy will bring together his love for sailing, history and Barnegat Bay. This will be a memorable evening for all.

The presentation will start at 7:00 pm at the Maritime Museum. Reservations ARE required as seating is limited. Please call 609-492-0202. Refreshments will be available before and after the presentation. Admission is free although donations are always appreciated.

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Barnegat Bay A Cat

Barnegat Bay A Cat is a 27 ′ 11 ″ / 8.5 m monohull sailboat designed by Francis Sweisguth and Charles D. Mower starting in 1922.

Rig and Sails

Auxilary power, accomodations, calculations.

The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.

Classic hull speed formula:

Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL

Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio .311 Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL

Sail Area / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.

SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64) 2/3

• SA : Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
• D : Displacement in pounds.

Ballast / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.

Ballast / Displacement * 100

Displacement / Length Ratio

A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.

D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
• LWL: Waterline length in feet

Comfort Ratio

This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.

Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam 1.33 )

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
• LOA: Length overall in feet
• Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet

Capsize Screening Formula

This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.

CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)

For more information: “A Cats: A Century of Tradition”, by Gary Jobson, Roy Wilkins. ISBN:9780974934471.

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Prowling the Coast in a Catboat

Halloween was just around the corner when I sailed my Marshall Sanderling catboat Second Edition from her mooring in Blue Hill Harbor to the boatyard in McHeard Cove to be hauled for the winter.

I’d launched the boat a few days after a pre-Memorial Day tow up to Maine from the Marshall Marine yard in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts, and spent the summer learning to sail her on Blue Hill Bay. I learned the vagaries of singlehanding a huge, gaff mainsail on a shoal-centerboard boat, sailing on and off the mooring in a crowded harbor, keeping track of an 80-foot mainsheet, reefing under way when the wind came up unexpectedly, and, better, reefing before leaving the mooring.

As the lessons took hold, I grew happier sailing on the bay for a couple of hours or most of a day, or pottering around the harbor under easy sail before settling back on the mooring to enjoy the sunset and a sundowner.

It didn’t take long for my comfort level to rise. After all, Second Edition was my second catboat.

I came to sailing more than 50 years ago, but I got a late start. I’ve  been around boats, and loved them, from my early childhood when my family had a summer place on a lake outside New York City, but none of them sailed.

From a stodgy, flat-bottomed skiff with oars longer than I was and a 2-horsepower Johnson outboard that often started, I graduated to the family’s lapstrake runabout that had a 25-horsepower Evinrude as big as a modern 300-horsepower behemoth on the transom. Much later, my wife, two sons, and I lived aboard in New York Harbor on a classic, pre-Depression Lawley commuter yacht with a pair of diesels beneath the pilothouse that replaced the original Hall-Scott gas engines.

In the early 1970s we moved ashore to Cape Cod, within walking distance of a tiny harbor on Buzzards Bay, and everything changed. A narrow inlet squeezed between a rock breakwater and a long sandspit, the harbor sheltered a handful of daysailers—mostly Cape Cod Knockabouts—and one elegant Swan cruising sloop. Suddenly, I was desperate to go sailing and a traditional Cape Cod catboat seemed the obvious choice to go sailing on.

I wish I could say my decision to learn about sailing on a small, centerboard boat featuring an enormous, gaff mainsail was the product of extensive thought and serious research, but really I just fell in love. Up the estuary in an almost landlocked pool nestled between the sandspit and the steep shore I found an old catboat riding to a sheltered mooring. The setting was beautiful, almost mystical, and—with the mast set in the eyes of a plumb bow, handsome sheer, and traditional single gaff sail—so was the boat. I had to have one.

An autumn afternoon in 1973 found me at the South Dartmouth, Massachussets boatyard run by Breck Marshall, founder of the Marshall Marine Corp. With his design of the company’s 18-foot fiberglass Sanderling in the early 1960s, Marshall was largely responsible for the resurgence of interest in catboats among sailors without the wherewithal, financial, emotional or otherwise, to restore one of the handful of available wooden classics.

A walkaround with Marshall and inspection of a few boats under construction hooked me. The following summer I took delivery of a new Marshall Sanderling—hull #287— Amiable Consort .

For the next four years, my wife, our two sons, and I sailed that boat all around Cape Cod. We thrashed along in Buzzards Bay’s smokey sou’westers. We crossed and re-crossed the bay to socialize and race at Catboat Association get-togethers in Padanaram. We cruised to Cuttyhunk and Hadley Harbor in the Elizabeth Islands and sailed through boiling Woods Hole Passage to Menemsha and Edgartown on Martha’s Vineyard. We even made it all the way to Nantucket.

On most of those trips the crew included my wife and our two sons—ages nine and three when we took delivery of Amiable Consort . When the weather was fine, the boys would enjoy the large cockpit—where my older son and I slept under a boom tent on cruises. When the weather got nasty, the boys would head below. My younger son invariably curled up on the lee berth to sleep peacefully through the worst of it. Miraculously, my wife kept all hands well fed with only a gimballed Sterno stove.

Over time, our crew grew—not in number but in size—and we found Amiable Consort too tight a fit for the four of us. After four summers, we sold the catboat and its horrible British Seagull outboard and began to move up the boat size ladder.

First, we cruised an elderly, wooden 24-foot Eastward Ho sloop built long ago in the Netherlands and leaky as a colander. Her most notable features, aside from having an actual galley and four full-length bunks, were a Navy-style bilge pump that required constant use under way and a Palmer auxiliary gas engine, “Little Devil,” that invariably died in the Woods Hole Passage. In 1983, we bought Hurler , a Robert Perry-designed Baba 30 double-ended cutter that sailed well in light airs and heavy, had a real galley and plenty of space below, and an engine that, like everything else aboard, always worked.

Eventually I began to think that Hurler was more boat than I wanted for a regimen of singlehanded day sails and rare overnights to nearby harbors. I wanted a boat that was simple to maintain and sail by myself—no winches or furlers, no electronics or electrical system, no diesel to maintain. I wanted a boat that didn’t need a boatyard or Travelift. I wanted another catboat.

After 35 years, I sold Hurler into good hands and went looking for a used Sanderling in good condition. No surprise, the boat that sold for just under $5,000 new in 1973 is considerably more expensive now.

I searched countless catboat listings on the internet and, eventually, a spring afternoon found me once again at the Marshall boatyard, now run by Breck Marshall’s son Geoff, to look at a Sanderling. The yard was very much as I remembered it, though the newer boat features several improvements over the 1973 model. The result of my second visit was much the same as the first—I took home a boat, my Second Edition , and went sailing.  

