INLAND CAT. Courtesy G. G. 

 Gray, Inland Cat Class Sailing As- 

 sociation. 



INLAND CAT 



The i4'6" Inland Cat is a Marconi catboat, not a catamaran. There are 

 about 160 of them, designed in 1956 by Norman Bell and John Larimore 

 and built by Maritime Plastics (1131 Goshen Ave., Fort Wayne, Ind. ). 

 The most active fleet is located on Lake George, on the Indiana-Michigan 

 border, eleven miles north of Angola, Indiana. Others sail in the Middle 

 West and Southeast sections of the United States. Three principal aims, we 

 are told, inspired the designers : ( 1 ) To reduce maintenance costs by using 

 fiber glass; (2) To have a boat large enough to carry four to five adults; 

 (3) To have the sail, draft, and maneuverability desired for inland waters. 



Production started in 1957 and with no great sales effort the class con- 

 tinues to grow. As no used boats have yet come on the market, it would 

 seem a reasonable deduction that the boat is well liked. It is called a family 

 racing boat and not a racing machine. Nothing was said about trapezes in 



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