30' Catalina 30

Designed strongly to cruise in comfort !

Well maintained family cruiser that knows how to get to Catalina Island for a fun weekend. Owner is now looking for a bigger sailboat.

The Catalina 30 sailboat is a typical, fairly light displacement design with a fin keel and a displacement of 10,200 lbs which exceeds the displacement of my boat that comes in at 8,500 lbs. The Catalina 30 sailboat came with an external lead keel bolted to the hull with stainless steel bolts.

With a fin keel and spade rudder, she is quite maneuverable under power. The deck is wide enough to move around on and the shrouds are placed inboard enough to make going around them easy. There are also teak grabrails on the cabin top which can be very helpful underway.

The cockpit is large and comfortable which makes me question its practicality offshore when combined with the small cockpit drains. There is a permanently mounted manual bilge pump that can be operated from the cockpit. It's a great feature!

Inside there is the typical v-berth that along with the filler makes into a good double sized bed. The head is comfortable and the optional shower drains into the bilge. The salon is a good size particularly when the folding table is up against the forward bulkhead and there are berths both port and starboard. The galley is to port and offers more than 'hip wide' working space. The engine is located under the settee and part of the galley counter. It's pretty tight but there's good access through traps in the settee.

Always maintained, recent new engine, GPS, VHF, equipped with a paddle board, ...

New Catalina 31's cost $160,000

This is quite a value at $13,900 !!