The company built the boats individually with custom interiors, between 1973 and 1983, completing 19 examples of the design.
[1][3][5][6] The Dickerson 41 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of hand-laid fiberglass, with marine-grade plywood bulkheads and teak wood trim.
It has a masthead sloop or optional ketch rig, with epoxy-finished aluminum spars and a bowsprit.
The design features a center cockpit, a concave raked stem, a raised counter transom, a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel tiller and a fixed long keel, with a cutaway forefoot.
[1][4] The boat is fitted with a Westerbeke 4-230 diesel engine of 50 hp (37 kW), driving a three-bladed propeller for docking and maneuvering.
The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a three-burner alcohol-fired stove, a 100 lb (45 kg) capacity fiberglass icebox and a sink with a pressurized water supply.