The exclusive builder is the American Fiberglass Corporation 132 S, Main 

 St., South Norwalk, Conn.). Connecticut, Long Island Sound, and Cape 

 Cod are the principal sailing areas, but these "cats" are reported to be 

 already in twenty-nine states and seven foreign countries. Aluminum bars 

 hold the twin fiber-glass hulls together and support a canvas deck which 

 sags with the weight of the crew— a fact that adds to the sitting comfort 

 except perhaps when spray collects there. We have seen only boats with the 

 canvas stretched across between the hulls. With a single nylon sail, the rig 

 is of the felucca type. Each hull has a daggerboard and a rudder. 



The boats are very versatile geographically and functionally. They can be 

 trailed easily or cartop carried, and they serve not only as fast sailboats or 

 as outboard-driven boats, but also as family swimming floats. The Aqua-Cat 

 Catamaran Sailing Association, recently formed, has Charles Gray as Secre- 

 tary (P. O. Box 297, S. Norwalk, Conn.). Price of the Aqua-Cat is $782 

 complete (f.o.b. factory), no extras. 



VITAL statistics: L.O.A. 12'2"; watcrlinc ii'io''; beam 6'; draft 

 without daggerboards 5", with boards 2'; sail area 78 sq. ft. (standard), 

 90 sq. ft. (racing); weight 127 lbs.; trailable and cartop carried. 



CATALINA CATAMARAN 



Designed by Seymour Paul for the W. D. Schock Company (3502 S. 

 Greenville St., Santa Ana, Calif.), this attractive sloop-rigged all-molded 

 fiber-glass catamaran has a good-sized self-bailing cockpit with contoured 

 seats. The boat has a hinged aluminum mast stepped on deck, an aluminum 

 lufi^spar for a roller-furling jib, a roller-reefing main with full battens, twin 

 pivoted centerboards, and twin tilt-up rudders. The fiber-glass decks and 

 cockpit surfacing are nonskid and the boat looks very much like one or two 

 of the most sucessful catamarans. This is a new class and it is too soon at 

 the time of writing to size up how far it will go. However, the fact that 

 Seymour Paul is an experienced catamaran designer and W. D. Schock 

 an experienced builder of many types of boats should make its success 

 probable. Of course, all well-designed and well-built catamarans should ben- 

 efit by the tremendous growing interest in "cats." Price (Schock) is $2425 

 with Dacron sails, f.o.b. Santa Ana. 



VITAL statistics: L.O.A. 17'6''; waterline 16'; beam /11I/2"; draft 

 without centerboards 8", with boards 3'2"; sail area 234 sq. ft.; weight 565 

 lbs. 



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