Stephen Rappaport is the Waterfront Editor at  The Ellsworth American , has lived in Maine for 30 years, and is a lifelong sailor.

Catboat sailors love to race one another—there are countless club events and the Catboat Association lists “formal” races in harbors stretching from Florida to Maine. These are 14-footers built by the Arey’s Pond Boat Yard. Builder Tony Davis based the popular little cats on a boat drawn by designer Edson. I. Schock. Most are fiberglass but Arey’s Pond also builds a wooden version. Photo by Tyler Fields

Initially designed for fishing, catboats have become popular recreational sailers..

BY STEPHEN RAPPAPORT

Along most of the New England coast, when people think about catboats what often comes to mind is the traditional Cape Cod cat.

Broad of beam—the typical length-to-beam ratio is 2:1—with a heavy mast right in the eyes of the bow and big “barndoor” rudder on the transom, these shoal-draft centerboarders carried a big gaff mainsail. On the boats that came from the yards of builders such as the several members of the Crosby family—particularly Charles Crosby and H. Manley Crosby—of Osterville on Vineyard Sound from the late 1800s until right around World War II, the booms often extended several feet beyond the boat’s stern. But despite their well-deserved reputation, the “Crosby cats” were scarcely the only catboats on the water.

Maritime historian Howard I. Chapelle tells us that, in the 19th century, catboats evolved in at least three distinct areas including, in addition to Cape Cod, lower New York Bay with the waters along the New Jersey shore, and Narragansett Bay. In all three areas, catboats were, at least initially, designed as fishing boats. Catboats continued to fish in the waters around Martha’s Vineyard, though mostly under power, until well into the second half of the last century. Many of those boats came from the Old Sculpin shop of Edgartown boatbuilder Manuel Swartz Roberts. Later, especially around Cape Cod and the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, large catboats—a few as long as 40 feet—were used to carry passengers and freight. Lillian, built in Hyannis, Massachusetts, in 1888 and lengthened to just over 38 feet, carried freight and passengers between villages on Nantucket Harbor until the late 1930s.

The catboats that developed at the eastern and western extremities of this range were primarily centerboarders, a reflection of the shallow waters around most of Cape Cod and on the inner bays along the Jersey shore where they worked. Keel catboats evolved on the deeper waters of Narragansett Bay, and W.W. Phinney of Monument Beach on Cape Cod built large keel cats to carry passengers and freight.

It didn’t take local yachtsmen long to develop an appreciation for the fast-sailing catboats, and that interest drew the attention of some of the nation’s most important designers. Nathaniel Herreshoff, C.C. Hanley, Francis Sweisguth, and A.C. Smith among them.

By the end of the 19th century, catboat racing was well established at yacht clubs along the Atlantic Seaboard. By the 1920s, though, catboat racing had virtually disappeared in New England. But it remained popular, as it still does today, on Barnegat Bay in New Jersey.

The New Jersey boats, especially the A Class and B Class boats of Barnegat Bay, were an entirely different breed of cat from their New England relatives. Perhaps the most impressive example of the type is the 33-foot B cat Silent Maid , which was launched in 2009 and has become a prominent, and successful, participant in classic wooden boat yacht racing along the East Coast. The original Silent Maid was designed by Francis Sweisguth for yachtsman and author Edwin Schoettle in 1924, and raced successfully on Barnegat Bay for many years.

Several builders are currently producing smaller, more manageable catboats in both fiberglass and wood, at least four of them in Massachusetts.

Besides Marshall Marine in South Dartmouth, builder of the 15-foot Sandpiper and Marshall 22, as well as the 18-foot Sanderling catboat, all in fiberglass, Arey’s Pond Boat Yard in South Orleans builds a line of catboats ranging in length from the 12-foot Kitten to a spectacular custom 29-footer available in wood or fiberglass. In Wareham, Beetle Inc. builds traditional 12-foot Beetle Cats using the same plank-on-frame construction as designer Carl Beetle used in his New Bedford boatshop nearly 100 years ago. In Barnstable, Howard Boats builds a fiberglass reproduction of the Carl Beetle design. In Clearwater, Florida, Com-Pac Yachts builds six fiberglass catboats ranging in length from 14 to 20 feet.

Although no longer in business, both Freedom Yachts and Hinterholler built a variety of large fiberglass cruising catboats, the latter under the Nonsuch name, most carrying some variation of the wishbone rig developed by naval architect Frederick Fenger.

Also no longer in production are the 18-foot Herreshoff America, a traditional centerboard fiberglass catboat designed by Halsey Herreshoff first built in 1971 and last produced about 20 years ago, the rugged catboats built by William Menger on the south shore of New York’s Long Island during the 1980s and 1990s, and any of the many handsome designs from the board of designer Charles Wittholz.

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Set Sail with Confidence: Expert Advice on Catboat Sailing

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What is a Catboat?

A catboat is a sailboat with a single sail, set on a mast that is located near the bow of the boat.

The sail on a catboat is typically a gaff rig sail, which means it has a four-sided sail with a spar called a gaff, extending out from the top of the mast. This type of sail design allows for easy handling, as the sail is relatively simple to hoist, lower, and trim.

Catboats are known for their wide and stable beam, which makes them an excellent choice for cruising and day sailing in calm waters. The shallow draft of a catboat also allows them to access shallower waters that deeper draft boats cannot, making them ideal for exploring coastal areas.

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Why is a catboat called a catboat?

The origin of the term catboat is unclear, but one theory suggests it may come from the Dutch word “kopje” meaning small cottage, which would be fitting for a boat used as a makeshift home away from shore.

Catboats were popular in colonial times for fishing and transport in shallow coastal waters, carrying goods and people to and from small islands and coves.

Catboat vs Catamaran

Catamarans are characterized by their twin hulls, which offer more stability and speed. They are generally larger in size and can accommodate more passengers, making them a popular choice for leisurely cruising or competitive racing.

Catboats, on the other hand, have a single hull and a relatively shallow draft, making them more maneuverable and versatile.

Catboats are known for their simplicity, with just one sail and basic rigging , and are often favored by solo sailors or those looking for a more intimate sailing experience.

Techniques for Sailing a Catboat

Sailing a catboat requires some skill and technique to maximize your speed and enjoy your sailing experience. Here are some tips to help you sail your catboat with confidence:

1. Balance the Boat

Unlike other sailboats, catboats have a single sail, which can make them more challenging to balance. To balance the boat, you need to ensure that the sail is positioned correctly and that your weight is evenly distributed.

