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The Com-Pac Sunday Cat is an American trailerable
The Sunday Cat is a recreational
sailboat
A sailboat or sailing boat is a boat propelled partly or entirely by sails and is smaller than a sailing ship. Distinctions in what constitutes a sailing boat and ship vary by region and maritime culture.
Types
Although sailboat terminolo ...
that was designed by Clark Mills, who had previously designed the Optimist.
The Sunday Cat is a development of the Com-Pac Sun Cat. The Sun Cat comes in both cabin and open day sailer
A daysailer, day sailer, or dayboat is a small sailboat with or without sleeping accommodations but which is larger than a dinghy. Dayboats can be monohull or multihull, and are typically trailer-able. Many dayboats have a small cabin or "cud ...
models. The Sunday Cat retains the large cockpit of the day sailer, but employs a small cuddy cabin
A cuddy is a small room or cupboard, particularly on a boat. Sometimes a cuddy refers to a small but cosy hut. The origin of the term is not clear. Cuddy was in use in colonial America as early as 1655. The term may derive from the Dutch ''kaj ...
that can accommodate a portable head.
Production
The design has been built by Com-Pac Yachts in theUnited States
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starting in about 2008 and remained in production in 2019.
Design
The Sunday Cat is a recreational keelboat
A keelboat is a riverine cargo-capable working boat, or a small- to mid-sized recreational sailing yacht. The boats in the first category have shallow structural keels, and are nearly flat-bottomed and often used leeboards if forced in open w ...
, built predominantly of fiberglass
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. It has a cat rig with a single gaff-rigged
Gaff rig is a sailing rig (configuration of sails, mast and stays) in which the sail is four-cornered, fore-and-aft rigged, controlled at its peak and, usually, its entire head by a spar (pole) called the ''gaff''. Because of the size and shap ...
sail, a plumb stem
The stem is the most forward part of a boat or ship's bow and is an extension of the keel itself. It is often found on wooden boats or ships, but not exclusively.
Description
The stem is the curved edge stretching from the keel below, up t ...
, a nearly vertical transom, a transom-hung rudder
A rudder is a primary control surface used to steer a ship, boat, submarine, hovercraft, aircraft, or other vehicle that moves through a fluid medium (generally air or water). On an aircraft the rudder is used primarily to counter adve ...
controlled by a wooden tiller
A tiller or till is a lever used to steer a vehicle. The mechanism is primarily used in watercraft, where it is attached to an outboard motor, rudder post or stock to provide leverage in the form of torque for the helmsman to turn the rudder. ...
and a stub keel
The keel is the bottom-most longitudinal structural element on a vessel. On some sailboats, it may have a hydrodynamic and counterbalancing purpose, as well. As the laying down of the keel is the initial step in the construction of a ship, in Br ...
, with a retractable stainless steel centerboard. It displaces and carries of fixed ballast.
The boat has a draft of with the centreboard extended and with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer.
The boat is normally fitted with a small outboard motor
An outboard motor is a propulsion system for boats, consisting of a self-contained unit that includes engine, gearbox and propeller or jet drive, designed to be affixed to the outside of the transom. They are the most common motorised method ...
for docking and maneuvering. The cuddy cabin has two small portlights.
The mast, boom and gaff are designed for quick raising and lowering, while on the trailer or while afloat. All spars remain attached and lower onto a transom-mounted boom gallows. The mast has a steel hinge, secured by a pin.
See also
* List of sailing boat types Similar sailboats * Buccaneer 200 *Drascombe Lugger
The Drascombe Lugger is a British trailerable sailboat that was designed by John L. Watkinson and first built in 1968.
The Drascombe Lugger design is the basis of a large range of similar Drascombe boats with different hull, cabin and rig c ...
* Drascombe Scaffie
*Edel 540
The Edel 540 is a French sailboat, that was designed by Maurice Edel and first built in 1974. It was marketed as the Edel 545 in France and is sometimes referred to as the Edel 5.
Production
The design was built by Construction Nautic Edel in ...
* Mercury 18
* Mistral T-21
* Naiad 18
*Sandpiper 565
The Sandpiper 565 is trailerable sailboat that was designed by the British-based Portuguese naval architect Leonardo da Costa Sayago and first built in 1972. The design is out of production.
Production
The boat was built by Sandpiper Marine ...
* Sanibel 17
*Siren 17
The Siren 17 is a Canadian trailerable sailboat, that was designed by Hubert Vandestadt as trailer sailer and first built in 1974.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 86-87. Houghton Miff ...
References
External links
* {{Trailer sailers and Trailer yachts worldwide Keelboats 2000s sailboat type designs Sailing yachts Trailer sailers Sailboat type designs by Clark Mills Sailboat types built by Com-Pac Yachts