Catalina is renowned for building high performance, cost-efficient, and lower maintenance sailboats. Over the years since its establishment, the Catalina brand prides itself in building the large, sturdy boats with unique layouts that hold up to the real world and sea conditions.
Catalina has and continues to produce some of the best and advanced yachts with a broad range of family-oriented boats intelligently designed with highly incorporated and integrated interior features. It has produced 4 different series with each having different models within. Some of these series include Sport, Ocean, Cruiser, and the Flagship series with each distinctively designed to suit the different demands that fit style, speed, stability, space, and leisure.
Built with a one-piece fiberglass deck with a molded-in non-skid hand-laid fiberglass surface, the sports series are ideal for new or experienced sailors because of their non-technicality in handling. They are very simple to rig and have less weight from their tapered one-piece carbon fiber which means more sail power for them. The sport series is built mainly for couples day sailing comfort and racing performance due to their perfect combination of well-integrated materials which most of the time come with almost the same specifications and standard equipment in each model including, hand laid up decks and hull, adjustable outhauls, self-bailing cockpits for ease of water removal from the boat deck. flotation and a smart rig system.
The sport series boasts 7 models namely, Catalina 12.5 Expo, Catalina 14.2, Catalina 14.2 Expo, Catalina 16.5, Catalina 22 Capri. Catalina 22 Sport and Catalina 275 sport. Their main differences are the sizes that allow for very minor adjustments in shape.
The Cruiser series are strongly built mid-sized yachts with roomy and spacious interiors and comfortable to move around with sizes ranging from 31-35 feet. The boats are built with a new hull design and features that allow extended periods of sailing. They come in two distinct models, the Catalina 315 and the 355. Both come with sleek low profile cabin designs with cockpits optimized for much efficiency and great visibility from the helm.
They both have uniquely standardized equipment during manufacture from construction, deck hardware, sail handling equipment, and the interior. However the main difference lies in their size and specs for example, the engine, total water holding capacity, fuel capacity, and holding tank capacity. some examples are as follows.
The ocean series are made ideally for more serious offshore adventures. They include 4 main models ranging from 38 to 44 footers. Some of these models are, The 385, 425, 445 and 545 models. Just like the previous series, most of their similarities lie in the standard equipment used in their manufacture while their main differences are their sizes which come in different specifications from water tanks, fuel tanks, and holding tank capacities which relatively vary in their sizes.
This comes complete with only one model the Catalina 545 which won the Cruising World magazine`s boat of the year. The overall layout above decks and below are really stunning. It's a full-size cruiser made for far offshore adventures coming at over 55 feet. It's one of their major upgrades from all the boats they have ever built. Some of its unique notable features that stand out from other boats are its great toe rail and the stainless-steel handrails.