A cat boat of an older day carried a sail having a very long boom and a long gaff with, usually, less length in the hoist than in the head of the sail. This formed a difficult sail to reef and to handle because the boom extended very far abaft the stern; out of comfortable reach. Trim has a sail plan that is practically inboard and with throat and peak halyards, and topping lift leading to the cockpit. And the proportions are better, a higher sail plan of greater efficiency than the sails of similar craft of yesterday.

Trim is 17 feet, 8 1/2 inches over all; 17 feet on the water line, 7 feet, 6 inches in breadth, and 1 foot, 1 1/2 inches draft to the bottom of the skeg. The freeboard at the bow is 2 feet, 11 inches and at the stern, 2 feet, 1 1/2 inches. Her draft with the centerboard lowered is 3 feet, 6 inches, and to the bottom of the rudder, 2 feet, 5 inches.

The cockpit is 5 feet, 3 inches long with an average width of 5 feet. Comfortable for two; but big enough for day sailing for four. The seats are fitted well below the deck and thus give a nice sense of being in the boat rather than on it which is a comfortable feeling. The cockpit is not self-bailing, and it is wise not to alter the design to make it so.

The cabin is of the simplest variety. Two berths with enough room in the bow for stowing a few things and for setting up a small alcohol stove. The headroom is 4 feet, about as much as one can expect in this very little sailing-cruising boat. And, ye who change things, please do not attempt to increase this -- no, not so much as even an inch!