2. Adjust the Sail

To get the best performance from your catboat, you need to adjust the sail’s position and shape.

When sailing upwind, the sail should be positioned as close to the wind as possible, while when sailing downwind, the sail should be positioned perpendicular to the boat.

3. Tack Efficiently

Tacking a catboat involves changing direction by turning the bow of the boat through the wind. To tack efficiently, you need to release the sheet (the line that controls the sail) and quickly turn the rudder to the other side.

4. Control Your Speed

Depending on the wind conditions, your catboat can quickly gain or lose speed. To maintain your speed , you need to adjust the sail’s shape and position constantly.

5. Use the Tiller Correctly

The tiller controls the direction of the boat. To sail straight, you need to position the tiller slightly to the side of the boat. To turn, you need to move the tiller in the opposite direction.

6. Reef the Sail

If the wind gets too strong, you may need to reef the sail to reduce its size and power. To reef the sail, you need to lower the halyard (the line that controls the height of the sail) and fold the sail along the reefing points.

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How much does a catboat cost?

The price of a catboat can vary depending on its size, age, and condition, as well as the location and seller. However, here are five popular catboats and their approximate costs:

This classic catboat measures 12 feet and is perfect for solo or small group sailing. It’s wooden hull and simple rigging make it easy to maintain and operate. Prices start at around $6,000.

Marshall 22

With a 22-foot fiberglass hull and room for up to six passengers, the Marshall 22 is a popular choice for day sails and weekend trips. Prices range from $25,000 to $35,000.

The Cape Dory 10

Designed for single-handed sailing , the Cape Dory 10 has a 10-foot fiberglass hull and can reach speeds of up to 6 knots. Prices start at around $5,000.

The Com-Pac Horizon Cat

Measuring 20 feet in length and featuring a shallow draft, the Com-Pac Horizon Cat is a versatile catboat that can be used for sailing in lakes, bays, and coastal waters. Prices range from $40,000 to $60,000.

The Stur-Dee Cat

This sturdy catboat features a fiberglass hull and traditional gaff rigging. With a length of 22 feet and a beam of 8 feet, it offers ample space for up to six passengers. Prices start at around $20,000.

How fast does a catboat go?

On average, a catboat can reach a top speed of around 6-8 knots (7-9 mph) in moderate winds.

However, it’s important to note that catboats are not designed for speed racing but rather for cruising and enjoying a leisurely sail.

Their wide beam and low profile make them great for relaxing on the deck and taking in the scenery. Plus, with a shallow draft, they can sail in shallow waters that other boats cannot access.

Here is a good video to show you the details of a Nathanael Herreshoff’s catboat

What are the benefits of a catboat?

1. Catboats have a unique design with a single mast and a wide beam, making them stable and easy to sail.

2. Catboats have a shallow draft, which means they can navigate in shallow waters, making them perfect for exploring coastal areas.

3. The boom on a catboat is typically very long, which allows for easy sail handling and maneuverability.

4. Catboats are known for their simplicity, making them great for beginners and experienced sailors alike.

5. They are great for family sailing adventures, with ample space on deck for lounging and enjoying the scenery.

6. Many catboats have cabins below deck, providing a cozy spot for overnight trips.

Are catboats safe?

Catboats are generally considered to be very safe boats. The low freeboard and wide beam make them stable in a variety of conditions, and their simple design means fewer systems can go wrong.

Catboats vs Sloop

Here’s a breakdown of the key differences between the two:

The most noticeable difference between catboats and sloops is in their rigging . A catboat has a single sail mounted on a single mast, while a sloop has two sails – a mainsail and a jib – mounted on two masts.

Because of their wide beam (width), catboats tend to be more stable than sloops. This makes them a popular choice for beginners or those who are prone to seasickness.

Maneuverability

Sloops are generally more maneuverable than catboats, thanks to their smaller sails. This makes them a better choice for racing or for those who prefer a more responsive vessel.

Because of their wide beam, catboats offer more interior space than sloops. This makes them a great option for cruising or for those who prefer more living space onboard.

Catboats vs Single hull

Catboats are often compared to single-hulled boats, as they both have a single keel running the length of the vessel. However, several key differences set catboats apart.

Firstly, catboats tend to have a wider beam than single-hulled boats, which gives them more stability on the water. This can be particularly important for novice sailors or those sailing in rougher conditions.

Additionally, catboats often have a shallower draft than single-hulled boats, which means they can sail in shallower waters without risking running aground. This can be advantageous for exploring areas that may be off-limits to other types of boats.

Another key difference between catboats and single-hulled boats is the sail plan. Catboats typically have a large, single sail located towards the front of the boat, whereas single-hulled boats may have multiple sails and a more complex rigging system.

Cats On Liveaboard Sailboats - A Complete Guide

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Daniel Wade

June 15, 2022

Cats are fun, safe, and friendly companions to countless liveaboard sailors. Caring for a cat on a sailboat can also be easy.

Cats can live safely and comfortably aboard sailboats with proper space, ventilation, climate control, and safety precautions. Most cities and marinas allow cats aboard, and they’re easy to care for if you take a few extra measures.

In this article, we’ll cover everything you need to know about living aboard a sailboat with a cat (or two). We’ll go over the best breeds for sailboats, essential cat safety measures, indoor and outdoor cats, toys and entertainment, and how to keep your cabin clean.

We sourced the information for this article primarily from the tips of liveaboard cat owners. We also researched cat breeds and behavior, along with which cats are best suited for long-term living aboard a sailboat.

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Can You Keep a Cat on a Sailboat?

Yes! Cats are some of the best pets to have aboard sailboats. They generally require less attention in terms of exercise than dogs, and many cats can acclimate easily to living on a sailboat. Cats offer great company, and they’ve been kept on boats and ships for decades.

That said, there are several unique challenges that cat owners face while living aboard a sailboat. We’ll go over the best supplies and strategies soon, but first, we’ll cover the rules and legality of keeping cats in liveaboard sailboats.

Marina Rules and Pet Regulations

The most likely issue you’ll run into is the marina itself. Some marinas that allow liveaboards have strict pet policies. These are instituted primarily for sanitation reasons, and violating the rules can get you kicked out.

Liveaboard slips are hard to come by these days, so it’s best to abide by the marina’s policies. Be sure to contact your chosen marina and make sure you’ll be allowed to keep a cat on board. Some marinas have policies strictly for dogs or outdoor cats, so you may be off the hook.

Local Pet Ordinances

Local ordinances apply in just a few situations. First, some communities set limits on how many pets can occupy a residence. These limits are usually based on square footage, which is where liveaboards usually run into trouble.

