We have just purchased a simple GPS and my max speed with a 6HP motor on flat water with little wind is 67 mph.

Catalina 22 hull speed. Which is about 58kts THe GPS has an adjustment for mph and kts. V 708 knots. Ad Get Sailing Catalina 22.

A Catalina 22 is capable of planing in its normal form if only a bit above its hull speed. Many Catalina 22 owners report preferring to reef when winds reach above 10 knots while others report never reefing even with much higher wind speeds. Butler and built by Cooper Enterprises Inc.

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The Catalina 22 MkII is a 216 655m cruising sailboat designed by Frank Butler United States. The Catalina 22 that we are reviewing here was in production from 1969 until 1995 when the Catalina 22 MkII was introduced. In my case I was happy with the GPS speed instead and if I want to know if the water is cold Ill stick my toe in lol.

Length at waterline LWL 1940. On this pleasure cruise last weekend we easily hit 62 knots regularly hit 63 64 and even 65 knots and we maintained 65 knots for many seconds. V 629 knots.

For your Catalina 22 the Hull Speed computes as follows. I won a race in a Regionals once by recognizing the situation and ran away from the fleet. During this more than quarter-century of production several incremental changes were made with several significant upgrades in 1986 when a wing keel version was introduced.