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World of Boats (EISCA) Collection ~ Cayman Islands Cat Boat; The Catboat Association a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the history, and promoting the use, of catboats. MengerCat.com a resource for information about Menger Catboats built between 1976 and 2005. Now owned and supported by Wagner Boat Works.
The boat has a retractable galvanized steel centerboard, and a shallow-draft aluminum rudder similar in shape to New England–style cat boats. The design was created by Norm Bell and John Larimore in the mid-1950s and used then-current polyester resin and fiberglass construction techniques. The boat was perhaps over-engineered, and is quite ...
Hobie Alter sold the Hobie Cat Company to the Coleman Company in 1975. In 1982, Coast Catamaran (The official name of the Hobie Cat Company at that time) bought dinghy company Vagabond and its line of dinghy designs from Ron Holder and produced a series of dinghies (Hobie Hawk, Hobie Holder 12, Hobie Holder 14, Hobie Holder 17 & Hobie Holder 20) and monohulls in the 1980s and 1990s, including ...
The Royal Navy banned cats and other pet animals from all ships on the ocean in 1975 on hygiene grounds. [9] However, cats are still common on many private ships. One notable example is "Toolbox" (a feral kitten born in a toolbox), the senior ship's cat, official warrant officer and "Captain's Assistant" aboard the modern Kalmar Nyckel. A ...
With more than 30,000 boats shipped, [3] the Aqua was inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame in 2001, and is still in production today. The original Aqua cat 12 was modified to an improved Aqua Cat 12.5 and is also available as an Aqua Cat 14 Catamaran which features upturned hulls and is available in an easier sailing resort model.
A July 2000 review by Darrell Nicholson on boats.com note, "In 1998 [Hoyt] designed and built the 19' Alerion cat 'to combine the proven virtues of the catboat with modern sailing performance.' From the outset, cats have been recognized for their shallow-water capabilities, sprightly acceleration, superior load-carrying and comforting stability.
In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood described the design as a classic catboat. [2]In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "if you've ever heard the sailor's description of a cozy cruiser, 'drinks six, eats four, sleeps two,' you'll appreciate that this boat is different: she drinks eight (if squeezed into the cockpit at anchor), eats four (at a dinette below, unless you go for trays on laps), and ...
In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "unlike most of her comp[etitor]s, the Mystic Catboat 20 was designed to resemble a 19th century gentleman's cruising cat rather than a traditional working cat. To a large extent this sealed her fate as a catboat judged to be less seakindly—and therefore less popular—than the 'working' cat designs.
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