Butterfly (dinghy)

Butterfly
Current Specifications
Crew	1-2
Type	Monohull
Design	Scow
LOA	3.632 m (11 ft 11.0 in)
Beam	1.372 m (4 ft 6.0 in)
Draft	.660 m (2 ft 2.0 in)
Hull weight	61 kg (130 lb)
Mast height	5.486 m (18 ft 0 in)
Mainsail area	6.967 m² (74.99 sq ft)
D-PN	108.3
Development
Year	1961
Designer	John Barnett
Location	Libertyville, Illinois

The Butterfly is a one-design sailing dinghy, originally designed for a crew of two, but now most commonly raced single-handed. It was designed in 1961 in Libertyville, Illinois by John Barnett. The 12-foot hull is a scow design. The craft has an 18-foot mast and a single mainsail with a 75 square-foot surface area.

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National Butterfly Association: boat specifications and class history.

v • d • e Sailing dinghy, scow, sharpie and skiff classes

ISAF sailing dinghy classes	29er • 420 • 470 • 49er • 505 • B14 • Byte • Cadet • Contender • Enterprise • Europe • Finn • Fireball • Flying Dutchman • Flying Junior • GP14 • International 14 • Laser Standard • Laser II • Laser 4.7 • Laser Radial • Laser Vago • Lightning • Mirror • Moth • Musto Performance Skiff • OK Dinghy • O'pen BIC • Optimist • RS 500 • RS Feva • RS Tera • Snipe • Splash • Sunfish • Tasar • Topper • Vaurien • Zoom 8

Scows	A-Scow • Butterfly • C-Scow • E-Scow • I-20 • M Scow • MC Scow • Melges 17 • Puddle Duck Racer • Thames A Class Rater

Dinghies under 10 ft	Frog • Cape Cod Frosty • El Toro • Fatty Knees • Fly • Holdfast Trainer • Manly Junior • Minto • Naples Sabot • P Class • Pelican • Sabot • Starling • Tadpole • Topper Topaz Taz • Turnabout

Dinghies under 15 ft	12 foot dinghy • 125 ("One-twenty-five") • 12ft Skiff • 13ft skiff • 29erXX skiff • 3000 • 405 ("Four-oh-five") • Access Liberty • Adventuress • ASC • Astus 14.1 • Australian Sharpie • Banshee • Beetle Cat • Bermuda Fitted Dinghy • Blaze • Blue Jay • Bosun • British Moth • Buzz • Cherokee • Cherub • C-Lark • Coypu • Dabchick • Daring • Dart • Escape • Extra • Firefly • Flying Ant • Flying Eleven • Force 5 • Graduate • Gull • Heron • Idle-along • IDRA14 • International Twelve • Javelin (NZ) • Javelin (US) • Jet 14 • Jollyboat (NZ) • Lark • Laser 2000 • Laser 3000 • Laser 5000 • Laser Funboat • Laser Pico • Laser Vortex • Lido 14 • Marlin • Merlin Rocket • MG14 • Miracle • National 12 • NS14 • Otter • Pacer • Pegasus • Penguin • Phantom • RS Tera • RS Q'Ba • RS Feva • RS Vision • RS Vareo • RS100 • RS200 • RS300 • RS400 • RS500 • RS600 • RS700 • RS800 • Sabre • Scorpion • Snark • Snowbird (sailboat) • Solo • Spiral • Streaker • Sunburst • Tinker Star Traveller • Tinker Traveller • Topper Topaz • Topper Topaz Magno • Topper Topaz Vibe • Topper Topaz Xenon • Twinkles 10 & 12 • Vagabond • Wanderer • Woodpussy • Zeddie • Zephyr

Dinghies under 20 ft	16ft Skiff • 18 foot dinghy • 18ft Skiff • Albacore • Beaufort • Invitation • Buccaneer 18 • Comet • Corsair • Day Sailer • Flying Scot • French National Monotype 1924 • Hornet • International Canoe • Jacksnipe • Javelin (UK, NL & DE) • Jersey Skiff • Jollyboat (UK) • Jolly Boat • JY15 • Laser 4000 • Laser Bahia • Laser Stratos • Lelievlet • Mirror 16 • Mutineer 15 • O-Jolle • Osprey • Payne-Mortlock sailing canoe • Pirate • Precision 15 • RS K6 • RS Vision • RS700 • RS800 • Salcombe Yawl • Sea Bright • Sea Scout Standard Boat (BP18) • Texas Tornado • 12m² Sharpie • Thistle • Topper Topaz Omega • Vanguard 15 • Wayfarer • Windmill • Windy • Winkle Brig • X boat • Y flyer

Dinghies 20 ft or over	Highlander • Norfolk Punt

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