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Length overall: 12 feet
Length on waterline: 11 feet
Beam (width): 11 feet
Freeboard: 17 inches
Weight, empty: 250 lbs.
Loaded & manned: 550 lbs.
Draft: 8 inches
Sail area: 68 square feet
Purpose: long-distance coastal, river, and island cruising
Construction: 2 layers of 1/8-inch fir, epoxy-bonded diagonally, sheathed in fiberglass
Accommodations: cabin with full-length sea berth & four watertight stowage compartments
Sailing rig: sprit-boom cat yawl, modified windsurfer masts, leeboards, kick-up rudder
Materials cost: $2000 in 1990
Time to build: 1200 hours
Designer/builder: Steve Ladd, lcomplication@gmail.com.
