Beverly Dinghy

The Beverly Dinghy is an American sailing dinghy or rowboat that was designed by A. Sidney DeWolf Herreshoff and first built in 1953. The boat can be employed as a yacht tender.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Beverly Dinghy

Development
Designer	A. Sidney DeWolf Herreshoff
Location	United States
Year	1953
No. built	500
Builder(s)	Cape Cod Shipbuilding
Role	sailing dinghy-rowboat
Name	Beverly Dinghy
Boat
Displacement	207 lb (94 kg)
Draft	1.30 ft (0.40 m) with centerboard down
Hull
Type	monohull
Construction	wood or fiberglass
LOA	11.50 ft (3.51 m)
Beam	4.50 ft (1.37 m)
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	centerboard
Rudder(s)	transom-mounted rudder
Rig
Rig type	Cat rig
Sails
Sailplan	Catboat
Mainsail area	66.00 sq ft (6.132 m2)
Total sail area	66.00 sq ft (6.132 m2)

Production

The design was built by Cape Cod Shipbuilding in the United States, starting in 1953. A total of 500 boats have been completed, but it is now out of production. The company has indicated that the molds are still available and that production could be restarted in response to a fleet order.^{[1][4][5][6][7]}

Design

The Beverly Dinghy is a recreational sailboat or rowing dinghy, originally built from wood, but later from fiberglass, with wooden spars and trim. It has a catboat rig, a plumb stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable centerboard. The sailing version displaces 207 lb (94 kg), while the rowboat model displaces 142 lb (64 kg).^[1][4]

The sailing version has a draft of 1.30 ft (0.40 m) with the centerboard extended and 3 in (7.6 cm) with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water, beaching or ground transportation on a trailer.^[1][4]

The design has two seats mounted across the beam.^[5]

See also

• List of sailing boat types