Boat models · Catalina
Catalina 34 MkII
Sailboat, coastal cruiser · built 1996-2008 · designed by Frank Butler
Key figures
Comfort22.1moderate
Capsize screen2.06fails the screen
SA/D16.2cruiser
D/L201moderate
Ballast ratio0.42stiff
Hull speed7.3kt
- Built
- 1996-2008
- Designer
- Frank Butler
- Builder
- Catalina Yachts (USA)
- Rig
- Masthead Sloop
- Keel
- Fin w/spade rudder
- Length
- 34.5 ft
- Beam / draft
- 11.8 ft · 5.6 ft
- Displacement
- 11,950 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, easy, good-value family cruiser; not a performer or a boat people hunt for.
- Coastal cruising
- respected · roomy, comfy, simple systems, easy to handle
- First boat
- respected · forgiving, affordable, strong parts and owner support
- Club racing
- mixed · fine PHRF for a cruiser, not quick
- Offshore passages
- disliked · light build, big ports and cockpit not for blue water
- Loved
- Spacious interior for 34 ft · Good value used · Easy to sail and dock · Active owners association and parts support
- Gripes
- Mediocre upwind in light air · Soft hull-to-deck and flexy feel · Cheap-feeling hardware and trim · Wheel steering feel, tight engine access
- Survey for
- Rudder bearing wear and play · Deck core moisture at chainplates and stanchions · Leaking ports and hatches · Keel-stub grounding damage and bolts
- Cross-shopped
- Beneteau Oceanis 351 · Hunter 340 · Catalina 36 · Hunter 336
Owner opinion from catalina34.org, sailboatowners.com, forums.sailboatowners.com
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