Butterfly (dinghy)

The Butterfly is a one-design sailing dinghy, originally designed for a crew of two, but now most commonly raced single-handed.

The craft has a stayed 18-foot (5.5 m) mast set as a Marconi rig with a single mainsail with a 75-square-foot (7.0 m2) surface area.

[1] The boat was first designed by John Barnett of Libertyville, Illinois in 1961, who was inspired to make a smaller version of the C Scow, a popular sailing skiff.

With the help of Dr. Robert Chamberlain, Mike Daskilakis, and Jim Miller the class was officially launched in 1962.

In 2007, Hedlund Marine sold production to Windward Boatworks of Princeton, Wisconsin.

Camp Manito-wish YMCA sailors have been sailing the Camp's fleet of Butterly sailboats since 1979.