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The Catalina 310 is an American
The Catalina 310 is a small recreational
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
Although sailboat terminology ...
, that was designed by Gerry Douglas
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Surname
*Elbridge Gerry (1744–1814), fifth US vice presi ...
and first built in 1999.
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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, with more than 300 examples completed, but it is now out of production. It was replaced in production in 2012 by the Catalina 315.
Design
The Catalina 310 is a small recreational keelboat
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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, with wood trim. 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
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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 ...
. It displaces and carries of ballast.
The design has a draft of with the standard fin keel fitted and with the optional shoal draft wing 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 winged ...
.
The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar
is a Japanese diesel engine, Heavy equipment, heavy machinery and agricultural machinery manufacturer founded in Osaka, Japan in 1912. Yanmar manufactures and sells engines used in a wide range of applications, including seagoing vessels, pleasu ...
3GM30F diesel engine
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of . The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .
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 171 with a high of 181 and low of 165. It has a hull speed
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of .
Operational history
At its introduction, at the February 1999 Atlantic City Boat Show, it was named Cruising World Magazine's Pocket Cruiser ''Boat of the Year''. In February 2000, the design was named to Sail Magazine's ''Top 10 sailboats for 2000'' list.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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The Allmand 31 is an American sailboat that was designed by Walter Scott as a cruiser and first built in 1978.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 376-377. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. ...
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The Herreshoff 31, also called the Cat Ketch 31, is an American sailboat that was designed by Halsey Chase Herreshoff as a cruiser and first built in 1979.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', p ...
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References
External links
* {{Catalina Yachts Keelboats 1990s sailboat type designs Sailing yachts Sailboat types built by Catalina Yachts Sailboat type designs by Gerry Douglas