THE CATBOAT MAN

  “CATBOATS ” are in the heart of many a sailor !!  I am one of them, FOR SURE !!  CATBOATS & SCHOONERS are the two types of sailboats that are truly AMERICAN !!  I’ve owned quite a few of both. Right now, I’m hopefully selling my 1954 45′ JOHN ALDEN KETCH. When I do, I’ll be buying a BEAUTIFUL CLASSIC WOODEN CATBOAT for cruising  Barnegat Bay, towing my 12′ INFLATABLE FISHING MACHINE, fishing for  STRIPED BASS  along the many sedges & creeks  & of course, BARNEGAT INLET !! 

VIDEO of  MY  12′ INFLATABLE FISHING MACHINE : https://www.facebook.com/reel/2079528229412137

  Their designers, Fenwick Williams,  the CROSBY’s OF OSTERVILLE,  Maynard Lowery of TILGHMAN ISLAND,   Gil Smith of PATCHOGUE,  Breck Marshall,  Eldridge McGuiness, C.C. Hanley,  Charles D. Mower,  Francis Sweisguth, Charles W. Wittholz,  Charles Anderson,  just  to name a few. These names are in the hearts of  many a CATBOAT LOVER !! So many of these designers boats, the originals & the many reproductions,  are still raising their big gaff sails on a beautiful sunny afternoon, broad reaching across a sound, tacking up a salt marsh creek to a protected anchorage.

“SILENT MAID”, “SEA ROSE”, “KATHLEEN”,  “TIGRESS”,  “VICTOR”, “WHIRLWIND II”, “OLD SCULPIN”,  “FRANCES”, “GENEVIEVE”,  “PALOMA”,  “CAT N ROUND”,  “PINKLETINK”,  “INES”,  soooo many still sailing,  gracing our bays & sounds.

   When I was in my 20’s, I used to go up to DAVID BEATON & SONS,  Mantaloking, NJ, & sit on the docks for hours just looking at THE BIG CATBOATS tied up in their slips. THEY WERE BEAUTIFUL !! Those big  GAFF SAILS & BARNDOOR RUDDERS, HUGE COCKPITS & their BROAD BEAMS !!   DREAMS & MORE DREAMS !!

  I’ve owned a couple CATBOATS  & many  12′ & 15′  BARNEGAT BAY SNEAKBOXES  through the years. I owned “KITTY”, a 28′ BARNEGAT BAY CATBOAT built in 1875  for Judge Larabee of Toms River. “CATBOATS” are in my heart, that’s why I call myself : 

                                               ** “THE CATBOAT MAN” !!  **

Fall is here with winter just beyond. Come & dream of  BIG CATBOATS with me, running downwind on Barnegat Bay. 

Thank you,  Glenn Schroeder

**  MY CATBOAT LISTINGS  **

#1 : 1974  MARSHALL 22  “DOUBLER”  :   https://www.boatnation.com/listing/1974-marshall-22-catboat-doubler/

#2 :  1999 23′  MENGER   “QUEST”  :  https://www.boatnation.com/listing/1999-23′-menger-catboat-quest/

#3 :  1973  18′  MARSHALL SANDERLING :  https://www.boatnation.com/listing/1973-18-marshall-sanderling/

#4 :  2007  MARSHALL 22  “KATE”   :  https://www.boatnation.com/listing/2007-22-marshall-catboat-kate/

#5 :  2004 19′  MENGER  “TRES BIEN”.  :   https://www.boatnation.com/listing/2004-menger-19-catboat/

#6 :  1962 26′  ELDRIDGE McGUINNESS   “SEA ROSE”  :  https://www.boatnation.com/listing/1962-26-eldridge-mcguinness-catboat-sea-rose/

#7 :   ATLANTIC  CITY  24′  “L’ARK” :  ** SOLD SEPTEMBER 2026 :  https://www.boatnation.com/listing/24-atlantic-city-catboat/

#8 :   1978  MARSHALL 18′ SANDERLING ** “TA DA” :   :  ** SOLD OCTOBER 2026 ** :  https://www.boatnation.com/listing/1978-18′-marshall-sanderling-catboat/

#9 :  1928 16′ ANDERSON CATBOAT  “INES” :  SOLD FALL 2024 ** :  https://www.boatnation.com/listing/1928-16-anderson-catboat-ines/

#10 :  2003 24′ REPLICA of a H. MANLEY CROSBY CATBOAT  “CAT N ROUND” : ** SOLD 2024 ** :   https://www.boatnation.com/listing/2003-24-replica-of-a-1887-h-manley-crosby-catboat-cat-n-round/

#11 :  1985  AC 24′ CATBOAT w/ NEW BOWSPRIT :  https://www.boatnation.com/listing/1985-ac-24-catboat-w-new-bowsprit/

#12 : 1974 22′  MARSHALL CATBOAT “HESPER” :   https://www.boatnation.com/listing/19/

#13 :  1983 AC 24′ CATBOAT  “SEA BASSET” :  https://www.boatnation.com/listing/1983-atlantic-city-24-catboat-sea-basset/

** I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THESE LISTINGS. FEEL FREE TO CALL ME TO TALK CATBOATS **