Catalina 42 MkII (looking for advice)

[OGITD]

No not Moi .... but for my pal (good-egg & retired Submariner).

Just looking for opinions / advice on this particular yacht re: build quality, sailing ability, stability, maneuverability etc.

Any recommendations for similar craft in the same class, size & price would also be greatly appreciated.

& hey! ..... I just might be able to crew on something we can hold musical socials on after all! .... ..... seriously looking forward to that one.

& this after sailing with Doc & myself over to Arran on my 23'-er ......

Us (Bungs, Doc & myself) on the way back:

 

[alant]

No not Moi .... but for my pal (good-egg & retired Submariner).

Just looking for opinions / advice on this particular yacht re: build quality, sailing ability, stability, maneuverability etc.

Any recommendations for similar craft in the same class, size & price would also be greatly appreciated.

& hey! ..... I just might be able to crew on something we can hold musical socials on after all! .... ..... seriously looking forward to that one.

& this after sailing with Doc & myself over to Arran on my 23'-er ......

Us (Bungs, Doc & myself) on the way back:

US version of a Westerly.

Took one from Hamble to Gibraltar some years ago. This boat have been sailed in Australia & bought on-line, without being seen by the purchaser & shipped back to UK. Had in-boom fully battened main & sailed ok, good solid build, big cockpit.

 

[jwilson]

Done a few thousand miles on one: sailed well, this one had an in-mast mainsail, but an extra track on the mast that let you set a normal battened mainsail as well which improved performance in light winds substantially: if windy you stowed the battened main and used the furling one. Under power fairly standard handling. Fitting a Maxprop improved astern under power as well as speed under sail.

In my view not a pretty boat, especially the stern. Fairly hefty and low-tech construction, as others have said more or less the US equivalent of a Westerly.

Only definite fault was that if driven hard in rough water you could collect a couple of bucketfulls of water in the aft end of the cockpit by the wheel that would not drain out of the normal drain, but would slosh around and get into the cockpit locker above the aft berth, and then some (quite a lot over time) would end up at the foot of the aft berth.

There are quite a few regularly cruising and club racing in San Francisco which can be quite a testing environment.

 

[OGITD]

Thanks for the replies, recommendations and information ..... ...... my 'old-pal' is looking to have a yard (not identified yet) complete any mods and upgrades as required, so the information on the cockpit drain issue will be resolved ..... thanks once again ....

OG

 

[jwilson]

Thanks for the replies, recommendations and information ..... ...... my 'old-pal' is looking to have a yard (not identified yet) complete any mods and upgrades as required, so the information on the cockpit drain issue will be resolved ..... thanks once again ....

OG

Couldn't see an easy way to fix this, except possibly much improved seals on the cockpit locker, or drains to a bilge compartment with an auto pump. Only happened if driven hard enough to be getting lumps of green water down the deck, or in very heavy rain if heeled. The bit that collected the water was the T-shaped bits either side of the wheel. We used to luff up to let it drain every so often. Again, when driven hard in a sea, the mast used to pump, so we had runners fitted to steady this, though not used 95% of the time.