BRUTAL BEAST
Cat (Marconi) • Centerboard Dinghy • Built 1919–1955
Dimensions
- LOA
- 13.83 ft
- LWL
- — ft
- Beam
- 6.16 ft
- Max Draft
- 2.67 ft
- Min Draft
- 0.75 ft
- Displacement
- 250 lbs
- Ballast
- — lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 3.91 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 32.3
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- —
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- —
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 80 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Centerboard Dinghy
- Rig Type
- Cat (Marconi)
- Hull Material
- Wood
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1919
- Last Built
- 1955
- Number Built
- —
Notes:
A popular one design class for youth and adults with at least one fleet (Marblehead MA)lasting until the early 1950's.
Original boats had a gaff rig and later changed to a sliding gunter.
One design standards were only observed within local fleets and rigs and construction details varied.
It is said that the name came from a Great Dane dog owned by the designer.
Designer
- W. Starling Burgess (1878–1947)