Photo Credit:Land’s Edge Photography
Photo Credit: Land’s Edge Photography
Photo Credit: Land’s Edge Photography
About Beetle Cat
The Beetle Cat is a 12′ 4″ gaff-rigged wood catboat first built in 1921. It is the oldest one design racing fleet continuously built out of wood that is still actively raced. Beetle Cat sailboats compete all over the northeast with large fleets in Chatham, Bass River, Nantucket, West Falmouth, and Westport, MA; Weekapaug and Edgewood, RI; Brooklin, ME; and East Hampton, NY. With over 4,000 boats built to-date, it continues to remain a popular family boat for people of all ages.
Design
Boats Produced: 4000
Class boat builder(s):
Beetle, Inc. – https://beetlecat.com/
Approximately how many boats are in the USA/North America? 600
Where is your One-Design class typically sailed in the USA? List regions of the country:
New England, Mid-Atlantic
Does this class have a spinnaker or gennaker? No
Ideal combined weight of range of crew: 300
Boat Designed in 1921
Beam: 6′
Weight of rigged boat without sails: 450
Draft: 8″ board up, 2′ board down
Mast Height: 14′