[1][2][3] The design was built by Vandestadt & McGruer in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, but the company went out of business in 1987 and production had ended by then.

[1][3][4] The Skunk 11 is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim.

It is a Gunter rigged sloop with a free-standing mast, aluminum spars, a raked stem, plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder made from mahogany controlled by a tiller and a retractable fibreglass centreboard.

The transom is reinforced so the boat can be fitted with a small outboard motor of up to 5 hp (4 kW) for employment as a motorboat.

[3] In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood wrote, the "Skunk is a light, easily transported boat.