Seller's Description
Recently reduced! Original selling price was $22,995, reduced to $18,000 and now $17,000. Motivated Seller.
Cats Paw is well cared for and ready to sail off on her next adventure. Nimble produced an aestheically beautiful boat that was made with a great deal of care and attention to detail. This is not your average production boat. There were only a limited amount of these made and Nimble owners tend to hang on to them as you can tell by probably not finding another one for sale out there! This is a two owner boat that has always been maintained and stored at professional boat yards. The original owner ordered the boat with many options like bronze port hole covers and more. Since purchased we have added a water pump, fuel filters, fuel lines, batteries, muffler and a completely new dodger.2019 survey. Boat surveyed well. We are having over $3,000 updates for 2020. “Cats Paw” sails well in all types of seas. The variety of sail possibilities make lightening in a gust quite easy. The boat is tiller driven which is sensitive and responsive. The yanmar engine provides a steady source of diesel power.
Our children have left and we are downsizing. This is your opportunity to own a great, deep water sail boat that is keel-centerboard and can be used even in Cape Cod waters and other shallow areas! The boat is in Bass River and ready for you!
Specs
- Designer
- Edward S. Brewer
- Builder
- Nimble Boats Works Inc.
- Associations
- ?
- # Built
- ?
- Hull
- Monohull
- Keel
- Fin
- Rudder
- Skeg
- Construction
- FG
Dimensions
- Length Overall
- 29′ 11″ / 9.1 m
- Waterline Length
- 98′ 5″ / 30 m
- Beam
- 9′ 3″ / 2.8 m
- Draft
- 4′ 5″ / 1.4 m
- Displacement
- 6,500 lb / 2,948 kg
- Ballast
- 2,450 lb / 1,111 kg (Lead)
Rig and Sails
- Type
- Yawl
- Reported Sail Area
- 450′² / 41.8 m²
- Total Sail Area
- ?
Mainsail
- Sail Area
- ?
- P
- ?
- E
- ?
- Air Draft
- ?
Foresail
- Sail Area
- ?
- I
- ?
- J
- ?
- Forestay Length
- ?
Auxilary Power
- Make
- Yanmar
- Model
- 1GM or 2GM
- HP
- 12
- Fuel Type
- Diesel
- Fuel Capacity
- 18 gal / 68 l
- Engine Hours
- ?
Accomodations
- Water Capacity
- 52 gal / 197 l
- Holding Tank Capacity
- ?
- Headroom
- ?
- Cabins
- 1
Calculations
- Hull Speed
-
8.4 kn
Classic: 6.79 kn
Hull Speed
The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.
Formula
Classic hull speed formula:
Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL
A more accurate formula devised by Dave Gerr in The Propeller Handbook replaces the Speed/Length ratio constant of 1.34 with a calculation based on the Displacement/Length ratio.
Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio.311
Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL
- Sail Area/Displacement
-
20.7
>20: high performance
Sail Area / Displacement Ratio
A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.
Formula
SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64)2/3
- SA: Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
- D: Displacement in pounds.
- Ballast/Displacement
-
37.7
<40: less stiff, less powerful
Ballast / Displacement Ratio
A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.
Formula
Ballast / Displacement * 100
- Displacement/Length
-
171.8
100-200: light
Displacement / Length Ratio
A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.
Formula
D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
- LWL: Waterline length in feet
- Comfort Ratio
-
19.0
<20: lightweight racing boat
Comfort Ratio
This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.
Formula
Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam1.33)
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
- LWL: Waterline length in feet
- LOA: Length overall in feet
- Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet
- Capsize Screening
-
2.0
>2.0: better suited for coastal cruising
Capsize Screening Formula
This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.
Formula
CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)
- Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
Notes
A keel/cb version was also offered.
Draft: BU: 2.5’/ BD: 5.5’.
Available as sloop or yawl.
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