WOOD-PUSSY
Cat (Marconi) • Centerboard Dinghy • Built 1943
Dimensions
- LOA
- 13.5 ft
- LWL
- — ft
- Beam
- 6 ft
- Max Draft
- 2.5 ft
- Min Draft
- 0.58 ft
- Displacement
- 400 lbs
- Ballast
- — lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 3.26 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 32.4
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- —
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- —
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 110 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Centerboard Dinghy
- Rig Type
- Cat (Marconi)
- Hull Material
- Wood & FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1943
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- 1000
Notes:
Rhodes Design #491
Originally commissioned by Donald B. Abbott as a junior trainer as well as a day-sailer for adults.
The PUFFIN, sailed in New England waters and the LAUDERDALE ONE-DESIGN seen in Florida (USA), have the same hull but with a sloop rig.
Fiberglass construction adopted by the mid 1950's.
Designer
- Philip Rhodes (1895–1974)
Builders
- O'Day Corp. (1958–1989)
- Palmer Scott & Co. Inc. (USA) (1935–1970)
- Weeks Yacht Yard (USA) (1898)