Design

Tread Lightly

The smallest practical cabin cruiser in the range at 13 ft, with a 5 ft beam and 123 sq ft of sail. Ballasted to 300 kg including the centreboard and drawing 8 in with it up, so she can be trailed behind a small car and beached where a keelboat cannot go.

What building a Tread Lightly actually takes

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Median months

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Boats like this one

Same type, closest in length.

Design	Plans from	LOA	Logs
Fafnir	John Welsford	4 m (13′ 1″)	0
Sentinel Challenger 13	Dudley Dix Yacht Design	13′ 1″ (4 m)	0
Jimmy Skiff II	Chesapeake Light Craft	13′ 2″ (4.01 m)	1
Corsair 13	Bateau	12′ 10″ (3.91 m)	0
Paper Jet 14	Dudley Dix Yacht Design	13′ 5″ (4.1 m)	1
Golden Bay Setnet	John Welsford	3.9 m (12′ 10″)	0