One of these two boats is going to the championship for a shot at winning the first ever Mini-Cruiser Madness contest and to be forever known as one of the greatest—perhaps the greatest—minicruisers or trailersailers of all time.
The Com-Pac Sun Cat has had arguably the toughest road to the final four. The Sun Cat crushed the popular Siren 17 in round 1, beat the classic Cape Dory Typhoon in round 2, and handled the favorite Montgomery 15 in round 3. The Sun Cat looks almost unstoppable.
As for our review of the Com-Pac Sun Cat, we had mostly high praise: …The new Clark Mills-designed Sun Cat from the Hutchins Company epitomizes this tasteful blend. With oval portlights, teak boom gallows, a teak and holly cabin sole and a gaff rig, the Sun Cat charms like the late nineteenth-century Cape Cod Cat from which it is descended. But a close examination reveals some decidedly modern features. A manual bilge pump that can be operated from the cockpit, a stainless steel rub rail, a stainless steel centerboard and trunk, and a high aspect, aluminum kick-up rudder are all standard. This is a boat meant to be sailed—and with the easily rigged tabernacle mast—sailed often.
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