The catalina 22 must rank as the most successful small sailboat ever made.

Catalina 22 keel. The Wing keel version is offered with a short keel fitted with large winglets. The local dealer and boat yard possessing such hoists can advise you about this and will handle the operation for you. Catalina Yachts aims to encourage more family racing with the thousands of first generation 22s by offering an alternative to finding an older boat and restoring it just to be competitive in the dozens of established Catalina 22 fleets.

She is built since 1995 by Catalina Yachts United States. Its a slight separation between the bolted on keel and the hull itself often manifesting itself at the front end of the keel joint hence the term smile. 4 winches All lines lead to cockpit white hull light grey decks.

The area where these are placed is. I just bought a 1987 Catalina 22 with a swing keel. To receive the keel we built a rolling cradle based on a Rocco Dryfka.

Shims are epoxied to the sides of the keel near the top. This post describes how I removed the keel to work on it including methods I had to improvise to accommodate my Calkins trailer. The Catalina 22 the most successful trailer sailer.

Originally called the CAPRI 22 swing keel From a new fairer mold though the hull design is the same as the original CATALINA 22. The CATALINA 22 SPORT was released in 2003. The only issue that I saw was that the keel has a.

Catalina recommends that Catalina 22 swing keel hardware be inspected every two years if in a salt water environment and allows for longer if in fresh water. This video shows how we removed the swing keel from Seanachai our 1986 Catalina 22. The fixed-keel model Catalina 22 should be launched by experienced persons with the aid of a hoist and slings.