A friend dropped me a line asking why I might be considering a Catalina 30 and pointed out that the Catalina would be smaller and slower than our CAL 34. He pointed out that we’d miss those four feet. Well, not exactly. Here are the important numbers… CAL 34 LOA 33.24′ LWL 26′ Beam 10′ …
There’s a Catalina 30 for sale in Hawaii that I’ve had my eye on for a while as it was selling for $5K and appeared to be in decent shape, and would not cost a fortune or too much time to sort out. The Catalina 30 is by its very nature an excellent contender for …
OK, I’ll admit that I’ve never been a fan of Catalina sailboats. Don’t really know why but I’ve always preferred the design work of Lapworth and Tripp and nothing in the Catalina lineup grabbed my attention. Hell, maybe it’s just the “Catalina” smile issue… That said, Catalina made a shitload of boats, they all floated …
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