For example, a city or county may specify that you can only keep one pet per 100 square feet of interior space. These rules may or may not apply to mobile dwellings (such as RVs and boats), so it’s best to check first. Regardless, most standard cruising sailboats can only comfortably (and hygienically) harbor one or two pets at a time.

How Many Cats Can You Keep on a Sailboat?

This question depends entirely on your cleaning capabilities and the size of your sailboat. A 30-foot sailboat cabin gets awfully cramped with two or three cats aboard, not to mention the litter box problem. Multiple cats using a litter box in a well-sealed fiberglass tube isn’t a good situation.

As a general rule, it’s best to start with one cat regardless of the size of your boat. That way, you can get acclimated to taking care of a cat on a boat before taking on additional pets. For vessels under 40 feet in length, two cats is a reasonable limit.

Benefits of Liveaboard Cats

There are numerous benefits to living aboard a sailboat with a cat! The first and most common benefit is the companionship of having your pet aboard. It can greatly enhance the atmosphere by adding comfort and a real sense of ‘home’ in the very utilitarian environment of a sailboat cabin.

Additionally, cats are a great way to keep pests from occupying your vessel. Many sailors leave the hatches open during the summer, and sailboats are a five-star destination for mice and other disease-riddled rodents. Cats are humanity’s oldest and most effective pest control system.

Cats also provide a great opportunity to bond with other liveaboards. From arranging playdates to sharing common experiences, keeping a cat or two aboard your sailboat is sure to add an extra layer of quality to your experience.

Indoor or Outdoor Cats: Which are Best for Sailboats?

The indoor/outdoor cat debate has raged between homeowners for decades, and the question is even more important to consider as a liveaboard.

The primary issue here is that cats are difficult to keep contained aboard a boat. Sailboats have lots of large openings for people to move in and out of. Hatches and portlights present ample opportunity for cats to ‘escape’ and run off up the dock. Having an outdoor cat somewhat negates the issue, as they’re free to come and go as they please.

Outdoor cats are the easiest to deal with if you like opening up your boat frequently, and it frees up deck space for your cat to relax and exercise in your presence. However, outdoor cats can bring in ticks and fleas, which can rapidly overrun a confined space like a sailboat cabin.

Indoor cats eliminate the tick and flea issue, but you’ll have to keep a much closer eye on them. Some cats naturally won’t stray off the boat, so there’s a possible solution. And yes, it’s entirely possible to keep a cat from escaping a sailboat if some precautions are taken.

Which Cat Breeds are Best for Liveaboard Sailboats?

Believe it or not, there are several cat breeds that are adapted for life on the water. It’s no guarantee that your cat will swim like a Golden Retriever, but many breeds are known for their affinity for water.

The best cat breeds for sailboats are the American Bobtail, the Maine Coon, the Manx, the Japanese Bobtail, the Norwegian Forest Cat, the Turkish Angora, the American Shorthair, the Turkish Van, and most varieties of Bengal cats.

How to ‘Cat-Proof’ Your Sailboat

Cat-proofing your sailboat is essential if you’re planning to have one aboard. Cat-proofing refers to steps you should take to protect your cat from getting into areas where it shouldn’t be.

First, make sure to seal off any open access to the bilge. Sailboat bilges are often wet, unsanitary, and confined—which is just asking for trouble. Additionally, make sure your cat can’t get into the engine compartment or anywhere fuel and oil are stored.

Make sure to enclose access to electrical panels and wiring, as cats are known to chew up or destroy essential wiring and systems. Also, they can give themselves an unpleasant shock from rubbing against or biting into the wrong wires.

All other spaces on your sailboat should be safe for cats, as long as they’re accessible and open. Make sure to keep cupboards closed, and consider adding netting over deep cubbies to prevent your cat from getting stuck or trapped behind a panel or bulkhead.

Liveaboard Cat Safety

Keeping your cat safe aboard your sailboat can be easy. The main concerns are temperature, water, and the environment. Below, we’ll go over how to keep your pet safe and comfortable in the unique environment of a liveaboard sailboat.

Can Cats Swim?

Many cats can swim to some extent, but they usually don’t like it. Any cat owner who’s tried to give their cat a bath can attest to this fact. However, cats can be acclimated to the water with some patience and routine practice.

Lifejackets for Cats

It’s a good idea to spend time in the water with your cat, as you want to be sure it can swim if it falls overboard. Using a specialized cat life jacket is a great way to start. These lifejackets are also useful in an emergency.

Leashes and Harnesses

Having a leash and a good cat harness is a great way to safely let your cat enjoy the deck space of a sailboat. Many liveaboards attach a leash to the deck rail or a stay wire. A leash and harness essentially double the amount of space your cat has to hang out.

If it’s long enough, it’ll allow your cat to explore and hang out on the deck without running away. Just be sure to keep it untangled from lines and rigging. Don’t attach a leash to a collar, as it can be hazardous if your cat tries to jump off the boat or gets snagged in the rigging.

You can also incorporate a lifejacket into a leash system, which is especially helpful when making an offshore passage or getting underway. It’s a great and inexpensive upgrade for you and your cat.

Climate and Temperature

When it comes to temperature, the same rules that apply to cars also apply to sailboats. Never let your boat get too hot with your cat inside. Make sure the vessel is well ventilated, heated, and air-conditioned if possible. Sailboat cabins can get extremely hot quite fast. Remember, if you’re sweating, your cat could be overheating much worse.

Cats on Sailboats: Sanitation

Nobody likes to think about sanitation, but it’ll be the only thing on your mind if your boat isn’t cat-friendly. Small spaces can be soiled rapidly, especially with an animal onboard. However, you don’t have to resign yourself to a dirty space when you have a liveaboard cat.

Litter and Litter Boxes

Choosing the right litter and litter box is essential to maintaining a clean and disease-free sailboat cabin for you and your cat. Cat waste is noxious and must be contained effectively.

Don’t skimp on litter quality! Deodorants in cheap litter only mask the smell for a short time (if at all), so it’s best to find a product with odor-killing abilities. The best way to do that is to purchase high-quality anti-odor cat litter (the pricey stuff) and a partially-enclosed litter box.  

Food and Water

Food and water are pretty self-explanatory aboard a sailboat, but it requires spatial consideration. You can still feed your high-quality cat food as long as there’s enough room aboard to store sufficient supplies. Additionally, you’ll need an anti-spill water bowl to prevent your floating home from rolling and spilling water everywhere.

