TIGER CAT

TIGER CAT photo TIGER CAT drawing

Sailboat Specifications


Hull Type:
Catamaran Twin Cbrd.
Rigging Type:
Fractional Sloop
LOA:
17.00 ft / 5.18 m
LWL:
15.83 ft / 4.82 m
Beam:
7.95 ft / 2.42 m
S.A. (reported):
285.00 ft2 / 26.48 m2
Draft (max):
6.17 ft / 1.88 m
Draft (min):
3.08 ft / 0.94 m
Displacement:
585 lb / 265 kg
S.A./Disp.:
65.29
Disp./Len.:
65.84
Construction:
FG
First Built:
1960
Last Built:
1963
# Built:
160
Builder:
Pearson Yachts (USA)
Designer:
William B. Harris

Sailboat Calculations

S.A./Disp.:
65.29
KSP:
1.39
Disp./Len.:
65.84

Notes

Said to be the first one-design catamaran class organized in the US.
Based on a cold molded wood prototype, 'Tiger Cat', winner of 'Yachting' One of a Kind Regatta in 1959.

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