Com-Pac Picnic Cat

A delight to sail

The Picnic Cat is a 14-foot gaff-rigged catboat that is a pure delight to sail.

The Picnic Cat is from the drawing board of Clark Mills, designer of the Com-Pac 16 CB, the Com-Pac Sun Cat, and the Com-Pac 23/3, and well known also as the designer of the Optimist Pram and the Windmill One Design.

Unlike her sister Com-Pacs the Picnic Cat has a centerboard rather than a keel. With her centerboard up she is beachable. Her broad hull form and the low center-of-effort of her gaff-rigged sail make her very stable. And her huge self-bailing cockpit and ample stowage offer unsurpassed comfort in a small yet stable and easily handled package.

She's built of solid, hand-laid glass, with aluminum spars and stainless steel centerboard which retracts into a stainless steel trunk. In addition, the exclusive Mastendr mast raising system revolutionizes the trailer-boating experience, making it easy to rig and launch the boat in as little as 5 minutes.

Read the Perry on Design Picnic Cat article from Sailing magazine.

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Com-Pac Picnic Cat on trailer	Com-Pac Picnic Cat under sail	Com-Pac Picnic Cat cockpit	Com-Pac Picnic Cat on trailer
Com-Pac Picnic Cat Line Drawing	Green Picnic Cat	Picnic Cat Centerboard	Picnic Cat Mainsheet and Centerboard Uphaul
Picnic Cat Bench Locker	Bow Locker Showing Mast Step	Picnic Cat Aft Cockpit

Com-Pac Picnic Cat Specifications Designed by: Clark Mills
Dimensions and Weights
LOA: 14'0" Cockpit Length: 9'8" Beam: 6'6"	Draft (board up): 0'6" Draft (board down): 2'8" Displacement: 500 lbs.
Sail, Rigging and Hull
Sail Area: 109 Mainsail Area: 109 Rig Type: Gaff rig	Steering Type: Tiller Keel Configuration: Stainless steel centerboard retracts fully into stainless trunk which is bolted and bonded into the hull.
Systems and Amenities
Power: Recommended long shaft outboard up to 4hp.
Trailering
Trailer Type: Single Axle Length of Mast: 14'	Length on Trailer: 17'4" Height on Trailer: 6'4"
Pricing and Options
Boat Base Price:	$9,248
Custom hull color: Choose from samples including dark blue, dark green, and burgundy.	$745
Bulkhead mounted compass	$276
Spare tire mounted on trailer	$92
Shipping and Storage Cradle	$536
Epoxy barrier coat/Antifoulant paint	$441
Full boat cover	$572
Adjustable motor bracket: Instead of standard fixed bracket	$187
Cockpit cushions: 2" PVC foam	$684
Transom boarding ladder	$255
Sail cover	$250
Teak cockpit grate	$513
Bimini top: Aluminum frame	$485
Anchor roller and deck pipe	$342
Galvanized Trailer	$1,026
Recommended engine:: Tohatsu 3.5 hp four stroke with 20" shaft	$1,056

Hull and Deck In the water, her stability comes from broad hull form and low-center-of-effort gaff-rigged sail plan. The centerboard and centerboard trunk in the Picnic Cat are made of stainless steel. This unit is a subassembly that is built in Com-Pac's machine shop and then installed in the bottom of the Picnic Cat. By building the unit at their own shop, Com-Pac is able to build every one the same and stay within machining tolerances vs. the large tolerances required for a fiberglass assembly. Also, the stainless steel centerboard assembly is much stronger and many times less susceptible to damage than traditional fiberglass centerboards. The trunk is fitted over with a varnished solid mahogany box in the finished yacht. White hull, tan deck and cockpit are standard. Sturdy stainless outboard bracket on transom Kickup rudder with laminated mahogany and ash tiller Bronze mooring cleats Stainless gunwale striker plate

Spars, Sails & Rigging Mastendr quick rig sailing system is standard equipment. Setup and retrieval are effortless - a matter of less than 5 minutes -- because gaff, boom, sail and hinged mast remain on the boat while trailering, as do the shrouds. All that's necessary at the launch ramp is to raise the mast, attach the headstay with the quick release lever, and sail off. It's as simple as that.

Cockpit Large self-bailing cockpit

Other Features On the road, the mast, gaff and boom stow securely on the boom gallows, assuring worry-free trailering. Unlike a sloop's, her mast, because it steps in the bow of the boat, does not extend beyond the end of the boat when folded to horizontal. It rests securely on the boom gallows.