1978 30 foot Catalina 30 (Los Angeles, CA)

1978 30 foot Catalina 30

- Stock number77261 - The Catalina 30 is a twenty 9 feet 11 in long fiberglass sailboat 1st produced in 1974 by the Catalina Yachts Company in California. It is a sloop-rigged boat with a fixed lead keel. It has a beam of 10 10 and a draft of 5ft 3ins. The Catalina 30 has been through 3 revisions Mark I - Produced from 1975 to 1986Mark II - Produced from September 1986 until 1994Mark III - Produced from 1994 to 2006 (replaced by the C309). All 3 revisions refer largely to revisions of the cockpit rather than the hull itself which besides modernizing the keel the wetted area of the boat did not change. There are 3 types of keels the original 5 3 deep keel is still preferred for all-around performance where water depth is no problem. The early 4 4 shoal keel has been replaced by the modern 3 10 deep wing keel. The Catalina 30 was the largest and longest continuous production keel boat in the world with over 6 500 hulls produced. In 2001 it was inducted to the American Sailboat Hall of Fame....