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The Wyliecat 44 is Light, Fast, and Simple

By Alan Andrews
Updated: December 16, 2005

Wyliecat Yachts and Tom Wylie take many features used in other Wylie designs and combine them in a new way to make the Wyliecat 44 the most innovative boat of 2006. The bendy catboat rig with wishbone boom is used in the Wyliecat 30, 39, and 48 but here it is combined with the narrow hull reminiscent of the Wylie Wabbit [a 23-foot, 875-pound one-design boat that sails with a crew of three, one of them on a trapeze] and deep keel similar to the sloop-rigged Wylie-designed Open 60 Ocean Planet. This Wyliecat achieves much of its innovation through simplicity.Shorthanded sailing will be its forte; with only a huge mainsail, there’s one sail to trim-by the mainsheet, which is led to winches on each side of the cockpit. For singlehanding, it is within reach of the tiller, and if doublehanded, the trimmer sits just forward of the winch. There’s no traveler, so the mainsail leech tension is controlled upwind by the mainsheet and downwind by the wishbone-to-mast adjusting line, which is led to the cabin house. Of course, there are leech lines, cunninghams, and lazy jacks, but to get this boat sailing to its maximum potential, there are very few controls. Much like a windsurfer, the mast bends in the puffs and the sail flattens automatically. This depowering is important because the boat lacks the form stability of a wider boat. We sailed with four people on deck, usually three on the rail upwind, plus the helmsman. There wasn’t much for the rail riders to do other than for one to ease the main and then crank it back in. With the narrow beam, adding more people doesn’t add tremendously to this boat’s stability. During a tack there’s no jib sheet to grind, no jib to skirt, and no runners; just hike until the last second, take a short step or two across the boat and hike the other side. The hull-to-deck radius is well rounded and comfortable on the backs of the knees. Upwind our speeds were 7.7 to 8 knots by GPS in 16 to 20 knots of true wind speed. Estimating current effects, the “made good” tacking angles looked to be well inside 90 degrees.Off the wind this boat scooted right along, hitting 12 knots easily on the GPS. Bearing away from beating to downwind in a breeze does, like many modern racers, require easing the sheet to prevent the rudder from stalling. Most of us also experienced rudder stall when the boat was highly loaded on a reach, but easing the sheet, preventing any spinouts, quickly controlled this. Unfortunately, the optional spinnaker package was not available so we couldn’t see if the boat would really light up and plane. With just the main, downwind sailhandling required just the helm and a main trimmer to tail and release in the jibes. Simple, like a 44-foot Laser.The deck arrangement is simply clean. With just a tiller, the two mainsheet winches either side of the cockpit, a pair of winches on the cabin house, and a couple of hatches, there’s hardly a piece of excess hardware to be found. On our test boat, one of the mainsheet winches was electric and the main halyard could be led from the cabin top, down to the rail and then to this winch for easy hoisting. This powered winch was also great for sail trimming upwind as the winches were a little under-sized for our breezy day. Although no spinnaker gear was available, the test boat was rigged for a fractional spinnaker, which will be innovative in its own way. As a catboat, the mast is far forward so the low, mast-mounted spinnaker pole will protrude well forward of the stem. Afterguys lead around struts (which retract into the topsides) and then aft to cockpit winches. For jibes, both windward and leeward guys are set and then the asymmetric kite is jibed like a sprit boat. The system is similar to what’s used on several turbo-sleds, but without the complication of crossing the pole and the forestay. I think all the judges look forward to seeing this system prove itself on the racecourse.This boat is very light for 44 feet at 8,400 pounds, and it has 57 percent ballast, mostly in a lead bulb suspended 10 feet below the surface. Similar to Wylie’s Open 60, the deep fin that supports this ballast is hollow and welded from steel plate. It attaches to the hull with 12 high-strength keel bolts that are accessible between carbon beams and below a small section of cabin sole. With the boat’s light displacement and such high ballast percentage, there isn’t much left over for materials necessary to build the rest of the boat. To solve this puzzle, the hull and deck are built from carbon/vinylester laminates, each side of lightweight balsa SB50 core. Additionally, Wyliecat has pared the 44’s weight by reducing freeboard and beam; it’s one of the smallest 44-footers you’ll ever see. With a low deck and house, they’ve maintained adequate headroom below by eliminating the cabin sole (except over the keel frame). There’s non-skid finish directly on the inside of the hull skin. Structural bulkheads are foam cored and other interior panels are either foam cored or thin, lightweight plywood. For life aboard under way there are mesh-bottomed bunks port and starboard under the cockpit, settee berths amidships, and a small galley to port and chart table to starboard. Forward is an open head and platform for an in-port double berth where the feet split around the mast base. Keeping with the lightweight-and-simple theme, the engine is under the cockpit in a simple, non-insulated enclosure. While this is noisy under power, the installation is about as light as possible. Four screws remove each side panel, which then provides open access. The Yanmar 2 GM is the same engine seen in some 30-footers, but those boats weigh about the same and don’t have the benefit of a 40-foot waterline. Eliminating weight and lowering centers again, Wyliecat uses the keel fin for the diesel tank, much like an airplane’s wing tanks. Other systems are light and simple as well with two 12-volt gel-cell batteries, a 20-gallon water tank under a bunk, and a 6-gallon waste tank forward. The low overall weight is realized largely by the simplicity that runs throughout the Wyliecat 44 and is integral to its design. Less weight equates to less driving force necessary to push this boat to speed. Here the bendy rig, wishbone boom, simple sail control systems, and deep fin all combine to make a big boat that’s easy and efficient to sail shorthanded. Essentially, it’s a 44-foot Wylie Wabbit that could easily pass most other singlehanders on an afternoon day sail, or race for days with just two aboard. Although some other boats this size will have higher potential speed, it will be difficult for a shorthanded crew to keep them going as consistently fast as the Wyliecat 44. Wyliecat website. Alan Andrews is the owner and chief designer of Alan Andrews Yacht Design.