Hair Control

Most cats shed, and cat hair isn’t the best addition to your upholstery. Thankfully, cat hair and other allergens can be controlled effectively with proper ventilation and cleaning tools. A simple dustbuster is sufficient for cleaning furniture and scooping up stray chunks of litter.

Ventilation

Keep that air moving! Cats need fresh air, and so do humans who live in confined spaces with cats. It’s easy to ensure your sailboat has adequate ventilation. Simply install a few solar-powered deck vents and crack a porthole. Additional passive ventilation (like a wind scoop) can be a lifesaver on hot and stagnant days.

Waste Disposal

You’ll probably have to clean the litter box about twice as often when living aboard a sailboat. The most important thing to remember is to get the waste off the boat as soon as possible.

Avoid flushing it down the toilet, as litter can expand and ruin pipes and septic tanks. Instead, bag it and take it to the marina dumpster. If you perform this task once every day or two, you’ll be in great shape.

Cat Toys for Liveaboard Sailboats

Keeping your cat entertained is pretty simple on a sailboat. Most liveaboard cat owners have a wide array of typical small cat toys. You could let your cat scratch up the furniture freely, though it’s better to find a place to add (or build) a scratching post.

Some sailors turn the bottom of a wooden bulkhead into a scratching post by stapling a sheet of thick cat carpet around the base. Other possible scratching post locations include the base of the mast, the centerboard trunk (if you have one), and the base of a table.

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17 Sailboat Types Explained: How To Recognize Them

Ever wondered what type of sailboat you're looking at? Identifying sailboats isn't hard, you just have to know what to look for. In this article, I'll help you.

Every time I'm around a large number of sailboats, I look around in awe (especially with the bigger ones). I recognize some, but with most of them, I'll have to ask the owner. When they answer, I try to hide my ignorance. The words don't make any sense!

So here's a complete list with pictures of the most common sailboat types today. For each of them, I'll explain exactly where the name comes from, and how you can recognize it easily.

So here's my list of popular sailboat types, explained:

Bermuda sloop, sailing hydrofoil, dutch barge, chinese junk, square-rigged tall ship, in conclusion, how to recognize any sailboat.

Before we get started, I wanted to quickly explain what you should look for when you try to identify a sailboat.

The type of sailboat is always determined by one of these four things:

• The type of hull
• The type of keel
• The number of masts
• And the type of sails and rig

The hull is the boat's body. There are basically three hull types: monohull, catamaran, and trimaran. Simply said: do I see one hull, two hulls (catamaran) or three hulls (trimaran)? Most sailboats are monohulls.

Next, there is the keel type. The keel is the underwater part of the hull. Mostly, you won't be able to see that, because it's underwater. So we'll leave that for now.

The sail plan

The last factor is the number of masts and the sail plan. The sail plan, simply put, is the number of sails, the type of sails, and how the sails are mounted to the masts (also called rigging ).

Sailboat are mostly named after the sail plan, but occasionally, a sail type is thrown in there as well.

So now we know what to pay attention to, let's go and check out some sailboats!

Dinghies are the smallest and most simple sailboats around.

They are your typical training sailboats. Small boats with an open hull, with just one mast and one sail. Perfect for learning the ways of the wind.

On average, they are between 6 and 20 ft long. Mostly sailed single-handed (solo). There's no special rigging, just the mainsail. The mainsail is commonly a Bermuda (triangular) mainsail. Dinghies have a simple rudder stick and no special equipment or rigging.

Dinghies are great for learning how to sail. The smaller the boat, the better you feel the impact of your trim and actions.

How to recognize a sailing dinghy:

• short (8ft)
• one Bermuda sail
• open hull design
• rudder stick

Common places to spot them: lakes, near docks

If you'd ask a kid to draw a sailboat, she'll most probably draw this one. The Bermuda Sloop is the most popular and most common sailboat type today. You'll definitely recognize this one.

How to recognize a Bermuda Sloop:

• triangular mainsail (called a Bermuda sail)
• a foresail (also called the jib)
• fore-and-aft rigged
• medium-sized (12 - 50 ft)

Fore-and-aft rigged just means "from front to back". This type of rigging helps to sail upwind.

Any sailboat with one mast and two sails could still be a sloop. Even if the sails are another shape or rigged in another way. For example, here's a gaff-rigged sloop (more on the gaff rig later):

If you want to learn all about sail rigs, check out my full Guide to Understanding Sail Rig Types here. It has good infographics and explains it in more detail

The Bermuda sloop has a lot of advantages over other sailboat types (which is why it's so popular):

• the Bermuda rig is very maneuverable and pretty fast in almost all conditions
• it's really versatile
• you can sail it by yourself without any problems
• it's a simple setup

Common places to spot a sloop: everywhere. Smaller sloops are more common for inland waters, rivers, and lakes. Medium-sized and large sloops are very popular cruising boats.

Cutters have one mast but three or more sails. Most cutters are Bermuda rigged, which means they look a lot like sloops.

How to recognize a cutter:

• looks like a sloop
• two or more headsails instead of one
• commonly one mast
• sometimes an extra mast with mainsail

Cutters have more sail area, which makes them faster, but also harder to sail single-handed. There's also more strain on the mast and rigging.

Common places to spot a cutter: everywhere. Cutters are very popular for cruising.

They mostly have a Bermuda rig, which means triangular sails. But there are also gaff cutters and naval cutters, and some have two masts.

Here's an example of a two-masted naval cutter with an extra gaff mainsail and top gaff:

The Hydrofoil is a pretty new sailboat design. It's a racing sailboat with thin wing foils under the hull. These lift up the hull, out of the water, reducing the displacement to nearly zero. The foils create downforce and keep it from lifting off entirely.

This makes the hydrofoil extremely fast and also impressive.

The hydrofoil refers to the keel type. There are both monohull and multihull hydrofoils.

How to recognize a hydrofoil:

• it flies above the waterline and has small fins

Common places to spot a hydrofoil: at racing events

Famous catamaran: La Vagabonde from Sailing La Vagabonde

A catamaran is a type of cruising and racing multihull sailboat with two hulls. The hulls are always the same size.

Most catamarans have a standard Bermuda rig. The catamaran refers to the hull, so it can have any number of masts, sails, sail types and rig type.

How to recognize a catamaran:

• any boat with two hulls is called a catamaran

Common places to spot catamarans: coastal waters, The Caribbean, shallow reefs

The advantages of a catamaran: Catamarans heel less than monohulls and are more buoyant. Because of the double hull, they don't need as deep a keel to be stable. They have a smaller displacement, making them faster. They also have a very shallow draft. That's why catamarans are so popular in the Caribbean, where there's lots of shallow water.

