2023 catalina 275 sailboat

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Maybe you want to recapture the pure joy of sailing in a simpler but stylish boat that doesn’t require much effort or crew to get you out on the water…

Maybe you no longer need the amenities or complications of a larger boat just to enjoy an afternoon out on the water with a few friends…

Maybe a pretty and fast boat will just be more fun to own!

The Catalina 275 Sport is the 5 Series’ newest design from Catalina. It reflects what many sailors have told us – they no longer need that big boat, but don’t want to give up racing or day sailing. They are spending fewer nights aboard, but still want the ability to overnight, even if it’s an occasional trip with kids or grandkids.

The 275 Sport was designed to meet these desires and exceed expectations. We started with a modern, long waterline, and kept the beam modest to allow trailering.

The handsome hull is coupled with a powerful rig with large main and selftacking jib, which makes the 275 not only fast, but also super-easy to sail.

The cockpit is what the 275 is all about. The helmsman will become reacquainted with the simple pleasure of steering a well-balanced responsive boat with a tiller from the comfortable, ergonomically designed outboard coamings.

Accommodations below are adequate for weekending or just getting out of the weather, and an enclosed head is always appreciated, even on day sails.

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GENERAL DIMENSIONS

Length Overall: 27′ 6″

Length of Hull: 27′ 6″

Length at Waterline: 26’ 3″

Beam: 8′ 5″

Distance from Waterline to Masthead: 40′ 2″

Draft: 5′ 0″

Ballast: 1,875lbs

Designed Weight: 5,000 lbs

Displacement / Length: 123

Sail Area / Displacement: 21

Ballast Ratio: 37.5%

RIG MEASUREMENTS (STD)

Total with 100% Foretriangle: 331ft 2

total with Standard Jib and Roached Mainsail: 387 ft 2

Primary Harken #20, Self Tailing

Battery Qty – 1 Group 27 150 Amp-Hrs

Solar Panel: GSP12 12 Watt

TANKS & CAPACITIES

Water: Potable 13 gal

Sanitary Holding Tank: 12 gal

Fuel: 19 gal

All specifications are approximate and subject to change without notice.

Actual equipment also subject to change without notice.

STANDARD EQUIPMENT

Construction.

• Hull of Hand-laid Fiberglass with Hull Liner bonded to the Hull
• One Piece Fiberglass Deck with Molded-In Non-Skid Surfaces and Fiberglass Deck Liner
• Lead Fin Keel with Stainless Steel Bolts
• Waterline Stripe
• Stainless Steel Rub Strake
• Five Year Gel Coat Blister Protection * ( 2 )
• Five Year Hull Structure Warranty * ( 3 )

SPARS & RIGGING

• Full Batten Square Tip Mainsail with Reef Points, Low Friction Roller Cars
• Loose Footed Mainsail
• Self Tacking Jib with UV Protection, White
• Complete Standing and Running Rigging
• Internal Low-Stretch Halyards
• PVC Wiring Conduit with VHF Coax in Mast
• Anodized Mast and Boom
• Internal Outhaul Control located in Boom

SAIL HANDLING & EQUIPMENT

• ( 2 ) Cabin Top – Winches, Port & Starboard
• Ball Bearing Mainsheet System with 3:1 Gross Purchase, 6:1 Fine Purchase
• ( 4 ) Sheet Stoppers
• Halyards Led Aft to Cockpit
• Single Line Mainsail Reefing System Led to the Cockpit
• Rigid Adjustable Boom Vang with 4:1 System
• Mainsheet Traveler located in Cockpit, 4:1 System
• Vectran Line Main Halyard
• Ball Bearing Headsail Furling Gear
• Retractable Bow Sprit and Deck Hardware
• 24:1 Back Stay Adjuster w/Mainsail Flicker at Masthead

DECK HARDWARE

• Comfortable Cockpit with Contoured Coamings
• ( 2 ) Cockpit Seat Lockers
• Storage Locker
• Two Mooring Cleats, Fore and Aft
• Molded in Anchor Locker with Rode Securing Point
• Stainless Steel Bow Pulpit
• Stainless Steel Stern Ladder
• Manual Bilge Pump with Thru Deck Handle
• Self Bailing Cockpit
• Storage Pockets for Halyards Lines in Cockpit
• Walk-through Transom
• Carbon Fiber Tiller with Hiking Stick
• Low Friction Rudder Bearings
• Lifelines: Stern Looks and Stern Gates with Pelican Hooks
• Cunningham Adjuster for Mainsail
• Jib Track and Cars Mounted on Cabin Top
• Private Enclosed Head
• Solid Maple Interior Trim
• Storage Lockers under Berths
• Maple Main Cabin Table with Pedestal
• LED Lighting
• Filler Cushion to Convert Salon to Large Berth
• Teak and Holly Textured High Pressure Laminate Sole
• Opening Forward Hatch with Light Diffusing Lens and Screen
• Mid-Deck Deadlight with light Diffusing Lens
• ( 4 ) Removable Zippered Gear Bags
• Sunbrella Cushion and Berth Covers with Contrasting Piping
• 12V Plug in Galley for Mobile Phone
• Storage Cabinet in Galley with Cutlery Drawer
• Polished Stainless Sink with Overboard Drain
• Removable Cooler in Drawer with Ball Bearing Guides
• Fresh Water Pump
• Self Contained Water System

