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19th century; the modern standard design 1930 · Cape Cod, Massachusetts

The Cape Cod Catboat

New England vernacular, revived by Fenwick Williams

Beamy, shoal, single-sailed and unmistakable. Fenwick Williams's 18-footer of 1930 is the design that carried the type into the modern era.

Modern standard
Fenwick Williams's 18-ft design, 1930, published in Yachting 1931; also 21- and 25-ft versions
Association
American Catboat Association, founded 1962

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