VIDEO: Catboats

Author:

Soundings Staff

Updated:

Jun 16, 2017

Original:

Jun 2, 2017

A pleasure to look at, catboats are hard to beat when it comes to traditional design.

Sailing a catboat requires courage from novices but there are many reasons for the design’s devoted following.

In addition to the standard Marconi, the Herreshoff 20 will be available with an optional gaff rig.

With her narrow beam and double-ender hull shape, the 62-foot Francis Lee dosen't follow the production-boat trend that favors a lot of beam aft.

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A fleet of catboats from the Quincy Yacht Club in Massachusetts beats to windward in this big, bold, 23x40 oil painting by Richard Loud.

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Jeanne Socrates will be the oldest person to sail around the world solo and nonstop if she completes her encore voyage. She was 70 when she finished her last circumnavigation.

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