Catalina Owner Reviews

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Review of the Catalina 22 by geoff brown

Year built	1990
Location of boat	pistake bay , il
The boat is sailed on	Lakes
How the boat is used	Day sailing
Normal wind strength	Press here and selec
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 a great weekender and day sailor .
Gear that's been added	compass, vhf ,portable depth sounder ,cd stereo , second anchor
Structural or complex improvements	none
The boat's best features	ease of sailing , great draft (wing keel )ease of finding information about the boat and many parts available
Problem areas in terms of design, materials, maintenance, etc.	no problems as of yet,knock on fiberglass!
Sailing characterisitcs	nice dry boat easy to single hand doesnt go to weather as well as i suspect a swing keel would but as we do not race its a good compromise with the maintainence involved with a swing keel
Motoring characterisitcs	suzuki 6 hp will go through anything
Liveability	great weekender with 3 small children diffinetly not a long term liveaboard boat
The owner's experience in dealing with Hunter (if any)
The owner's experience with the boat dealer or broker, if any	sailing world in fox lake is great jerry and cathy sold our boat new so they had a history of the boat before we purchased . they we're like buying from friends!!!
Other comments	great boat!!!