QUAD TRAINER. 

 Photo by Zoltan Henczel, 

 courtesy Connecticut 

 Boat Co., Inc. 



QUAD TRAINER (Redesigned Tri Trainer) 



This 11-foot combination sailing-rowing dinghy, which can be cat- or 

 sloop-rigged, was especially developed to meet requirements outlined by 

 a workshop Committee of the Conference for National Cooperation in 

 Aquatics (twenty-one organizations including the Red Cross, U. S. Power 

 Squadron, Coast Guard Auxiliary, American Camping Association, National 

 Safety Council, etc. ) . The Committee wanted a boat which would be eco- 

 nomical, light, and safe, for children to sail, row, and run by outboard. 



Based on the Tri Trainer design of William Atkin, but redesigned and 

 built by the Connecticut Boat Company ( 154 Prospect St., Greenwich, 

 Conn.), she is reported to have enough flotation to support three people, 

 and to be stiff, a good sailer, rowboat, or outboard boat. Being a new boat 

 at the time of writing, only twenty-five have been built, but it would seem 

 to the writer that with the backing of the organizations above, it can't help 

 being a success. The boat is of marine plywood and costs $500 cat-rigged, 

 $400 for kit with sail. 



A public education program is a major aim of those sponsoring the 

 Quads. The Saugatuck River Power Squadron in cooperation with the 

 Town of Westport, Connecticut, has been energetic in obtaining the sup- 

 port of various organizations active locally. There is now a Quad Trainer 

 Association. Tom Hutson is the class President ( 5 Chelsea Court, Westport, 



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