She is 15 feet overall, probably the same on the waterline with about 7 foot beam. The full plans including the table of offsets appears in the March 1955 edition of Rudder magazine. I think she is designed by Fenwick Williams. The article in the Rudder which is written by one Walter Skinner does not mention the designer and the plans also gives no evidence of the designer - BUT - I have a set of plans of the yawl 'Annie' which is designed by Fenwick Williams and the notation and characteristics of the written captions etc on both plans are so similar that I am sure this is a FW design. Fenwick Williams worked for the great American Yacht designer John Alden during the 1950s so this Catboat design may have been some weekend free lance work? FW is noted for many very beatiful Catboat and other designs. '
Alden, That is one of the prettiest Williams catboats I've ever seen. I love catboats. I'm just starting to loft A 15 foot Wittholz catboat called Corvus. the style and finish of your boat is something I'll take some inspiration from. while I'm building I have a 12 foot Beetle cat to sail. Dave
Yes Anonymous, she is pretty alright - dimensions are as above. I have said that this is a Fenwick Williams design, but I am now not so sure as I have found out that the writer of the article in the 1955 Rudder magazine Walter Skinner also designed some catboats, so maybe it is a Walter Skinner design?
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What a beauty! What are her dimensions?
She is 15 feet overall, probably the same on the waterline with about 7 foot beam.
The full plans including the table of offsets appears in the March 1955 edition of Rudder magazine. I think she is designed by Fenwick Williams. The article in the Rudder which is written by one Walter Skinner does not mention the designer and the plans also gives no evidence of the designer - BUT - I have a set of plans of the yawl 'Annie' which is designed by Fenwick Williams and the notation and characteristics of the written captions etc on both plans are so similar that I am sure this is a FW design. Fenwick Williams worked for the great American Yacht designer John Alden during the 1950s so this Catboat design may have been some weekend free lance work? FW is noted for many very beatiful Catboat and other designs.
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Alden, That is one of the prettiest Williams catboats I've ever seen. I love catboats. I'm just starting to loft A 15 foot Wittholz catboat called Corvus. the style and finish of your boat is something I'll take some inspiration from. while I'm building I have a 12 foot Beetle cat to sail. Dave
Yes Anonymous, she is pretty alright - dimensions are as above. I have said that this is a Fenwick Williams design, but I am now not so sure as I have found out that the writer of the article in the 1955 Rudder magazine Walter Skinner also designed some catboats, so maybe it is a Walter Skinner design?
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