Design
Quattro 16
Designed by Richard Woods
A 5 m (16 ft 2 in) twin-trapeze racing catamaran by Richard Woods of Woods Designs, which he says has proven quicker than a Hobie 16 or Dart 18. Rounded vee hulls in stitch and glue plywood, 135 kg empty, 18 sq m of sail, with small skegs that help tacking and protect the bottoms when beaching. WoodenBoat magazine sells the plans, and the hulls can serve as outriggers for his Strike 18 trimaran.
A magazine test quoted on the page calls it very easy to build. Woods gives about 120 hours as a practised builder's minimum for a beach cat ready to paint, so a first-timer could budget 180 to 300. The medians below come from builders who logged this boat here.
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| Quattro 16 | Bateau | 16′ 5″ (5 m) | 0 |
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| W17 Trimaran by Mike Waters | Chesapeake Light Craft | 17′ 1″ (5.21 m) | 0 |
| Strike 16 | Woods Designs | 4.75 m (15′ 7″) | 0 |
| Trika 540 | Dudley Dix Yacht Design | 17′ 9″ (5.4 m) | 0 |
| Trika 540 by Klaus Metz | Chesapeake Light Craft | 17′ 9″ (5.41 m) | 0 |