Comments on: 18′ Williams Catboat https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/18-williams-catboat/ Thu, 07 Nov 2024 16:13:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Jonathan Margolis https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/18-williams-catboat/#comment-142490 Thu, 07 Nov 2024 16:13:41 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=186462#comment-142490 A couple of thoughts: A friend of mine had one of these cats, a boat beloved at the Antique & Classic Boat Festival, held for many years in Salem, Massachusetts. I loved the boat, but found that I could not sit up in the cabin–the joint between the deck and cabin hit me in my neck, and the overhead was too low.

I also went sailing on the boat once. While at the helm in a fresh breeze, I decided that I did not want to spend my declining years fighting the pressure that the wheel took in order to resist the pressure that weather helm exerted. Too bad, because she’s a lovely craft.

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