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The Sun Cat, now often referred to as the Sun Cat 17-1 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Clark Mills in 1960 as a daysailer.

Dilks & Company built Sun Cats in Clarksville, Arkansas.

Clark Mills built Sun Cats as Clearwater Bay Marine Ways Inc. in Clearwater, Florida.

The Sun Cat was later developed into the Com-Pac Sun Cat in 2000.

Sun Cats, in their original form, can be distinguished from the Com-Pac Sun Cat by looking for a Bermuda rig rather than a Gaff rig as well as a Sail emblem of a sun with a C in the center.

Sun Cat Hull #1, a strip-planked centerboard daysailer that Clark Mills built for himself, is on display alongside some of his other designs in the Mckay Creek Boat Shop in Heritage Village, located in Largo, Florida.

Versions
Three versions of the Sun Cat are known to have been built prior to Com-Pac Yachts beginning production in 2000, including an open daysailer with twin bilge boards, a pocket cruiser with a centerboard, and a pocket cruiser with a keel. All Sun Cats have self-bailing cockpits.

Open Daysailer
The open daysailer Sun Cats had many unique features, such as a roller reefing boom, bilgeboards, and an optional removable cuddy cabin. These boats had an 11' long cockpit and could be purchased from Dilks and Company either as a kit or a complete boat.

Pocket Cruiser
Some Sun Cats were built with enclosed cabins.

Keel Version
Sun Cats with fixed keels were often equipped with bowsprits.