SailboatData.com - CATALINA 30 Sailboat

Sailboat Specifications

both imperial metric

Hull Type:

Fin w/spade rudder

Rigging Type:

Masthead Sloop

LOA:

29.92 ft / 9.12 m

LWL:

25.00 ft / 7.62 m

Beam:

10.83 ft / 3.30 m

S.A. (reported):

446.00 ft² / 41.43 m²

Draft (max):

5.25 ft / 1.60 m

Draft (min):

Displacement:

10,200 lb / 4,627 kg

Ballast:

4,250 lb / 1,928 kg

S.A./Disp.:

15.22

Bal./Disp.:

41.67

Disp./Len.:

291.43

Construction:

Ballast Type:

Lead

First Built:

1976

Last Built:

2008

# Built:

6430

Builder:

Catalina Yachts (USA)

Designer:

Frank Butler

Website:

Auxiliary Power/Tanks (orig. equip.)

Make:

Var.

Model:

Type:

Var.

HP:

Sailboat Calculations

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S.A./Disp.:

15.22

Bal./Disp.:

41.67

Disp./Len.:

291.43

Comfort Ratio:

24.93

Capsize Screening Formula:

2.00

Rig and Sail Particulars

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41.00 ft / 12.50 m

11.50 ft / 3.51 m

35.00 ft / 10.67 m

11.50 ft / 3.51 m

SPL/TPS:

ISP:

S.A. Fore:

235.75 ft² / 21.90 m²

S.A. Main:

201.25 ft² / 18.70 m²

S.A. Total (100% Fore + Main Triangles)

437.00 ft² / 40.60 m²

S.A./Disp. (calc.):

14.92

Est. Forestay Len.:

42.58 ft / 12.98 m

Mast Height from DWL:

45.92 ft / 14.00 m

Sailboat Links

Designers:

Frank V. Butler

Builders:

Catalina Yachts

Associations:

Catalina 30 Yacht Owners Association

Related Sailboats:

CATALINA 30 MKIII

CATALINA 30 MKII

Notes

With more than 6000 sold, the Catalina 30 is one of the most successful production sailing yachts in history.
During the long production run of this basic model there were a great number of variations with standard and tall rig configurations, each with a bowsprit option, and also including shoal, wing and deep fin keels.
A MK II version began around hull# 3300 (1986).(T-shaped cockpit is the most notable change)
The Mark III (1994) (walk-thru transom with boarding/swim platform standard though offered as an option on earlier models.)
Aux. power:
The early Yanmar, Universal 5411 and Atomic-4 engines were phased out in favor of the 3-cylinder Universal M-25 diesels during the middle 80s.

SHOAL DRAFT: 4.30'/1.31m
SHOAL DRAFT (WING): 3.83'/1.17m

ALT.RIG DIMENSIONS:
TALL:
I: 43.00'/13.11m
J: 13.15'/4.01m
P: 37.50'/11.43m
E: 12.00'/3.66m
SA (100%): 507.73ft2/47.17m2

BOWSPRIT OPTION (STD):
I: 41.00'/12.50m
J: 13.15'/4.01m
P: 37.00'/11.28m
E: 12.00'/3.66m
SA (100%): 491.58ft2/45.67m2
(photo from Catalina brochure)