Catalina 470 owners manual

The is equipped with a proper chart-sized table and room for electronics. Circuit breakers on the electrical panel are illuminated—a real plus after sunset. Located to port, it offers a chef plenty of elbow room, counter space, and a portlight outboard that provides a view. A dry locker that could be converted to a refrigerator is located outboard to port, and a cabinet with glass doors is located on the aft bulkhead.

The stove is a three-burner Princess with oven and a stainless steel hood fitted with halogen light. A microwave stored in a cutout will accelerate prep time of hot drinks for the midnight watch crew. In all, living quarters are spacious and well-organized, and fit and finish are a cut above her predecessors. A completed boat consists of four components: the hull; a structural grid liner that absorbs and diffuses chainplate and mast loads and houses the engine bed; a liner running from bow to stern that does not provide any structural support but forms furniture, beds and cabinets; and, finally, the deck.

The lamination schedule calls for hand-laying 2-oz. Topsides are cored with Baltec AL balsa. A collision bulkhead at the aft end of the anchor locker fills the area between the deck and bottom of the hull; it is glassed to the hull. Chainplates also show a new design, not used on any other Catalina models.

They are also self-aligning. Despite being a relatively complicated boat, most wiring and plumbing runs are easily accessible under floorboards and seat covers, and color coded for identification. Wiring runs are in half-round PVC bonded to the hull. Performance Invited aboard by Douglas and Seattle dealer Carl Rafello, we tested the on a fall afternoon in which predicted knot winds did not materialize.

Change to a fin keel and she immediately drops 1, pounds of displacement; add the optional taller rig for sailing in predominately light winds, and SA increases to 1, square feet. Sailing with the standard rig and fin keel under a percent genoa, we recorded knots of boatspeed off the breeze. Upwind, when pressed, she could sail within about 40 degrees of the apparent wind without loss of speed.

Our upwind and downwind boatspeeds were about the same in that breeze. The helm is light, sight lines from both wheels are excellent, and our test boat tacked easily through about 90 degrees. Conclusion Our test provided, at best, a hint of the performance potential of this boat. Nonetheless, given proper conditions we would expect her to sail at her calculated hull speed of 8.

A prospective buyer must carefully evaluate typical conditions in the area where the boat will be sailed, and match sail area and keel configuration accordingly. Given deep enough home waters, this would be the way to go. With that set-up, we could expect her to record mile days off the wind under a cruising kite.

Well-conceived mechanical systems make the easy to sail. Be aware, though, that there are of lot of these systems, from the dual steering to the rather complex lighting and entertainment wiring. The harder you sail this boat, the more scrutiny and maintenance these systems will require. In terms of creature comfort, the boat is excellent—spacious on deck and gracious below.

Add electric winches and a mainsail furling system, and the task becomes easier although more complicated.

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