NIPPER (RAY GREENE)
Cat (Marconi) • Centerboard Dinghy • Built 1938
Dimensions
- LOA
- 12 ft
- LWL
- — ft
- Beam
- 5 ft
- Max Draft
- 2.67 ft
- Min Draft
- 0.5 ft
- Displacement
- 250 lbs
- Ballast
- — lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 3.17 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 40.3
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- —
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- —
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 100 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Centerboard Dinghy
- Rig Type
- Cat (Marconi)
- Hull Material
- FG or Plywood
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1938
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- 2300
Notes:
The earliest NIPPERS were built of plywood. There was an active one-design class for many years in the mid west USA. A later, sloop rigged version was called the SLIPPER. Sail area 110sqft.
Builder
- Ray Greene & Co. (1947–1975)
Related Boats
| Name | LOA (ft) | Year | Rig |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLIPPER (RAY GREENE) | 12 | 1938 | Fractional Sloop |