Catamarans are nearly impossible to capsize:

"Compared with a monohull, a cruising catamaran sailboat has a high initial resistance to heeling and capsize—a fifty-footer requires four times the force to initiate a capsize than an equivalent monohull." Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize a trimaran:

• any boat with three hulls is called a trimaran

Trimarans have three hulls, so it's a multi-hull design. It's mostly a regular monohull with two smaller hulls or floaters on the sides. Some trimarans can be trailered by winching in the auxiliary hulls, like this:

This makes them very suitable for long-term cruising, but also for regular docking. This is great for crowded areas and small berths, like in the Mediterranean. It sure is more cost-effective than the catamaran (but you also don't have the extra storage and living space!).

Common places to spot Trimarans: mostly popular for long-term cruising, you'll find the trimaran in coastal areas.

Gaffer refers to gaff-rigged, which is the way the sails are rigged. A gaff rig is a rectangular sail with a top pole, or 'spar', which attaches it to the mast. This pole is called the 'gaff'. To hoist the mainsail, you hoist this top spar with a separate halyard. Most gaffers carry additional gaff topsails as well.

Gaff rigs are a bit less versatile than sloops. Because of the gaff, they can have a larger sail area. So they will perform better with downwind points of sail. Upwind, however, they handle less well.

How to recognize a gaffer:

• sail is rectangular
• mainsail has a top pole (or spar)

Since a gaffer refers to the rig type, and not the mast configuration or keel type, all sailboats with this kind of rigging can be called 'gaffers'.

Common places to spot a gaffer: Gaffers are popular inland sailboats. It's a more traditional rig, being used recreationally.

Schooners used to be extremely popular before sloops took over. Schooners are easy to sail but slower than sloops. They handle better than sloops in all comfortable (cruising) points of sail, except for upwind.

How to recognize a schooner:

• mostly two masts
• smaller mast in front
• taller mast in the back
• fore-and-aft rigged sails
• gaff-rigged mainsails (spar on top of the sail)

Common places to spot a schooner: coastal marinas, bays

How to recognize a ketch:

• medium-sized (30 ft and up)
• smaller mast in back
• taller mast in front
• both masts have a mainsail

The ketch refers to the sail plan (mast configuration and type of rig). Ketches actually handle really well. The back mast (mizzenmast) powers the hull, giving the skipper more control. Because of the extra mainsail, the ketch has shorter masts. This means less stress on masts and rigging, and less heel.

Common places to spot a ketch: larger marinas, coastal regions

How to recognize a yawl:

• main mast in front
• much smaller mast in the back
• back mast doesn't carry a mainsail

The aft mast is called a mizzenmast. Most ketches are gaff-rigged, so they have a spar at the top of the sail. They sometimes carry gaff topsails. They are harder to sail than sloops.

The yawl refers to the sail plan (mast configuration and type of rig).

Common places to spot a yawl: they are not as popular as sloops, and most yawls are vintage sailboat models. You'll find most being used as daysailers on lakes and in bays.

Dutch Barges are very traditional cargo ships for inland waters. My hometown is literally littered with a very well-known type of barge, the Skutsje. This is a Frisian design with leeboards.

Skutsjes don't have a keel but use leeboards for stability instead, which are the 'swords' or boards on the side of the hull.

How to recognize a Dutch Barge:

• most barges have one or two masts
• large, wooden masts
• leeboards (wooden wings on the side of the hull)
• mostly gaff-rigged sails (pole on top of the sail, attached to mast)
• a ducktail transom

The clipper is one of the latest sailboat designs before steam-powered vessels took over. The cutter has a large cargo area for transporting cargo. But they also needed to be fast to compete with steam vessels. It's a large, yet surprisingly fast sailboat model, and is known for its good handling.

This made them good for trade, especially transporting valuable goods like tea or spices.

How to recognize a Clipper:

• mostly three masts
• square-rigged sails
• narrow but long, steel hull

Common places to spot a clipper: inland waters, used as houseboats, but coastal waters as well. There are a lot of clippers on the Frisian Lakes and Waddenzee in The Netherlands (where I live).

This particular junk is Satu, from the Chesapeake Bay Area.

The Chinese Junk is an ancient type of sailboat. Junks were used to sail to Indonesia and India from the start of the Middle Ages onward (500 AD). The word junk supposedly comes from the Chinese word 'jung', meaning 'floating house'.

How to recognize a Chinese junk:

• medium-sized (30 - 50 ft)
• large, flat sails with full-length battens
• stern (back of the hull) opens up in a high deck
• mostly two masts (sometimes one)
• with two mainsails, sails are traditionally maroon
• lug-rigged sails

The junk has a large sail area. The full-length battens make sure the sails stay flat. It's one of the flattest sails around, which makes it good for downwind courses. This also comes at a cost: the junk doesn't sail as well upwind.

The cat rig is a sail plan with most commonly just one mast and one sail, the mainsail.

Most sailing dinghies are cats, but there are also larger boats with this type of sail plan. The picture above is a great example.

How to recognize a cat rig:

• smaller boats
• mostly one mast
• one sail per mast
• no standing rigging

Cat-rigged refers to the rigging, not the mast configuration or sail type. So you can have cats with a Bermuda sail (called a Bermuda Cat) or gaff-rigged sail (called a Gaff Cat), and so on. There are also Cat Ketches and Cat Schooners, for example. These have two masts.

The important thing to know is: cats have one sail per mast and no standing rigging .

Most typical place to spot Cats: lakes and inland waters

Famous brig: HMS Beagle (Charles Darwin's ship)

A brig was a very popular type of small warship of the U.S. navy during the 19th century. They were used in the American Revolution and other wars with the United Kingdom. They carry 10-18 guns and are relatively fast and maneuverable. They required less crew than a square-rigged ship.

How to recognize a brig:

• square-rigged foremast
• mainmast square-rigged or square-rigged and gaff-rigged

How to recognize a tall ship:

• three or four masts
• square sails with a pole across the top
• multiple square sails on each mast
• a lot of lines and rigging

Square-rigged ships, or tall ships, are what we think of when we think of pirate ships. Now, most pirate ships weren't actually tall ships, but they come from around the same period. They used to be built from wood, but more modern tall ships are nearly always steel.

Tall ships have three or four masts and square sails which are square-rigged. That means they are attached to the masts with yards.

We have the tall ship races every four years, where dozens of tall ships meet and race just offshore.

