Marshall Cat Boats

[N4061]

After a few months of searching for our first sailboat we selected a Marshall 15' Sandpiper. While popular on the east coast it will be an unusual sight around San Diego. I spent months researching day sailors that we could trailer, set up quickly, were stable and easy to learn how to sail before selecting this boat. We also wanted a US built boat to help keep jobs in the US. We are still working out the details but expect to sign the contract in a few weeks. Looking forward to learning how to sail.

John T

[Manateeman]

Hi. When I was in high school I cut the patterns and did some lofting for Bret Marshall on his first boats. He said he didn’t have money to pay me right away.
Then he found out my father was an attorney and magically I got paid. LOL
Boatbuilders were not making lots of money back then.
Beetle Cats were still wood. Concordia Yachts was where I learned to build wood boats. Jackie Kennedy married Onassis but she had a wood Beetle Cat and was a good sailor. They sent her boat to Greece.
I helped build a Fenwick Williams wood catboat. Lot of very skilled wood boat builders near my home town of Dartmouth.
You could find real big wood catboats all over Cape Cod. Huge interiors. There is a great book ...The Catboat Book...what else would you call it.
The fiberglass boats were no improvement over wood. I just never liked glass. But...
Congratulations on your boat. Happy trails to you.
Captain Mark