[1][2] The design was initially built by Universal Plastic Products, first in Houston, Texas, United States and later in Coffeyville, Kansas when the company relocated there.
It was then built by Silverline Boats in Moorhead, Minnesota, although that company closed in 1980 and the design is now out of production.
It has a masthead sloop rig, including a backstay, aluminum spars, a spooned raked stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung, kick-up fiberglass rudder controlled by a tiller with an extension and a retractable fiberglass centerboard.
[3] For sailing the design is equipped with a self-bailing cockpit, a mainsheet traveler and a boom vang.
[2] In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood wrote, "in addition to the open design, there is a cabin model available.