Catalina Catamaran

{{Short description|Sailboat class}}

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|designer = Seymour Paul

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|location = United States

|year = 1960

|no built = 54

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|builder = W. D. Schock Corp

|role = Racer and day sailer

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|draft = {{convert|2.00|ft|m|abbr=on}} with a centerboard down

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|displacement = {{convert|565|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

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|hull type = Catamaran

|construction = fiberglass

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|keel type = twin centerboards

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The Catalina Catamaran is an American catamaran sailboat that was designed by W. D. Schock Corp's in-house designer, Seymour Paul, as a racer and day sailer, It was first built in 1960.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/catalina-catamaran|title= Catalina Catamaran sailboat|access-date= 19 July 2022|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220719000525/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/catalina-catamaran|archive-date= 19 July 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/schock/catalina-catamaran|title= Catalina Catamaran|access-date= 19 July 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220719000422/https://sailboat.guide/schock/catalina-catamaran|archive-date= 19 July 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/paul-seymour|title= Seymour Paul|access-date= 19 July 2022|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211218154832/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/paul-seymour|archive-date= 18 December 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/seymour-paul|title= Seymour Paul|access-date= 19 July 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220719000426/https://sailboat.guide/seymour-paul|archive-date= 19 July 2022|url-status= live}}

Production

The design was built by W. D. Schock Corp in the United States, from 1960 until 1964, with a total of 54 boats completed, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/builder/schock-wd|title= Schock W.D.|access-date= 19 July 2022|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200718211515/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/schock-wd|archive-date= 18 July 2020|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/schock|title= Schock W.D.|access-date= 19 July 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211223180511/https://sailboat.guide/schock|archive-date= 23 December 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= http://wdschock.com/history/boatlist.htm|title= Boats built by W.D. Schock|access-date= 9 August 2022|author= W. D. Schock Corp|author-link= W. D. Schock Corp|work= wdschock.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100221183356/http://wdschock.com/history/boatlist.htm|archive-date= 21 February 2010|url-status= dead}}

Design

The Catalina Catamaran is a recreational sailing dinghy, with the hulls built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a fractional sloop rig. The hulls have raked stems, plumb transoms, with twin transom-hung rudders controlled by a single tiller. Each hull has a retractable centerboard. The boat displaces {{convert|565|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}.

The boat has a draft of {{convert|2.00|ft|m|abbr=on}} with a centerboard extended and {{convert|0.80|ft|m|abbr=on}} with both retracted, allowing operation in shallow water, beaching or ground transportation on a trailer.

For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker.

See also

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