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The Catalina 28 is an American
;Catalina 28 Mk II
:This model was also designed by Gerry Douglas, introduced in 1995 and produced until 2010. The improvements include a widened aft hull, giving a larger aft cabin and a redesigned galley, plus an improvement of the basic sail control arrangements. It has a length overall of , a waterline length of , displaces and carries of iron ballast. The boat has a draft of with the standard keel and with the optional shoal draft wing keel. The wing keel version displaces and carries of iron ballast. The boat is fitted with a Universal 25XPBC diesel engine. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of . The boat has a PHRF racing average handicap of 198 with a high of 205 and low of 192. It has a hull speed of .
sailboat
A sailboat or sailing boat is a boat propelled partly or entirely by sails and is smaller than a sailing ship. Distinctions in what constitutes a sailing boat and ship vary by region and maritime culture.
Types
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, that was designed by Gerry Douglas and first built in 1991.
Production
The boat was built byCatalina Yachts
Catalina Yachts is a U.S.-based builder of fiberglass monohull sloop-rigged sailboats ranging in sizes from eight to 54 feet in length. It was founded in 1969 in Hollywood, California by Frank Butler .
Catalina Yachts is one of the largest boat m ...
in the United States
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, in two versions, but it is now out of production. The first version, The Catalina 28, was produced from 1991–1995, with 620 examples completed. The Mk II was produced from 1995-2010.
Design
The Catalina 28 is a small recreationalkeelboat
A keelboat is a riverine cargo-capable working boat, or a small- to mid-sized recreational sailing yacht. The boats in the first category have shallow structural keels, and are nearly flat-bottomed and often used leeboards if forced in open wat ...
, built predominantly of fiberglass
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. It has a masthead sloop
A masthead rig on a sailing vessel consists of a forestay and backstay both attached at the top of the mast.
The Bermuda rig can be split into two groups: the masthead rig and the fractional rig. The masthead rig has larger and more headsails, a ...
rig, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder
A rudder is a primary control surface used to steer a ship, boat, submarine, hovercraft, aircraft, or other vehicle that moves through a fluid medium (generally aircraft, air or watercraft, water). On an aircraft the rudder is used primarily to ...
and a fixed fin keel
The keel is the bottom-most longitudinal structural element on a vessel. On some sailboats, it may have a hydrodynamic and counterbalancing purpose, as well. As the laying down of the keel is the initial step in the construction of a ship, in Br ...
.
Variants
;Catalina 28 :This model was designed by Gerry Douglas and introduced in 1991, with 620 examples completed. It has a length overall of , a waterline length of , displaces and carries of iron ballast. The boat has a draft of with the standard keel and with the optional shoal draftwing keel
The winged keel is a sailboat keel layout first fitted on the 12-metre class yacht '' Australia II'', 1983 America's Cup winner.
Design
This layout was adopted by Ben Lexcen, designer of '' Australia II''. Although Ben Lexcen "had tried the wing ...
. The wing keel version displaces and carries of iron ballast. The boat is fitted with a Universal M3-20 diesel engine
The diesel engine, named after Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression; thus, the diesel engine is a so-call ...
. The boat has a PHRF
Performance Handicap Racing Fleet (PHRF) is a handicapping system used for yacht racing in North America. It allows dissimilar classes of sailboats to be raced against each other. The aim is to cancel out the inherent advantages and disadvantages ...
racing average handicap of 201 with a high of 210 and low of 195. It has a hull speed
Hull speed or displacement speed is the speed at which the wavelength of a vessel's bow wave is equal to the waterline length of the vessel. As boat speed increases from rest, the wavelength of the bow wave increases, and usually its crest-to-tro ...
of . A tall mast version was available with a mast approximately higher. The tall mast version has a PHRF racing average handicap of 192 with a high of 200 and low of 186.
;Catalina 28 Mk II
:This model was also designed by Gerry Douglas, introduced in 1995 and produced until 2010. The improvements include a widened aft hull, giving a larger aft cabin and a redesigned galley, plus an improvement of the basic sail control arrangements. It has a length overall of , a waterline length of , displaces and carries of iron ballast. The boat has a draft of with the standard keel and with the optional shoal draft wing keel. The wing keel version displaces and carries of iron ballast. The boat is fitted with a Universal 25XPBC diesel engine. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of . The boat has a PHRF racing average handicap of 198 with a high of 205 and low of 192. It has a hull speed of .
See also
*List of sailing boat types
The following is a partial list of sailboat types and sailing classes, including keelboats, dinghies and multihull ( catamarans and trimarans).
Olympic classes
World Sailing Classes
Historically known as the IYRU (International Yacht Racing ...
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References
External links
* {{Catalina Yachts Keelboats 1980s sailboat type designs Sailing yachts Sailboat types built by Catalina Yachts Sailboat type designs by Gerry Douglas