Ratty is a 20' Tad Roberts designed Cat Ketch Standing Lug.  Barefoot Wooden boats was commissioned to build Ratty by yacht designer Tad Roberts in 2002.  Inspired by the Drascombe Lugger, she has flatter sections for more stability and speed and an unstayed cat ketch standing lug rig.  Her inboard motor-well leaves a clean transom.  Ratty was recently discussed in Wooden Boat magazine in a series of articles on the effects of hull shape on performance.

Specs

20'  LOA 

17'6" LW L 

6' 8  ' Beam 

1' Draft b/u 

4' Draft b/d

350 lbs. Ballast 

173 sq. ft. Sail area 

Construction

Hull : Glued Lapstrake using 3/8 Okume BS1088 plywood sheathed inside and out with 2oz cloth and West System epoxy resin. Bulkheads are 1/2 okume Bs1088 plywood. Stem and keel are laminated Douglas fir.

Thwarts and Sole : Western Red Cedar

Gunwales, Breast Hook, Partner : Purple Heart 

Mast, Boom and Yards : Sitka Spruce

Fastenings : Silicone Bronze except gunwales ( S.S. )

Pricing

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