Phantom (dinghy)
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The Phantom is a British sailing dinghy that was designed by Paul Wright and Brian Taylor as a one-design racer and first built in 1971.
Phantom 925 sailing at Burghfield Sailing Club
Catboat
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A catboat is a sailboat with a single sail on a single mast set well forward in the bow of a very beamy and shallow draft hull. Typically they are gaff rigged, though Bermuda rig is also used. Most ar
Phantom (dinghy)
…hull has hard chines and a deep V-shaped bow to promote planing. It has a stayed mast, typically made from carbon fibre along with the boom. It has a catboat rig, a raked stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable centreboard. It displaces 134 lb (61 kg). The…
Winslow Homer's 1870s painting Breezing Up (A Fair Wind)
The Breck Marshall, a 20-foot (6.1 m) Crosby catboat design open for public use at Mystic Seaport
Cruising catboat showing classical rudder design and wire stays supporting the mast
Painting "Oyster Bay Catboats" (circa 1865) by Archibald Cary Smith