looking for small catboat plan

[BrianY]

I have always been extremely fond of Charles Whitthotz' 11 foot catboat dinghy(plan available form WoodenBoat at http://www.woodenboatstore.com/11-Dinghy/productinfo/400-050/

This one: http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg273/byankee_photos/11catboat.jpg

but at 11' LOA it's a bit too small for my purposes. I would love to find a similar, traditional style, non- plywood open gaff rigged catboat/dinghy in the 12 - 14 foot range but it seems that the next size increment is 15' or more (i.e. Marsh Cat or 'Corvus')

Any thoughts?

[Ian McColgin]

Look back a few issues to find William Garden's slight upscaling and upcomforting of the Beetle Cat. Nice comfortable able looking boat.

[JimM]

As Ian said, William Garden's Tom Cat is a very nice 12' catboat. Plans and a little book are available from Woodenboat Shop along with the article in WoodenBoat Magazing by William Garden. The boat can be built either carvel planked or strip plank with epoxy/fiberglass sheathing.

[Yeadon]

This is something that you'll keep on a trailer at home, or in the water most of the time?

What about a glued-lap Melonseed?

Edited ... never mind ... you said traditional, non-plywood catboat. Sorry, though I suppose you could build her traditional plank of frame. They are cool little boats.

[BrianY]

A clarification -

If I do build something, it will be strip built and live on a trailer...

Also - I had completely forgotten about the Tom Cat...thanks for the reminders!

[johnw]

Length isn't always size. the 16' melonseed is about 5' wide, a foot narrower than a Beetle Cat. If you built a New York catboat like Una, the 1852 boat built by Bob Fish of New York, you'd have a 16' X 6' boat that would really be no bigger than a 14' Cape Cod cat.

[P.L.Lenihan]

How about 12'3" :)

http://www.instantboats.com/tinycat.htm




Oppps!Just read you want it strip built. Oh well, consider this a Plan "b" if you don't find what you're looking for.


Cheers!

Peter

[Steve Paskey]

William Atkin designed a nice little 14-foot catboat named Catnip, but she's not gaff-rigged. See: www.atkinboatplans.com/

[johnw]

How about Edson Schock's 'Hortense,' the design used for the Stur-Dee Cat? 14 ft., nice looking boat. I think Mystic has the plans. Or even better, Sea Wren.

http://books.google.com/books?id=0COg0fsCkD8C&pg=PA161&lpg=PA161&dq=14+foot+catboat&source=bl&ots=EGVXoaO7b6&sig=-ENK1wOjHe7xbz0g8Teo3S7gy9U&hl=en&ei=uMCdSpuUG4GesgOvvOQq&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10#v=onepage&q=14%20foot%20catboat&f=false

[openboater]

Selway-Fisher Woodlark 13', strip built

http://www.selway-fisher.com/Other1013.htm

[Jim Ledger]

That Tom Cat is a sweet looking little boat.:)

A lot of work, but worth it.

[JeffSteele]

if youre interested in the tomcat check out this link. the site was set up by alex low another forumite here

http://www.dc004.com/oct.html

[grousehunter]

Mystic Seaport ships plans museum, Edson Schock's designs. His 14-16 foot cats will bring tears. I can only speak for two of his designs but after lofting both of these, there were no "in the neighborhood" offsets as you will read advice-givers tell you that you have to put up with. This guy was dead on and nothing conflicted from any of the views that was off by more than the thickness of the pencil line. He also wrote a book that has at least one cat in it with complete plans (though reduced of course). You can initially peruse his designs by getting the reduced copy of your boat from DN Goodchild. Edson put the design number on most of his sheets so you can then get a larger scale set from Mystic, and support the museum as well.

[ARCHIE PELAGO]

A Beetle Cat has a deck but it would fit your needs size wise. Some other thoughts might arise from the Beetle website:

http://beetlecat.com/store/scripts/default.asp

A good website for buying catboats:

http://www.catboats.org/cats4sale/archive/cats134.htm

....and a helpful book wiht good bibliography for leads and other ideas:

http://www.amazon.com/Catboat-Book-John-M-Leavens/dp/0070104425#reader

[johnw]

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Qk62rRa2hGc/SqAhLdZ9DaI/AAAAAAAABOw/9WpIoM-tp6I/Fullscreen%20capture%20932009%2010238%20PM.jpg

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Qk62rRa2hGc/SqAiIngHyoI/AAAAAAAABPQ/FRrJ8eIw-gc/Fullscreen%20capture%20932009%2010602%20PM.jpg

[Wiley Baggins]

If I do build something, it will be strip built and live on a trailer...

Try “Button Swan” on page two of the document linked below. You’re on your own for scantlings for strip built, but they shouldn’t be too hard to develop from Gerr’s book or the like.

http://www.by-the-sea.com/bakerboatworks/pdf/catboats.pdf

[BrianY]

Thanks to all for the replies. It looks like the Selway- Fisher Woodlark might fit the bill.