Day sailer

A daysailer, day sailer, or dayboat is a small sailboat with or without sleeping accommodations but which is larger than a dinghy. Dayboats can be monohull or multihull, and are typically trailer-able. Many dayboats have a small cabin or "cuddy" for storage and to provide a shelter, or for sleeping in, but is not always large enough to stand in. Dayboats are also distinguished from dinghies by being more stable, and are generally sailed more like a small yacht than a dinghy. For example, although crew weight may well be shifted to increase performance, this is not crucial to stability as it is in a dinghy. The distinction between keelboats and day sailers is not always clear; generally the former term indicates a large boat (over 27 feet (8.2m) and not trailer-able) unless it is called a trailer-able keelboat, whereas "daysailer" implies a day out sailing or days out such as a weekend sailing trip.

The Day Sailer

The Day Sailer Association is an association for a certain daysailer, namely the Day Sailer designed by Uffa Fox and George O'Day in 1958. After its introduction, the daysailer became so popular that the term daysailer was applied to any boat that met the general description in size and purpose of the original daysailer much like Kleenex is applied in reference to any facial tissue regardless of the brand.

External links

• Day Sailor Association
• Puddle Duck Racer The easiest boat in the world to build - a wealth of information for beginning sailors

Manufacturers

• Mahone Bay Boatworks designer and builder of the Redden Catboat 14'. This wooden traditional 14' daysailer has mahogany decks, ash trim and spruce hull and spars.
• Cape Cod Shipbuilding builders of fine sailboats for over 100 years.
• Com-Pac Yachts Cat Boats builders of the trailerable catboats Picnic Cat, Sun Cat, and Horizon Cat.
• Wagner Boat Works a manufacturer of traditionally-styled fiberglass catboats from 15 to 23 feet (7.0 m) long.
• Marshall Marine Corporation a manufacturer of traditionally-styled fiberglass catboats from 15 to 22 feet (6.7 m) long.
• Thompson Boatworks a manufacturer of 15- and 19-foot (5.8 m) long traditionally-styled fiberglass catboats. Now owned and supported by Wagner Boat Works.
• Arey's Pond Boat Yard a manufacturer of traditionally-styled fiberglass catboats from 12 to 20 feet (6.1 m) long.
• Beetle, Inc. manufacturer of the Beetle catboat.
• Howard Boats manufacturer of the Barnstable catboat, a fiberglass version of the traditional wooden Beetle catboat.