Boat models · Catalina
Catalina 30 Standard rig, fin keel
Sailboat, coastal cruiser · built 1976-2008 · designed by Frank Butler
Key figures
Comfort24.8moderate
Capsize screen2fails the screen
SA/D14.9undercanvassed
D/L291moderate
Ballast ratio0.41stiff
Hull speed6.7kt
- Built
- 1976-2008
- Designer
- Frank Butler
- Builder
- Catalina Yachts (USA)
- Rig
- Masthead Sloop
- Keel
- Fin w/spade rudder
- Length
- 29.9 ft
- Beam / draft
- 10.8 ft · 5.3 ft
- Displacement
- 10,200 lb
Design figures as published, not for any one hull. Full specifications on sailboatdata.com.
Reputation
Classcoastal cruiseras owners use it
Forumsordinarydoes the job, nobody seeks it
Roomy, cheap, everywhere: a fine bay and lake cruiser, not an offshore boat.
- Coastal cruising
- respected · big interior for 30 ft, easy to handle
- Club racing
- ordinary · one-design fleets exist, modest PHRF speed
- Offshore passages
- disliked · light build, large ports, shallow cockpit drains
- First boat
- respected · cheap, forgiving, huge owner association support
- Loved
- spacious interior for the length · strong owners association and parts · forgiving, easy to sail · cheap to buy
- Gripes
- weather helm when overpowered · small sinks/tankage, dated layout · Atomic 4 in early boats · tight engine access
- Survey for
- smiling keel joint and loose keel bolts · rotten compression post and sagging cabin sole · deck core rot at stanchions and chainplates · rudder water intrusion and leaking ports
- Cross-shopped
- Hunter 30 · O'Day 30 · Pearson 30 · Islander 30
Owner opinion from catalina30.com, sailboatdata.com, practical-sailor.com, cruisersforum.com, forums.sailboatowners.com
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