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Yachts | One Thousand Catalina 42s |
Last Resort Photo Shoot in Mexico
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Volume 26, Number 3, August 2008 Catalina Yachts Some exciting changes are taking place at Catalina and
we’d like to share the details with our extended family, Catalina
owners. (To read the entire article, subscribe to Catalina Mainsheet.)
Hull #1,000 was recently put on display and christened at an open house at Catalina Yacht Anchorage in Marina del Rey, Ca. on March 29, 2008 to celebrate its history making production. Think of it…over 1,000 Catalina 42s have been built since its introduction in 1988. That’s over 50 built each and every year for 20 years! No other production sailboat over 40 feet has or most likely ever will surpass that figure in the history of recreational boat building and the boat continues to be built with strong customer demand all over the world. That’s an incredible testament to a builder and the owners who sail this wonderful vessel all over the world and proves how strong, reliable and popular this vessel truly is... (To read the entire article, subscribe to Catalina Mainsheet.)
Last
Resort Setting out aboard S/V Last Resort, we anticipated a six- or seven-hour motor-sail to Coral Marina, just north of Ensenada, Mexico. The primary purpose for the trip was to visit our friend Spike Webb, who was experimenting with using a model seaplane as a platform to take aerial photographs, and we would be the first sailing vessel he would attempt. Our trip started out uneventfully and it looked
like we were going to be motoring all the way. But shortly after we
passed Mexico’s Coronado
Islands, the wind picked up to around 13 knots. I decided to haul out
the spinnaker and give it a try. We were still getting used to our new
spinnaker – a 1336-square foot expanse of fabric wrapped around
a RollGen – and we had some trouble rigging it. But, once it was
unfurled and dialed in, it looked like we were in for a really smooth
ride. (To read the entire article, subscribe to Catalina Mainsheet.) Click below to read more highlights from this issue:
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