Founded by Frank Butler in 1970, Catalina Yachts has always prioritized quality and value over sheer size. Their philosophy remains unchanged: to craft exceptional boats that exceed customer expectations. With more than 40 designs and over 60,000 boats built in both the California and Florida manufacturing facilities, they are America’s largest sailboat builder.
The Catalina Yachts shipyard is now solely based in Largo, Florida, producing robust, traditional cruising yachts from 31 to 54 feet, along with a range of dinghy and trailer sailor models. Over the years, they have received a plethora of ‘Boat of the Year’ and ‘Best New Boat’ Awards across the range.
Catalina Yachts thrives in a competitive market by actively engaging with customers and dealers, listening attentively to their feedback. Rather than reinventing the wheel with each new design, they blend time-tested features with innovative ideas and insights from boat owners, ensuring a consistent product line that maintains its value over time.
What sets Catalina Yachts apart from other brands is their unparalleled dedication to customer satisfaction, reflected in the industry’s highest percentage of repeat customers.
Catalina Yachts prioritizes meticulous planning, efficient manufacturing, and innovative design. This fusion of tradition and ingenuity sets Catalina apart in a fiercely competitive market, ensuring enduring appeal and strong resale value for their esteemed clientele.
The Catalina fleet embodies the hallmark of American craftsmanship, reflecting a legacy of precision, ingenuity, and the spirit of adventure. From sleek new yachts to luxurious cruising vessels, each Catalina yacht stands as a testament to the company’s unwavering dedication to quality and customer satisfaction.
As Catalina Yachts charts the course for the future, they remain committed to their core values and the relentless pursuit of distinction. Join Catalina on a journey of luxury, adventure, and unparalleled craftsmanship, as they continue to expand their family across the globe, including in Australia, where the allure of sailing knows no bounds. Welcome aboard the Catalina experience.
What sets Catalina Yachts apart from other brands is their unparalleled dedication to customer satisfaction, reflected in the industry’s highest percentage of repeat customers.
MODELS IN THE CATALINA RANGE
5 PART CONSTRUCTION SERIES
Catalina has introduced many important innovations over the years and their evolution coalesced nicely with the introduction of the 5 Part Construction Series.
There are five main components:
- Hull – solid glass and vinylester below the waterline and topsides cored with balsa.
- Structural grid – a one piece engineered fibreglass structural grid beneath the cabin sole – from stem to stern, this grid adds important torsional stiffness and bears and disperses the torque loads from the engine, mast compression, tank supports and enables wire runs down the longitudinal beams.
- Hull Liner – one piece that houses the furniture – with exception to where the tie rods are affixed to an aluminium beam tabbed into the hull absorbing the load from the rigging.
- Deck liner – one piece moulded structure that creates a continuous cavity – great for sound and thermal insulation
- Deck – Balsa-cored except where winches and other gear are mounted above glassed in aluminium plates.
Unique Features of the Five Part Construction Series:
Strike Zone; this is a watertight compartment forward of the forward bulkhead that will prevent water ingress should you run up on a half submerged object such as a container.
Secure Socket chain plate system, built primarily of 316 stainless steel and is designed to resolve rigging loads through the deck into the hull and tie rod structural support system. The ball and socket tie rods allow perfect alignment of loads to the hull structure. The lower ends of the tie rods are secured to a longitudinal structural aluminium beam glasses into the glassed into the boat’s structural grid; this system also helps to prevent deck leaks around the chainplates.
T-BeamMastStep structure, the mast is deck-stepped with a large compression post beneath it, which transfers compression loads to the internal grid and the keel. Thus providing all the benefits of a deck stepped mast and the strength of a keel stepped mast. The compression post passes through the deck and welded to the mast with stand-pipe for through deck wiring. This support system completely relieves the deck of compression loads that can cause gel coat cracking and leaks. Only metal components are in compression from the masthead to the structural grid system.
DeepDefense rudder system, The rudder blade is hand laminated in asymmetrical moulds designed with a moulded in leading edge eliminating a venerable seam on the centreline, creating an exceptional strong part of the rudder most subject to impact damage of compression from grounding.
Realities of life at sea – Standard features you can count on
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EASE OF HANDLING
- In-Mast Furling system
- Self Tacking Jib (model specific)
- German mainsheet system (model specific)
- Inboard shrouds for moving forward with ease
- Life line gates
- Double anchor rollers
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FUNCTIONAL COCKPITS
- Long cockpit seats with high contoured seta backs
- Double backstays (model specific)
- Transom seats
- Oversized travelers, Four winches and lines for ease of sail handling in all conditions
- Transom life lines that cleverly stow inside the railing tube
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TRADITIONAL SALONS
- Exceptional cabinetry with abundant use of solid teak and ash woods throughout
- Teak and Holy laminate floor
- Plush high grade cushions
- High gloss varnished folding salon dinettes
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LEAD KEELS
Lead Keels – Safe, durable and fast
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PRACTICAL LAYOUT
- Centralized filter lockers and easy access to the oil dip stick, makes checking your fluids and filters easy and convenient
- Port aft cabin converts to a sea berth, storage area or work shop
- Easy access to thru hull fittings
- Custom made AC/DC panel
- Full length steel grab and hand holds
- Salon bench seats that convert to a full length settee
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LUXURIES
- Innerspring mattresses in all sleeping quarters (master and starboard aft)
- Separate shower stalls
- LED mood lighting
- Corian bench tops
- Stainless steel front opening refrigerators
- Double galley sinks
- Island berths in master cabin
