15' Bolger Catboat (1983) - CACTUS WREN

Phil Bolger describes it this way: “I designed Brad Story a catboat that can be rowed fast and far, relatively speaking, and incidentally produced one that doesn’t need as big a sail plan as the usual hard-bilged Cape model; she’s more on the New York model, the kind that developed into the sandbaggers. I call this a really sweet model, fair and easy, no great problems to frame and plank.” Perfect for cold-molding which was a new technique at the time.
We have raised two daughters trailer sailing on all three coasts. Now she is introducing sailing to grandchildren and entertaining us at Wednesday Night Races in the Harbor with occasional trips to Maine. A wonderful boat.