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...]