Peregrine Stitch-and-glue Catboats soon to be available on Duckworks!
Due to increasing interest, Madeira Mar Boat Building School is preparing our catboat plans for sale in North America and Europe.
The Peregrine Stitch-and-Glue Catboat series designed by Madeira Mar Boatbuilding School will soon be available for purchase on the Duckworks website. The Peregrine series was designed with the amateur boatbuilder in mind. They are easy to build, affordable, and compact, yet offer great accomodation for their sizes, and have all the sailing qualities of the traditional catboats.
The name Peregrine was chosen because of the peregrine falcon, a migratory bird of prey that flies from North to South America, and back. Like its namesake, the Peregrine Catboats were inspired by Cape Cod Catboats of the USA, designed in Brazil, and now are migrating back. Catboats are perfect sailboats for weekend daysailing and cruising, offering unparalleled accommodation where it counts, when compared to boats of virtually any size.
Most sailboats, no matter how many berths and cabin space they offer, are used mostly for daysailing or short weekend cruising. Catboats have very large cockpits for comfortable daysailing, yet they are usually trailerable, and offer basic ammenities such as a galley and head, and good sleeping berths for 2 or 3 people. Being trailerable means you can tow it home. Maintenance costs are low, both because of reduced size and due to stitch-and-glue constructions, which makes for a durable boat that requires very little maintenance.
Guilherme (@gui_ocean), an experient sailor who crews a 70-foot aluminum sailboat, used by a federal university in Brazil for oceanographic research, has built the first Peregrine 190, and was impressed with the catboat´s room. He says “There is no sailboat below 30ft with such room. Seven people sitting comfortably, without knees touching knees, and no one needs to get up for someone to pass.”
The Peregrine Catboats were designed for the South American market. In South America boat hardware is expensive and hard to find, so Peregrine catboats are rigged with round steel tube masts, which are tough, lightweight and cheap. Hot-dip zinc plating will protect spars from corrosion. Spars can be powdercoated for more attractive looks. Sail is laced to the mast as it used to be since 19th century. Our plans include cutting plan for one-piece polytarp sailmaking.
Because of its wide beam, Peregrine catboats pack a lot