Most common place to spot Tall Ships: Museums, special events, open ocean

This is a bonus type since it is not very common anymore. As far as I know, there's only one left.

The Trabaccolo is a small cargo ship used in the Adriatic Sea. It has lug sails. A lug rig is a rectangular sail, but on a long pole or yard that runs fore-and-aft. It was a popular Venetian sailboat used for trade.

The name comes from the Italian word trabacca , which means tent, referring to the sails.

How to recognize a Trabaccolo:

• wide and short hull
• sails look like a tent

Most common place to spot Trabaccolo's: the Marine Museum of Cesenatico has a fully restored Trabaccolo.

So, there you have it. Now you know what to look for, and how to recognize the most common sailboat types easily. Next time you encounter a magnificent sailboat, you'll know what it's called - or where to find out quickly.

I loved this article. I had no idea there were so many kinds of sailboats.

i have a large sailing boat about 28ft. that im having a difficult time identifying. it was my fathers & unfortunately hes passed away now. any helpful information would be appreciated.

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I find a saleboat boat but i can find the módem…os registré out off bru’x, and the saleboat name is TADCOZ, can you tell me who to go about this matter in getting info.thank con voz your time…

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The Marshall 22 catboat and her sloop-rigged sister have been in production for over 40 years—one of the longest running continuously produced cruising sailboat designs ever. During the period, understandably, the builder has made many changes. Gasoline engines have been replaced with diesels, horsepower ratings have crept up, interior layout has been modified (the bottom layout shown being the current version), and fit and finish have gone through several iterations (generally toward fancier wood trim). Still, the Marshall 22 remains essentially the same boat it was in 1965, featuring shallow draft (two feet with board up) for gunkholing or lying on the bottom at low tide, and a good length on deck for a catboat. (Hoisting the sail on a bigger cat can be a pain for a singlehander—and a smaller cat has a lot less space below.) Best features: She looks like the pretty Cape Cod cat she is; skippers are likely to get frequent compliments while cruising. There's a good network of other catboaters, especially in the northeastern states, for those seeking nautical camaraderie. Worst features: Compared to her comps, headroom is low. Also: the Marshall 22 cat has a reputation for being a bit sluggish in light air; well-sailed Marshall 18s can beat her handily. The sloop rig (338 sq. ft. main, 100 sq. ft. jib) is even slower. Both rigs are better when it breezes up.

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Converting a sloop to a catboat can offer several advantages: Simplicity: Catboats have a single mast with a large, powerful sail, making them simpler to rig and operate compared to sloops with their multiple sails and rigging. This simplicity makes catboats easier to handle, especially for novice sailors. Stability: Catboats have a wider beam (width) than sloops, providing increased stability. This stability makes catboats less prone to heeling (leaning over) and more suitable for cruising or carrying heavy loads. Spaciousness: The wider beam of a catboat allows for a more spacious cockpit and cabin layout. This can provide increased comfort for the crew and passengers, as well as additional storage space for equipment and supplies. Performance: Converting a sloop to a catboat can potentially improve sailing performance, depending on the specific boat and conversion modifications. Catboats typically have a larger sail area compared to sloops of similar length, which can result in enhanced speed and performance in certain conditions. Aesthetics: Some individuals may simply prefer the design and aesthetics of a catboat over a sloop. Catboats have a distinctive look with their single mast, large sail, and wide beam, which can be visually appealing to certain sailors. It's important to note that converting a boat from one rig type to another would involve significant modifications and may require professional expertise. It's recommended to consult with sailboat designers or experts to ensure the conversion is done safely and effectively.

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Come Sail With Me: Beetle Cat Boats

By Dennis Caprio, Photography by Billy Black

A civil engineer from Alabama rescues the Beetle Cat from the brink of extinction.

A light breeze moved the little hot tub of a boat at a hypnotic pace as I lounged on the floorboards in her massive cockpit, one hand on the tiller and my free arm draped over the coaming. Yes, a 12-by-6-foot catboat has a massive cockpit, and aboard the Beetle, it feels even larger, because the boat doesn’t have benches. This little yacht was so stable, especially in the light air I experienced, that I stayed on the same side of the cockpit for every tack. I might have dozed off, but Brown’s warning about the small-boat traffic and the gentle pressure of weather helm kept my attention.

I sailed a Beetle Cat for the first time in 1999 on the Mystic River in Mystic, Connecticut. It was one of the Seaport Museum’s livery fleet and in fine condition. Sharon Brown, at the time enthusiastic keeper of the Mystic Boathouse, showed me the ropes — one halyard for the throat of the gaff and one halyard for the peak. She told me to hoist the sail by tugging both halyards simultaneously until the throat reached maximum hoist, belay that halyard, continue raising the peak until all the wrinkles flattened, and then belay that halyard. After a few words about minding the traffic on the river, Brown sent me on my way.

John H. Beetle designed the Beetle Cat in 1920. His father, James Beetle, had founded the Beetle Boat Co. in the 19th century to make whaleboats for the thriving whaling industry in New Bedford, Massachusetts. John Beetle respected the many wholesome characteristics of the Cape Cod catboats and thought a small daysailer based on the workboat model would make a perfect boat for the children in the family. His design had the single gaff sail, shallow draft, centerboard and barn-door rudder of her ancestors. Her performance in the first season afloat impressed the locals, and orders for the model followed. By 1921, the Beetle Boat Co. put the 12-foot catboat into production, employing the assembly line method that allowed the shop to build a 29-foot whaleboat in 48 hours.

After the Beetles established the design of a boat, they made a pattern for each stock part, and then using these patterns, they cut the parts, labeled them and placed them at the appropriate locations along the assembly line. They built the lapstrake whaleboats upside down over male molds, installing the steam-bent ribs after the hull had been planked. This method, adapted to the carvel construction of the Beetle Cat, allowed the company to keep the price within reach of the average enthusiast.

Horace S. Crosby, a boatbuilder in Osterville, Massachusetts, constructed the first Cape Cod catboat in 1860, and he fashioned her to deal with the big seas, strong currents and shoals inherent to waters off Chatham, Hyannis, Osterville and Falmouth. Crosby gave his working catboats high bow sections, which contribute to the graceful sweep of the sheer line. More important, though, the bow helped support the mast, which sits so far forward that the shrouds and forestay don’t have the best of staying angles. Substantial freeboard forward also prevents solid water from shipping aboard. Although the low freeboard aft complements the sheer, its main reason for being is to ease the handling of lines and traps. Same for the catboat’s generous beam: It enhances form stability, so the crew may work without fear of being pitched out of the boat. Even aboard the tiny Beetle Cat, a person of average size standing on the side deck heels the boat only a few degrees. The huge single sail made the catboat easy to handle, allowing a fisherman to work alone, though he typically carried a mate. On the downside, that sail became unmanageable in a blow, so the crew had to watch the weather and reef before the wind increased and the seas built.