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Wyliecat 40: more than a facelift.

By Dieter Loibner , Jun 4, 2020

The Wyliecat 40 aims at the future of the recreational sailing market, which could well see a surge in multi-purpose boats

California designer Tom Wylie , 73 (PBB Nos. 75 and 152), can look back on a long line of seminal boats from his drafting table. Among them are successful ocean racers like American Express (the boat Norton Smith sailed to win the 1979 Mini Transat) and Ocean Planet (Bruce Schwab’s Vendée Globe racer), potent bluewater cruisers like Roxanne , Jade , and Convergence , the private yacht of West Marine founder Randy Repass, and the iconic Wylie Wabbit, a pocket-sized trailer yacht with trapeze. In the recreational market, he’s best known for the eponymous Wyliecat, a series of cat-rigged sloops and ketches with unstayed carbon masts and wishbone booms. These slender and unpretentious boats range from 17 ‘ to 66 ‘ (5.18m to 20.11m) and charmed judges with their simplicity and zippy performance, winning two Boat-of-the-Year awards.

I recently caught up with Wylie, whose mental acuity and eloquence are as sharp as ever. He still prefers to work with time-honored tools like ducks and splines, so when he promises to send plans, there will be a thud when the UPS driver drops the package at the door.

Things are not as hectic while his business partner, builder Dave Wahle, recovers from a hip replacement, but there is a new boat sitting in their Watsonville, California, shop. It’s called the Wyliecat 40, a distillate of Wylie’s ideas for a future where boats will be shared by many rather than owned and operated by one.

