Design
L Gato
Designed by Glen-L Marine
An 11 ft 11 in plywood sailing catamaran from Glen-L Marine, cat-rigged with twin daggerboards, that breaks down into two hulls and a cockpit tray for car-topping. Each hull is planked in one continuous sheet of 5 mm or quarter-inch plywood, three sheets in all, and builders report it out-sailing a well-known production cat in a breeze. Glen-L publish a beam of 7 ft 10 in and a draft of 27 in.
They put the usual load at 1 to 2 people. The hull is a catamaran hulls, each developed for sheet plywood planking in continuous curve from keel to deck. They draw a matching trailer for her. A quick, cheap hull build; the rig and the tray are the rest of it. Allow 120 to 200 hours. Glen-L sells hardware, rigging and sail kits. Medians from build logs show below.
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| Design | Plans from | LOA | Logs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckboard | Glen-L Marine | 11′ 11″ (3.63 m) | 0 |
| Cat Boat 12 | Bateau | 11′ 11″ (3.63 m) | 0 |
| Mud Peep 12 | Devlin | 11′ 11″ (3.63 m) | 0 |
| SCAMP | John Welsford | 11′ 11″ (3.63 m) | 0 |
| 12 ft Keelboat | Benford Design Group | 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) | 0 |
| Glen-L 12 | Glen-L Marine | 12′ 0″ (3.66 m) | 0 |