My 3 ton catboat's freestanding mast is solid clear Doug Fir from a big old tree, 7.5" diameter at deck, to carry 420sq.ft. of gaff sail. Yes it's...
In his book on boat designs, Bill Garden wrote in reference to cat eye ports that " a little cat like this is a one-portlight-per-side size; two...
Here's a photo of the James W Hart sailing in Desolation Sound last week. Still the original rig and sail at 40 years of age.[ATTACH]
New sail This year I splurged and had a new 6.5oz cream sail made by Leitch and McBride in Sidney BC. No roach or battens, the sail is big enough...
If the electric motor works when needed, you're gonna have fun!
James W Hart This year the catboat actually named James W Hart came up for sale near Courtenay BC and I talked some friends into buying it, and I...
Here's another one for sale in Iowa No doubt moored somewhere on the Mississippi but longing for the salty sea:...
Nice project for someone.. ..if it hasn't gone through too many freeze-thaw cycles. It was for sale a couple of years ago for $1800. That...
another family cat Here's another photo of one more in this small (and thus rare) production run of catboats. The photo came in an email to me a...
curves All this talk and no pictures? I'll fix that. ;)
more pix Had to do another wrap in the stuffing box this summer to slow down the drip, no big deal without a fixed keel. :cool:
Lee helm Not at all. Lee helm is a dangerous thing in a catboat, and I think Bill Garden got the balance just right on this one, with a full bow,...
weight Design weight of the Family Cat is around 6000#. In mine, that's achieved with a solid concrete floor that also has some iron in it....
"Sandy's boat" Yes it was once Sandy's catboat Kyra, which he traded to a friend at the north end of the Salish Sea, and then I inherited it and...
stand up The only catboats with full headroom are either over 28feet or have a deeper hull with fixed keel, either way a lot more tonnage and...
Tad's remark about the galley up forward makes me wonder if it was my boat he was on board back then, since I haven't come across any other sister...
I have one of these fine catboats, and would worry if a tabernacle mast would be strong enough for the oversize rig. My mast (friends joke "It's a...
