Nine Lives: The Story of the Catboat

[@dalehilltopfarm]

What a wonderful documentary! I just purchased my first catboat. Will sail the first time this week along the coastal waters of Georgia.

[@horiaemilcioflan696]

2 years ago, after watching this superb video, I decided to build a marshcat, beautifully designed by Joel White. Now, after almost 600 hours of work she, (Mimi, after my daughter) is ready for her maiden voyage. Beautiful boat, excelent american heritage, for sure the one and only in my country (Romania), makes me proud. Thank You for wonderful history and beautiful images!

[@Vaunraymond]

Wow, what a wonderful comment and story. I filmed this documentary almost 30 years ago, so it warms my heart to know that it continues to inform, entertain and inspire people like you, especially in a place so far away from New England as Romania. If you get this message, please tell me more about your marshcat Mimi and her maiden voyage. My email address is [e-mail]. Best wishes.

[@davidterare9160]

I have almost finished the same boat as you in brisbane australia..fair winds to you.

[@davidterare9160]

@@Vaunraymond hello sir I have almost completed the marsh cat also and she will be sailing the great barrier reef islands next year. Very good design for our shallow waters

[@SleepyBoBos]

@@davidterare9160 Have you got a link to a video maybe? That would be awesome to see. I am in Moreton Bay

[@danielsondavidf]

Excellent documentary! - - great-grandson of Rueben Bigelow, catboat designer and boatbuilder from Monument Beach, Mass

[@johnmorris3941]

I once owned a Bigelow Wenaumet Kitten, hull 47. Fabulous craft.

[@maxwell_multicrafts]

Love these boats, took some notes on places to visit to learn more firsthand. Thank you!

[@striderq3110]

Thanks for sharing, nice to see such a versatile boat working away, while serving leisure events, with so many cleaver designers, Safe travels, G.

[@themysticmariner1959]

Just picked up an abandoned cat boat (Stur-Dee Cat) for free. Needs a lot of work, but am now inspired to save her after watching this film.

[@debmazzarelli]

Thank you Peter, for my chair and all the great sails!

[@simonblake5563]

Brilliant Video, So well told and informative description of beautiful boats

[@guyfitter3006]

Fantastic video

[@colinbm2010]

You have got to love a Cat Boat, even if you never own one. I built one in Sydney, Australia in 1980, they are so beautiful in all ways. As for the name 'Cat Boat', I thought it was a no-brainer, with the mast in the bow, it is Cat Rigged !

[@GermanGreetings]

Love from here !

[@martinhoflich6150]

thanks for this video from germany

[@DavidD6969]

Well put together..

[@hrt3418]

It was not mentioned but the biggest problem with the original catboats was the weight of the mast so far forward. When empty, they were bow heavy. It was the advent of the aluminum mast that made the catboat balanced and as successful as it is now. I was disappointed that so little mention was made of the Marshall cats. They are the Cadillac of catboats.. When I sold mine after 40 years, I found that the used Sanderlings are seldom listed for sale but sell by word of mouth. When there is an ad for one, it is always marked "sold". I remember when Breck Marshall showed us how to put a reef in just before we left South Dartmouth. That was in 1972.

[@andrewbarten7347]

Very Massachusetts. Makes you want to get drunk and drive an Oldsmobile off a bridge on Martha's Vineyard.

[@antoniescargo1529]

Interesting video. 😴😔😴😴. If you want to learn something about boats you have to visit the Netherlands. The Russian Csar learned to build boats in the Netherlands.

[@denglerclaudia]

Wonderful intro to cat boats. I am in the market for one...

[@ghqservicesmiddlegeorgiadr9986]

Thank you. Great story.

[@tedfinkenauer42]

Can’t believe I’ve never seen this video.thanks!

[@randomx4289]

Very good video

[@KBMB47]

Who could not like this?

[@briangodfrey7424]

Excellent film. I'd like to suggest an additional and probably more primary reason for the need of fishermen for a fast boat: it increases your range. While I'm sure there were often impromptu races (who could resist it when you saw a fellow fisherman heading in?) I doubt that it happened every day, nor did it probably have a big effect on the price of the fish at the dock. But think about it: you've only got so much daylight and the faster you can go, the farther from home you can go and return and still have time to fish. Or the more time you can spend fishing rather than sailing out and back. That's the real economic benefit of speed in these boats. If you can get to where the fish are, have time to fill your boat, and still make it back, that's when you "win".

[@bfarm44]

So I’m going to watch you guys for a while till I can make my dream come true then I can start my own channel

[@tedhoppe5918]

the video although aged, is still really great. Nice camera work and editing.

[@Tnapvrvideo]

Wonderful video. Might I ask does the Marshall 22 have a head and sink, or can they have one installed when built new?

[@DanielJohnson-vr9mw]

Great vid.!

[@pittk.3090]

great video

[@fabmanly1070]

Very nice

[@wazalee4872]

i would like a catboat, but i cannot find plans, for an open deck (eg no cabin) i leant a lot.

[@zonianinexile]

Why was the Herreshoff America catboat ignored?...some sort of problem?

[@chriswaters926]

We admire the Cat on the western prairies as well

[@romandybala]

Wow,Pastel colors, chinos and chambray . Individual owners all. Probably have a secret handshake too.

[@jpkatz1435]

❤❤❤❤ ❤

[@BLKDAWGZ]

link to the ending credits song ?

[@Owenlightowler]

Nice vid. Doubt Americans invented the centreboard as suggested though.

[@kCI251]

Who invented the centerboard?

[@stevelovescars]

The video mentions that centerboards and leeboards had been in use for a long time and credits the waterproof centerboard trunk to American catboat designers.

[@MrDvenclovas]

💥💛💚❤💥

[@kjellberntsson4840]

Dear Skager take a look at this video in your heaven.

[@Jup2com]

I would love a copy of the aerial photo @10:26 of the boatyard, could you possibly provide a source? 👀

[@norml.hugh-mann]

To sacrifice payload for lile half a knot more speed is the dumbist idea and wealthy people doing it doeant shock me

[@tommypetraglia4688]

Nice boats but can't point into the wind. I hope you can get home on a broad reach

[@hrt3418]

That isn't true. My Sanderling would point higher than many other boats. In one case a fellow in a Catalina complained to me that he tried to point up as high as I did but couldn't.

[@kCI251]

Sunfish points pretty good, rig is same as gaff rigged cat.

[@changurr2705]

plastic boats aren't boats, they future garbage that won't burn or rot .

[@alainarsenault7410]

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