Racing has been part of the Cape Cod catboat’s life since the beginning. The late Howard I. Chapelle in his book American Small Sailing Craft (W.W. Norton & Co. Inc.) writes: “ … the crews of the boats consisted of no more than two men, and the boats were raced to market. In other words, shoal draft, speed, seaworthiness, weatherliness, handiness … were necessary features of design.” Later in the chapter, he tells us that racing, which caused the rigs to grow in size and the boats to become truculent, compromised the catboat’s wholesomeness, tarnishing its reputation. The Beetle Cat’s reputation isn’t in any danger of being sullied, because John Beetle designed it to be as well balanced and safe as the type permits.

Some sources reckon that more than 4,000 Beetle Cats populate the world and that most of them live along the East Coast from Maine to New Jersey. I seldom argue with “sources,” and I’ve seen enough of these charming 12-footers during my travels to accept the veracity of this figure. Every time I see a Beetle Cat under sail or dancing around its mooring ball, I want one. They are downright lovable — the plumb stem and proud bow like the “pug-nosed dream” in the tune “Polka Dots and Moonbeams.” Sailing one simply increases my desire.

Bill Womack (above), the 68-year-old CEO of Beetle Inc. and an energetic fireplug of a man, treated me to my second sail aboard a Beetle, this time on Buzzards Bay off Wareham, Massachusetts. Very light air, the occasional sprinkle of rain and the threat of a thunderstorm from the west urged us to abandon the outing, but the occasional puff teased us into chasing every patch of cat’s paws we saw. In spite of its two-to-one beam/length ratio, the Beetle Cat doesn’t have very much wetted surface area relative to the power of its 100-square-foot gaff sail. The Beetle ghosted along rather nicely, another characteristic that endeared catboats to the working watermen of Cape Cod before the advent of small internal combustion engines.

Beetle Inc., now located in an industrial park in Wareham rather than the waterfront, is the fourth incarnation of the company. John Beetle died in 1928, leaving his daughter, Ruth, to assume management of the Beetle Boat Co. She oversaw the company’s transition from building whaleboats to Beetle Cats, which continued until World War II interrupted production. After the war, Ruth’s brother, Carl, became interested in the development of fiber-reinforced plastic as a boatbuilding material, and he transferred the rights and title of the catboat to the Concordia Co. of South Dartmouth, Massachusetts — ushering in the era of Leo J. Telesmanick, the legendary craftsman who ran the Beetle shop at Concordia.

Although the Concordia Co. changed hands twice during Telesmanick’s tenure, which lasted until 1983, the Beetle Cat division remained part of the package until Charlie York bought it in 1993. He ran the operation until 2003 but couldn’t keep up with the demand for new boats, off-season storage and repairs. That’s when Womack bought Beetle Inc.

Womack is a civil engineer. Although he was born and raised in Alabama, he can trace his roots to the Mayflower’s landing at Plymouth Rock. During the 1950s, he visited Cape Cod with his parents and remembers seeing Beetle Cats everywhere. After earning his degree from Georgia Tech, he spent four years in the Navy, some of that in Vietnam working with SEAL teams.

“I got out of the Navy in 1970,” he said, “and I’ve been building highways and bridges ever since.” He worked for the Perini Corp. out of its office in Framingham, Massachusetts. In 1998, he abandoned the corporate world and began a consulting business, which he continues to run. “This boatbuilding thing is a whole other story.”

In 2002, Womack commissioned Charlie York to build a new Beetle for him, and by the spring of 2003, it still wasn’t finished. Womack told York that he was going to pick up the boat, done or not, and during the course of their conversation at the shop, York said that, for the right money, Womack could buy the whole operation. Boat in tow, Womack headed for home.

“I was 10 minutes up the road,” Womack said. “I called him, and it’s the only time in six months he answered the damn phone.” Womack returned to the shop, and within 15 minutes he and York made a handshake deal. Under York’s management, Beetle Inc. built three or four boats a year, stored maybe 25, and grossed about $150,000 annually. Since Womack has been CEO, the company stores 180 boats, builds 10 to 12 new ones annually and has a thriving business in repair. The crew also has built an Alerion, a 28-foot Hanley catboat, a Beetle Cat 14 and a healthy number of flat-bottom skiffs. Gross earnings have reached about $1 million annually. “Every penny we’re making, we’re putting right back into the business,” Womack said.

Beetle Inc. is a genuine production shop, building catboats the way the original Beetle Boat Co. did. “If we’re handcrafting everything from scratch,” Womack said, “nobody could buy one.” The shop makes all of the parts early in the fall and starts building boats right after Thanksgiving. “We’ll work eight to 10 weeks and put 12 boats together,” Womack said. “It takes five or six weeks to get them through finish.”

At the Leo J. Telesmanick Championship Regatta, run out of the Weekapaug Yacht Club in Westerly, Rhode Island, this past August, I spoke with one woman who lived within sight of the race course and had been watching Beetles for years. She longed to have a boat of her own, and when the youngest of her children entered adulthood, she bought a Beetle. She raced the regatta with her teenage daughter. One of Beetle Inc.’s customers bought his seventh catboat when he was 91. He’d courted his wife in a Beetle prior to World War II, where he was a hero in the Pacific theater.

Beetle Cats are so appealing that they have a life of their own. The International Yacht Restoration School in Newport, Rhode Island, restores a handful of Beetles every year, buying parts from Beetle Inc. The New England Beetle Cat Boat Association provides owners and would-be owners a place to get advice and make contact with other enthusiasts. Now that Womack and his band of craftsmen have the reins at Beetle Inc., the class has a bright future.

“I don’t really own this boat shop,” Womack said. “I’m the caretaker of this boat.”

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• DRAFT: 8” to 2’0”
• SAIL AREA: 100 sq. ft.
• WEIGHT: approx. 450 lb.
• BASE PRICE: $16,995

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• Frames: Steam-bent white oak
• Keel and solid stem: Steam-bent white oak
• Planking: ½-inch Atlantic white cedar
• Coamings and rails: White oak
• Deck: ½-inch Atlantic white cedar covered with canvas
• Hardware: Custom silicon bronze
• Fasteners: Silicon bronze (domestic)

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