catboats

Next to this comes the Cape Cod "catboats," which have come into general use and may be found almost anywhere.

CapeCodToday Blog Chowder 2009

A falling tide may ground a lot of dinghies and catboats, but it can put a few yachts on the rocks as well.

Jodie Allen: Cockeyed Optimists or Self-Fulfilling Prophets? 2009

But this particular stair led only as far as the lower dock, where the stewards kept a few catboats and canoes for quick runs into the lake without having to hike all the way to the main docks in Eastbay.

Reiffeins Choice 2006

He got off and with no distinct destination followed a winding, descending sidewalk and came out facing the river, in particular a long pier and a partitioned litter of shipyards for miniature craft: small launches, canoes, rowboats, and catboats.

This Side of Paradise 2003

There were several catboats on moorings, ready to go, if you knew how to sail.

Death on a Vineyard Beach Philip R.Craig 1996

Dried-up stream beds ran down into little half-moon beaches and Warren could see the teams had moored catboats and other small craft there.

Across The Sea Of Suns Benford, Gregory, 1941- 1984

There was to be an hour of rest for the baseball players between the games, and during that time there were to be running races and jumping contests, and also a race for small sailing boats on the lake, with crews from the three Patrols for three catboats.

The Boy Scout Fire Fighters or Jack Danby's Bravest Deed Robert Maitland

Inshore was a fleet of small fry -- catboats, sloops, dories under sail, and a smart smack or two going around to Provincetown with cargoes from the fish pounds.

Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper James A. Cooper

She pointed to a tall, lanky, slouchily dressed man who was directing the lowering of a sail in one of the catboats.

The Slipper Point Mystery 1921

He got off and with no distinct destination followed a winding, descending sidewalk and came out facing the river, in particular a long pier and a partitioned litter of shipyards for miniature craft: small launches, canoes, rowboats, and catboats.

Book 2, Chapter 5. The Egotist Becomes a Personage. 1920