A cursory look would mistake the new boat for a Wyliecat 39 like Warwick Tompkins’s custom cruising yacht Flash Girl . But a close inspection of the numbers and drawings reveals that the 40 traded the aft cabin for a large, open cockpit and garage space under the work deck. “It’s a spec boat,” Wylie said. “I wanted it to be versatile, fit for the corporate and the charter markets and for sharing among parties who have different use profiles.” He thinks this concept has enough inherent flexibility to work as a daysailer, as a charter boat for groups of a dozen-plus, or as a sustainably powered corporate yacht to take staff and clients out on the water for a head-clearing spin. Wylie’s sustainability vision puts the 40 to work in marine science, for instance at his nonprofit Ocean Planet Explorers, thus following the example of a much larger Wyliecat 65 (19.8m), the Derek M. Baylis , which earned her stripes doing research trips for the Monterey Bay Aquarium (see “Wylie’s Way,” PBB No. 165, page 70).

Large cockpit, modest accommodations and a simple sail plan: That always was and still is the Wylie Way.

To shape the hull of the new model, Wylie and Wahle, as consummate recyclers and reusers, altered the mold of the 39. It was industrial-strength surgery, cutting it open down the centerline 16 ‘ (4.87m) and using a wedge to pry apart the two halves at the transom by 13 “ (33cm). The result is a hull with more beam aft, up to 2 “ (51mm) more freeboard and headroom, and a steeper raked stem that adds 14 “ (35.6cm) of waterline.

Compared to the 39, this model has a shorter coach roof and an inverted layout. “We put the salon and the [convertible] settees into the bow and installed two 6 ‘ 6 “ [1.98m] quarter berths on either side of the engine box,” Wylie noted. “The 6 ‘ [1.82m] galley to port is a good size for a 40-footer, and we also have an enclosed head with a 25-gal [94.6-l] holding tank.” With the mast up in the bow, there was flexibility for this arrangement, bringing the companionway forward by about 4 ‘ (1.2m) and centering the weight of the engine to better balance the boat with the weight of passengers and/or cargo.

Wylie was never eager to follow the mainstream and design a boat around technology that might make some aspects of sailing more convenient while also adding complexity and cost. With this 40-footer he continues his concept of simple boats that perform well, are cost-effective to operate, and easy to maintain.

Wylie Cat 40 Particulars

LOA: 39 ‘ 7-5/8 “ (12.07m)

LWL: 34 ‘ 2 “ (10.4m)

Beam: 11 ‘ 3-1/4 “ (3.43m)

Draft: 6 ‘ (1.82m)

Displacement: 12,000 lbs (5,443 kg)

Ballast: 5,920 lbs (2,685 kg)

Sail area: 961 sq ft (89.3m²)

Wylie Design Group, P.O. Box 86, Canyon, CA 94516 USA, tel. 925–376–7338, fax 925–376–7982.

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Wyliecat 30-

Thread starter Alan
Start date Nov 5, 2003
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Sail Trim with Don Guillette

Don, I'm intrigued with this boat and I've had a long conversation with Tom Wylie, the designer and builder. Have you any knowledge of this boat and its rig? It rates 138 which is very fast for a 30' boat, especially a catboat.

Don Guillette

wyliecat 30 Alan: I had never heard of them before but I just visited their website. Pretty interesting boat with a novel mast set up.

I had the pleasure.. ..of racing against one this summer and to my surprise the thing flies. It will point with the sloop rig and off the wind its a rocket. Downwind you sail it like a Laser, by the lee and direct to the mark never having to break a sweat hoisting or dousing a spinnaker. The big main has 600sq/ft of sail area. It seems like the perfect boat for shorthanded racing. The biggest drawback is the price $135,000

Wyliecat30 Alan: Sooo, have you purchased the Wyliecat yet?

Re: Wyliecat 30 Well, I am intrigued with this boat and have set up a test sail. If it turns out that this boat sails as advertised I'm going to have to get one.

Wyliecat 30 Alan: After your test drive, if you have the time, please take a few moments to let us know what you thought of the boat.

Gladly but .. it looks like I'm gonna have to wait till spring. The only boat east of the Mississippi is already laid up for the winter. You, on the other hand have year round sailing. Maybe you could take a test drive on the west coast and fill us in with your thoughts, wadaya think?