ENCLOSED HEAD

• Opening Port with Screen
• Sink and Vanity with Fresh Water Pump and thru Hull Drain including Seacock
• Hooks and Hanging Area
• Marine Head with Holding Tank including Deck Pump Out Plate
• Wet Locker for Hanging Cloths
• Electronic Central Panel with Large Tachometer
• Remote Fuel Filter and Water Separator
• Cooling Water Seawater Filter
• Remote Coolant Reservoir
• Aqualift Muffler System
• Stainless Steel Single Lever Engine Control

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

• 12 Volt Electrical System with Panel
• Battery, 12 Volt
• Steaming Light on Mast
• 12 Volt LED Lighting
• Anchor Light on Masthead
• Navigation Lights to International Rules

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2023 Catalina 275 Sport

The Catalina 275 Sport is a 5 Series’ design from Catalina. It reflects what many sailors have told us – they no longer need that big boat, but don’t want to give up racing or day sailing. They are spending fewer nights aboard, but still want the ability to overnight, even if it’s an occasional trip with kids or grandkids.

The 275 Sport was designed to meet these desires and exceed expectations. We started with a modern, long waterline, and kept the beam modest to allow trailering. The handsome hull is coupled with a powerful rig with large main and selftacking jib, which makes the 275 not only fast, but also super-easy to sail. The cockpit is what the 275 is all about. The helmsman will become reacquainted with the simple pleasure of steering a well-balanced responsive boat with a tiller from the comfortable, ergonomically designed outboard coamings.

Accommodations below are adequate for weekending or just getting out of the weather, and an enclosed head is always appreciated, even on day sails.

Specifications

Additional info, basic boat info.

Actual: 380 sq.ft. 100% Foretriangle: 318 sq.ft. I : 34' 5" J : 8' 9" P : 31' 6" E : 11' 6"

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2023 Catalina 275 Sport

The Catalina 275 Sport is a 5 Series’ design from Catalina. It reflects what many sailors have told us – they no longer need that big boat, but don’t want to give up racing or day sailing. They are spending fewer nights aboard, but still want the ability to overnight, even if it’s an occasional trip with kids or grandkids.

The 275 Sport was designed to meet these desires and exceed expectations. We started with a modern, long waterline, and kept the beam modest to allow trailering. The handsome hull is coupled with a powerful rig with large main and selftacking jib, which makes the 275 not only fast, but also super-easy to sail. The cockpit is what the 275 is all about. The helmsman will become reacquainted with the simple pleasure of steering a well-balanced responsive boat with a tiller from the comfortable, ergonomically designed outboard coamings.

Accommodations below are adequate for weekending or just getting out of the weather, and an enclosed head is always appreciated, even on day sails.

Specifications

Additional info, basic boat info.

Actual: 380 sq.ft. 100% Foretriangle: 318 sq.ft. I : 34' 5" J : 8' 9" P : 31' 6" E : 11' 6"

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BOAT REVIEWS | CATALINA 275

As we motored the new Catalina 275 out of Annapolis and into the Chesapeake Bay on a cloudy almost windless afternoon that was threatening showers, I felt the liveliness of the tiller and rudder in my hand as the prop wash from the sail drive unit flowed by it and knew that we were on a new, very different Catalina. Clear of the channel, we hoisted the full battened mainsail and rolled out the self-tacking jib. With the engine shut down, we close reached across the mouth of the Severn River and then hardened up to sail close to the wind. The 275 handled easily and once we had her on the wind found that she was very close winded and showed a real ability to sail fast.

The main sheet runs to a traveler in the cockpit that is handy to the helmsman so one person can steer and trim the big sail at the same time. The jib sheet runs through a traveler on the cabin top before the mast; the trick in this arrangement is to avoid over trimming the sheet since it is easy to haul it in too tightly and close the slot. After a couple of tacks, you get to appreciate just how finely tuned the rig can be and how adaptable it is for varying wind strengths.

The idea that designer Gerry Douglas was working with for the 275 was to make it simple to sail but endowed with a good turn of speed. The 275 is definitely a dual purpose boat that will be great weekending but also a lot of fun to race one design or in mixed PHRF fleets.

To gain the performance off the wind, where the self tacking jib is not as effective, you need to be able to fly a reacher or cruising chute easily. The system Douglas came up with, working with Selden Spars, was to have a Selden demountable bowsprit fitted as standard equipment. From this you fly a reacher that is controlled with a Selden top-down furling system.

During our sail trial in Annapolis, after we had sailed close hauled for a while and thrown the 275 through a series of tacks, we fell off the wind, rolled up the jib and rolled out the big red, white and blue reacher. It was a simple operation that two people can manage easily.

