Thinking about buying a Catalina 22...any advise

VicS said:
I'd shoot all Anderson 22 owners... esp the one who pinched my mooring a few years ago.
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VicS,

interesting; if you remember the name of the boat, members of the owners association are listed on the ' boat list ' on the website in my signature here ( I'm confident it wasn't mine as I don't do that ! ) - did they leave the boat unattended on your mooring then ?
 
I had a Jaguar 22 for a couple of years. I sailed it as a trailer sailor. The first year I did Troon to Stornoway round the Mull going and through the Crinan canal coming back. The next year I trailed it down to the Adriatic and sailed from Pula down to Albania and back. Plus other odd trips. [ Lecturer 10 wks summer hols. ]

I had no issues with mine but was aware that others had had problems with the keel pivot. Checking for the amount of free play in the pivot would be a good thing to do.

The procedure for removing and replacing the pivot pin is well documented on the US Catalina owners web site.

A great little boat and fun to sail. Started me off on the cruising lifestyle and look where I am now.
 
Aquaplane..........we maybe neighbours soon!. my plan is to keep it on either windermere or ullswater for a season or two then see how it goes. i dont intend trailering on a regular basis...maybe once a season. she will be kept on her trailer with her mast up etc mostly and put in when needed.
interested in the talk about keel pins/wires etc...how often is it recomended to change these and is it a diy job (for someone reasonably handy) and guess you need it on some kind of cradle to get at it
Re towing vehicle i have a Volovo V70 2.4 (215bhp) which has kerb weight of 1680kg and max towing weight is 1800 kg but Caravan Club/AA etc recomend max towing weight is 85% of kerb weight...ie 1430kg in volvo case. Catalina + trailer +outboard = 1350kg. Some people say you definately need a 4x4 but have seen number of this size boat being pulled by large estates etc. I wont be using this car for launching

thanks for all comments

Little Star
 
I have to agree that trailer sailing for a day trip would be a pain. My first "big" boat after dinghies was a 20ft Medina. That got trailed to its mooring at the start of the season and home at the end. Great to be able to take it home for the winter and work on it however.
 
Seajet said:
With a hull that weak, I would worry about it gradually getting worse, and particularly if settling as the tide ebbs if there are any waves to bounce her on the bottom, though I'd never dry any boat, lift or twin keel, on a very firm seabed, always soft mud for me.
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I have written to the Lake District National Park Authority to complain about these tides that are causing so much concern on Windermere.
 
A Catalina 22 was our first cruising boat. Being novices, and having three small children, we focused on accommodation. At the time, the only trailerable boat we could find that would get us all on the water for weekends was the 22. Apart from being able to sleep two adults and three children, it has a decent size cockpit. We even lifted the pop top from time to time to get more head room. Many happy memories (including our honeymoon!)

As for design weaknesses, I can't say I spotted any and I'd have thought that the fact they have sold hundreds if not thousands of them is testimony to their design and build quality.

I do agree that trailering needs a bit of thought. It's a heavy lump and broke two of our cars!
 
SimonD.....agree one of the reasons i am looking at Cat 22's is that they have sold over 15000 of them since launch....got to be ok at that. Interested in knowing what type of cars you "broke" towing...i have volvo v70
 
Seajet said:
VicS,

interesting; if you remember the name of the boat, members of the owners association are listed on the ' boat list ' on the website in my signature here ( I'm confident it wasn't mine as I don't do that ! ) - did they leave the boat unattended on your mooring then ?
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I think I can remember the name, but changed hands and moved from the yard long ago. If I've got the right one , now in Poole .

Just a mistake which we never bothered to put right. We just used each others adjacent moorings for the year.
An error of judgement I think he did discover because the winter storms had washed the mud away from mine .. it happens some years .. so instead of sitting upright in the mud his poor old A22 lay on its side on a stony bottom at low tide.
 
VicS said:
I think I can remember the name, but changed hands and moved from the yard long ago. If I've got the right one , now in Poole .

Just a mistake which we never bothered to put right. We just used each others adjacent moorings for the year.
An error of judgement I think he did discover because the winter storms had washed the mud away from mine .. it happens some years .. so instead of sitting upright in the mud his poor old A22 lay on its side on a stony bottom at low tide.
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Might be the one my mate bought!
What was its name?
 
If there's one thing no lift keeler likes it's a stony bottom, whether they have a protruding ballast stub like the A22 or a flat bottom like the E-Boat - though it won't be good for a twin keeler either if only one keel gets the soft stuff.

Interesting you mention the mud washing from your moorings Vic, this happened at my club last summer and quite a few boats inc mine had to move to temporary moorings - I'd gone out in a dinghy and prodded around with an oar and found several sinkers just an inch or so below the mud so potentially very damaging indeed.

Over this winter the club hired in a contractor with a JCB on a raft to dig the sinkers right into the chalk, there's usually a good 6' of soft mud on top.
 
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