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Sailboat Guide

Wyliecat 30

Wyliecat 30 is a 30 ′ 6 ″ / 9.3 m monohull sailboat designed by Thomas Wylie and built by Wylie Cat Yachts (USA) starting in 1995.

Rig and Sails

Auxilary power, accomodations, calculations.

The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.

Classic hull speed formula:

Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL

Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio .311 Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL

Sail Area / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.

SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64) 2/3

SA : Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
D : Displacement in pounds.

Ballast / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.

Ballast / Displacement * 100

Displacement / Length Ratio

A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.

D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³

D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
LWL: Waterline length in feet

Comfort Ratio

This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.

Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam 1.33 )

D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
LOA: Length overall in feet
Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet

Capsize Screening Formula

This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.

CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)

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by Herb McCormick. Originally published in

For sailing excursions, the plump little daysailer was rigged as a catboat with a free-standing spar and a wishbone, an arrangement not unlike the Wyliecat 30, a recent creation from California boatbuilder Tom Wylie. From this fact the Wylie crew seem to take both pride and amusement.

When I stepped aboard the Wyliecat 30 last fall on Chesapeake Bay, I was almost immediately handed a page from on old catalog of Herreshoff boats featuring the Amphi-Craft. The message, I believe, was this: "We think we're pretty smart all right, but we know we're not that smart!"

After a cold, breezy afternoon skittering about the bay on their quick, simple, maneuverable little sailboat, however, it was pretty obvious that no one at Wyliecats ever flunked recess. The dudes from Santa Cruz know how to have a good time.

In fact, it was local guru Bill Lee who coined the expression "fast is fun". The antecedent to that thought - "Light is right" - is certainly the philosophy Wylie espoused when fashioning the rig of his 30-footer. (Wyliecats are also available in 17-, 39-, and 48- foot versions.) And since the thrust of the boat - literally, figuratively, and aesthetically - starts with its single-sail power plant, it's the logical place to begin an Introduction.

For those bent on performance - and it must be underscored that the exact point of boarding a Wyliecat is to go for a good sail - carbon fiber is the wave of the present and future. The all-up weight of the 30's freestanding (no spreaders, shrouds, or attendant fittings), all-carbon stick is a mere 130 pounds. The wishbone, with carbon end fittings on 3-inch -diameter aluminum tubes, adds another 35 pounds, but you get the point: Think quill, as in a feather.

The theory behind the rig is self-regulation. When the apparent wind builds, the upper part of the mast bends and sways (picture the tall branches of a willow tree), and pressure is automatically dumped off the sail. In lulls, the spar stands at attention, the sail becomes fuller, and the leech closes down. Whatever the breeze, efficiency reigns.

In practice, you need a puffy day to really test the principle, and we had a beauty, with 12- to 18-knot winds funneling down the bay. Downwind, with the fully battened sail eased out like a gate swung open, we fairly flew down the bay at 6.5 to 7 knots. Upwind, things were more exciting. Still sailing with a full hoist, it seemed the boat might've been happier with a reek, as we definitely felt overpowered in the gusts. Self-regulation is one thing, but a shortened sail plan further enhances efficient sailing.

The double-ended mainsheet is led aft to the respective port and starboard coamings of the long, low, open-transomed cockpit for convenience on either tack. Playing the main is an athletic undertaking in a breeze. A "choker" line adjusts the wishbone and is eased or trimmed as the air pressure dictates, in effectacting as an outhaul, vang, and backstay all in one. lazyjacks bundle the sail nicely when it's reefed.

The vacuum-bagged hull is a composite laminate around a balsa core, with carbon-fiber reinforcement at the mast step and the rudderstock (and. if you opt for one, the diesel auxiliary mounts).

The interior is low and functional, with a couple of double berths at the ends sandwiching a pair of snug settees and a straightforward gallery. A trip on a Wyliecat is more akin to camping than opulent cruising. And if you want to stand up, as the legendary Uffa Fox once said, go outside. Once there, with the breeze blowing, the Wyliecat is in its natural element. You don't need to be named Herreshoff to know what to do next.

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