CATALINA 470

July 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
CATALINA 470


Catalina Yachts, out of Woodland Hills, California, has been building sailboats for 28 years. More than 70,000 of the company’s boats are in use today. The luxurious Catalina 470 was first introduced at Atlantic City, NJ’s Sail Expo in 1998, and it is still the fleet’s flagship. This twin-helm aft cockpit model was designed for offshore passagemaking – in comfort.

With the 470, Catalina introduced the first articulated traveler, designed to produce smoother main sheet handling and more precise trimming by rotating fore and aft, spreading the load evenly over [Read more...]

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WAUQUIEZ 43 PILOT SALOON

July 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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The Wauquiez 43 Pilot Saloon is a premium vessel with an emphasis on construction.

SAG HARBOR, NY (The Boating Channel) — The Wauquiez 43 Pilot Saloon is an aft cockpit semi-custom offshorecruiser designed for blue-water sailing. In the past year, two have been sold specifically for circumnavigation. With an interior laid out for comfort, lots of power assistance, including an electrohydraulic control of the entire sail system, and a hull constructed to withstand underwater collision with such unexpected obstacles as errant cargo containers, the 43 is a premium vessel with an emphasis on durability. Ease of handling is further enhanced by an optional self-tacking Solent. Patrick LeComte, Wauquiez’s representative at this past fall’s Newport Boat Show, described the system: & quot; When you set on one tack, turn the wheel and you will be settled exactly the same way on the other tack.” [Read more...]

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