The result was a pleasing acceleration despite the lightness of the breeze. We broad reached toward the deep water of the bay and then jibed back and forth. Hauling the big sail around the headstay with each jibe took a bit of coordination and timing but little strength. The helmsman can jibe the mainsail while the lone crew can jibe the reacher. No problem.

There were four men aboard that afternoon, which is normally a lot to fit into the cockpit of a 27-footer. But we were all able to move about the cockpit trimming sails, steering, and making tacks and jibes without bumping into each other. And, as we sailed on long tacks we were able to settle down comfortably without banging shins or huddling together.

Three or four people will be the standard crew for most racing situations and the boat will be excellent for a family with two adults and two or even three kids to have fun racing against their peers. The plan is for dealers to offer to set up one design fleets and then build a national association so there can be regional and then national regattas.

But the 275 is also a nifty little weekender that will be fun for the whole family overnighting in some pretty coves. In a real sense, the 275 is a throwback to the dual purpose boats in this size range that made MORC racing (Midgit Ocean Racing Class) so popular in the sixties and seventies. Small racer-cruisers that were affordable brought families together and gave them a platform for competition and simple cruising. It is fun to do both, after all.

DESIGN DETAILS Douglas started out with a long waterline for optimal boat speed. The 275 is 27 feet, six inches overall and has a 26-foot, seven inch waterline. This will translate into a nominal hull speed of seven knots, which is not bad for a boat of this size.

But the 275 weighs only 5,000 pounds and 40 percent of that is in the fin keel, so it is both very stiff and the hull is very light for a production boat. Plus, the aft sections of the hull are quite flat and the full eight foot, six inch beam is carried almost all the way aft. This combination means that the boat will be able to plane in the right conditions and can have breakaway speeds of 10 to 12 knots or more.

The narrow beam means the boat can be trailered from cruising ground to racing venue behind a standard family SUV. The standard fin keel that creates a total of five feet of draft enhances windward performance and makes the boat feel much larger and more stable than you might initially think when you step aboard.

One small detail that often comes up is the question of, “Where are the drink holders?” Douglas has heard this at boat shows for many years and knows that such a small detail can make the difference for some prospective buyers. And, he knows that even racers like a cool beverage while sailing from time to time. So, he created a folding double drink holder that disappears under the mainsheet traveler when not in use.

CRUISING LIFE As a compact weekender the 275 packs a lot into a small package. Down below, the boat has bench seats forward with a small wood table between them that are fine single berths. At bedtime, couples who want a double berth can lower the table to accommodate a filler cushion that transforms the forward part of the cabin into a large V-berth. A 27-footer does not normally have a lot of storage for clothes and personal gear so Douglas came up with the idea of creating portable gear bags with handles that can be hung behind the settee seats as back rests.

The idea is one of simple organization: you can take the bags home with you and fill them, then upon your return to boat you can simply hang them up. Aft and to starboard there is a long, wide single berth where the largest crewmember can sleep. But it also is designed to be big enough to accommodate a couple of stand up paddleboards or a kayak.

The 275 has a small modular galley with a sink and place for a portable stove. Across from it is the enclosed head with its own holding tank, which are standard on all boats. For a weekend away, the 275 will be comfortable for a couple or a small family. The cockpit is huge and will be the main living area while the cabin is roomy enough for evening meals, games and reading before lights out.

BWS THOUGHTS Catalina has been designing solid, well-built and practical boats for cruisers and racers for 40 years and has always remained current with the design trends and styles of the times. The new 275 is a long step toward the future for the company and we can see that there is huge potential for the boats to gain a wide and avid following. For thirty-somethings who are ready to own their own boats for racing and cruising and for sixty-somethings who are ready to scale back from big boat sailing, the 275 comes in at the right size and the right price for the job.

Catalina 275 Sport LOA 27’6” LWL 26’7” Beam 8’6” Draft 5’0” Displ. 5,000 lbs. Ballast 2,040 lbs. Sail area 380 sq. ft. Mast height 39’0”

Catalina Yachts Largo, FL andWoodland Hills, CA Ph: 727-544-6681 www.catalinayachts.com

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2023 Catalina 275 Sport

The Catalina 275 Sport is a 5 Series’ design from Catalina. It reflects what many sailors have told us – they no longer need that big boat, but don’t want to give up racing or day sailing. They are spending fewer nights aboard, but still want the ability to overnight, even if it’s an occasional trip with kids or grandkids.

The 275 Sport was designed to meet these desires and exceed expectations. We started with a modern, long waterline, and kept the beam modest to allow trailering. The handsome hull is coupled with a powerful rig with large main and selftacking jib, which makes the 275 not only fast, but also super-easy to sail. The cockpit is what the 275 is all about. The helmsman will become reacquainted with the simple pleasure of steering a well-balanced responsive boat with a tiller from the comfortable, ergonomically designed outboard coamings.

Accommodations below are adequate for weekending or just getting out of the weather, and an enclosed head is always appreciated, even on day sails.

Specifications

Additional info, basic boat info.

Actual: 380 sq.ft. 100% Foretriangle: 318 sq.ft. I : 34' 5" J : 8' 9" P : 31' 6" E : 11' 6"

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