Dilys is a Welsh name and means "perfect, true and reliable" which is just right for this sturdy little ship-it also happens to be my wife's name and the meaning certainly fits her too! This is a 4 plank per side ply on frame version of the well known North American Catboat-boats with a generous beam giving enormous stability and vast room inside for their length.

She has the standard layout for a catboat of this length of just 2 berths with comfortably sized wc compartment and galley and very large cockpit. She could of course, with some redesign, take 4 berths. Maximum headroom as drawn is 6' (1.83m). The drawings give details for both an inboard diesel engine installation and an alternative outboard well.

Many had a centreboard rather than a fixed keel and she could also be adapted to take this arrangement. Construction is based on a modern pre-shaped egg-box type plywood framework of frames/bulkheads slotted together with fore and aft girders.