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Review of the Catalina 27 by Tim

Year built	1975
Location of boat	Lake Sidney Lanier, GA
The boat is sailed on	Lakes
How the boat is used	Weekends and longer
Normal wind strength	less than 10 knots
Average size of crew	2-4
Liveaboard?	No
Owner bought the boat in	1999
If the clock could be turned back, would owner buy again?	yes.
Gear that's been added	have replaced lines, blocks and plan on adding some electronics and maybe a bimini(sp?)...oh, and a new sail cover is right around the corner as well.
Structural or complex improvements	no. boat is very solid. have tightened turnbuckels and different bolts, screws and whatnot.
The boat's best features	lots of boat for the money. plenty of room for 2-4 people(of avg. size). recently refurbished interior.
Problem areas in terms of design, materials, maintenance, etc.	everything works great! wish the ice-box kept ice colder, longer...but there is after market products out there that i have yet to investigate!?!?!
Sailing characterisitcs	very stable and handles well. can easily be sailed solo w/some practice
Motoring characterisitcs	pretty sluggish due to a 7.5 honda outboard...would like to have more horsepower, but i'm extremly happy the previous owner purchased a honda because they are great little motors-very reliable
Liveability	quite roomy for two. fairly comfortable w/four, and any more than that is not very pleasant for long weekends. for one-dayers/nighters we've had SIX on board. it gets a little frustrating trying to sail w/that many people, but while under power
The owner's experience in dealing with Hunter (if any)
The owner's experience with the boat dealer or broker, if any	bought from a private party
Other comments	just that it's a great boat and i'm sure we'll have many years of enjoyment using it. we've also begun to race!!! so, i'm sure i'll have other comments once we're doing this for a while!?!?!

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