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I shared a finger dock, in a PA State Park, with a fellow from Pittsburgh that had a Precision 18, the boat was not there this past season.

@@svwatercolors1291 I picked it up from a nice fellow with health problems. The boat was on Lake Arthur at the Davis Hollow Marina. I came down from Buffalo.

They are all the same! But, they are all different! 70s & early 80s boats were built for sailing, my boat is 87 & Catalina revised the overall inside of the hull to make the models user friendly & appealing, as did all the Mfgs at this time, & then many went out of business. Compare like models with the most stuff. Boat stuff is expensive so when it comes all ready there!!!! Where you’re talking about sailing the keel is # 1., you must study the good & bad keels first before looking.

@@svwatercolors1291 Oh contrare! I have the Starwind 223 and the requestor is asking about sailing around the Keys. Since the Catalina has the weighted swing keel, it probably has better stability if a higher wind hits them. Starwind, even though its about 200 lbs heavier, has its ballast up by the hull and has a higher center of gravity and therefore will be more tender to breezes. Plus there is current driven waves around the south of Florida so extra stability for a trailer sailor would be advantageous. Keep the Starwind in the inner coastals unless Neptune is in a gentle mood. Otherwise one could have Poseidon adventure if seas get to a steep 6' height. You've got beautiful teak btw.

@@sultanpoppa3735 Stay tuned. I’m working on a new video about the Catalina 22’s swing keel and it’s swing up rudder. This video will be about the advantages and disadvantages I have come up against over the past 30 years. A 6 foot wave will be discussed.

Concrete blocks can support far more weight than a Catalina 22 even empty.

A small lake in a PA state park, about 30 miles SW of the exact center of the state. This lake is up on the Allegheny Plateau. Use to do a lot of sailing on the upper end of the Chesapeake Bay. My son has a 28 foot sailboat on the Hudson River. Presently working on 2 videos of sailing in the NY City Harbor!

I would suggest buying the steel from a fabrication shop rather than from local hardware store or Lowes because the steel maybe of heavier material as well as maybe stronger not coming from China. The towing tube is 2” square, where a standard 2” trailer end will fit if perfectly, but the towing ball is only 1 7/8” for this size where your present trailer may be of a 2” size. Therefore you will need another receiver for your vehicle as I do, not shown in the video. The tube weight is a standard thickness at 4 feet long, it’s enough for light towing around in the parking lot. I would suggest a stronger thickness if your extension is going to be longer than 4 to 6 feet. The plate steel for holding this extension is 1/4 “ thick, all works great but the hinge part, on a redo I would make this park out of thicker material because of it bolt clamping to the trailer, I some times have to take a hammer and tap this part a few times to drive it toward the back of the trailer to align with the pin holes for final attachment before towing on the highway.

Yes, any lowering of the trailer’s tongue will help in leveling the trailer on the angled ramp. The trailer’s axle is the pivoting point on raising the back end of the trailer, because this distance is so short, a 3 inch drop at the hitch may only raise the back end a 1/4 of an inch. If your boat is not on the trailer, do the measurements, before spending the money on another receiver.

@@svwatercolors1291 With a lower ball mount, you might scrape the bottom of the trailer at the top of the ramp where the flat parking lot transitions to the ramp. With my tongue extension out, and a 18.5" ball height, my trailer scrapes at my favorite ramp. Totally depends on the ramp grade/transition, but something to think of. Love the video. I'm fitting generic trailer to my C22WK right now and want to add a bow roller. Wish I saw this before I rebuilt the chock above and below the bow eye. D'oh!

@@soapbox94 You’re right about the angle height created going from parking lot to launch ramp. I need to add, and recommend some safety chains on the extension because I’ve witnessed an extension become unhooked at this ramp transition point, the boat and trailer rolling back down the ramp. The lower the hitch height at ramp helps in loading the hull because you reduce the ramp angle and the height the stern has to drop onto the trailer when pulled from the water.

Over the years, I have jumped on many boats to stand at the stern hanging out over the motor to sink the stern because the winch is not leveraged enough to slide the hull up the trailer because the tow vehicle can not go any deeper into the water.

Fresh water; no antifouling needed, this VC 17 is like teflon, will increase performance. Salt water; if left in the water for more than a week will need extra cleaning, antifouling needed if in the water for more than a couple weeks. That Sovereign 28 is in the Hudson River, 35 miles from NY Harbor and in 6 months, what a mess!

@@svwatercolors1291 OK. Thank you.

Varnish is what gives the gloss. Flagship has the most UV protection. Very smooth wood, mim coats is 13, lite sanding between coats. A couple new coats every year! You"re seeing over 25 coats. . .

Thank You! You have the background, the more you use the boat the best video will stand out, don't rush it!

Aren't we lucky to have all these videos available! I'm hopefully going to buy soon.

I do not like the Tiller Tamer, problem is on a Cat 22 with the weather helm this unit can not handle it. I recommend a tiller lock mounted on the bottom of the tiller where one can use one finger to engage and disengage when needed.

WaveFront TillerClutch Kit

I have owned this boat for 32 years, the wood was some new and I have keep it looking new all these years. Covering it with canvas has helped big time over the last couple years!

The batten at the very bottom is large and heavy so it keeps the canvas stretched vertical. The small center batten resting on the companionway frame keeps the cloth from being pushed inward by wind or water.

The stock Catalina ladder that came on my boat is wonderful; easy to swing down from it's folded position, easy to use when swimming and on a swing keel model folds down for ease of climbing aboard when the hull is on the trailer. It's more expensive than aftermarket models but the quality construction and functions I feel are worth the extra money. The stock motor mount is also far superior to other models, so I would recommend both these items to Cat and non-cat owners.

@@svwatercolors1291 Thank You. I really appreciate it. I replaced my stock original motormount plywood with the Catalina Direct plastic and stainless new style. I saw a ladder listed there but was not sure if it was the correct one. I will give them a call and see if the one they sell now is as yours is. My boat is a 85 Catalina 22.

Forgot about ladder. legs that push up against stern, the rubber feet only last a couple years. I replaced mine many times over the years with Hardware Store variety's!

@@svwatercolors1291 Thanks for the tip!

It was attached to the stern rail. I have since built a PVC pipe extension so the camera will be an extra 4 feet behind the stern. I'm using a GoPro 10 model and like its ability to keep the horizon level when the camera is heeled with the hull!

I have my own industrial sewing machine, so all of the canvas I made. There are 2 videos where I fixed 2 mainsails and I'm just ready to cut down to size a spinnaker from 48 tall to 36 foot for the sovereign boat in 3 other videos.

Yes, it's brand new, just a couple years ago owner purchased it and took it to Annapolis for a total redo, new jellcoat, teak, mast, rigging and sails.

When it rains, everything gets wet, so water will not hurt anything. I do not know about the new trucks but a couple years ago, most had a rear axle breather tube attached to the underside of the bed directly overhead. So one could submerge the bed almost to the bed’s wheel wells and not cause possible water damage to the rear axle.

You are correct about reefing to the cockpit, I have everything else run there. Maybe twice a season we have winds over 20 mph here in central Pennsylvania and with a hank on jib I can handle 22 mph winds with full main so, I have never considered it a priority to do single line reefing.

The main sail in the second video where I stretch it out in the garage and repaired the blown out leech, my son has said that these changes power up this main like never before. He says he now has to reef a bit earlier than before

I’m sorry, when I pulled my boat for the winter, I had planned to video every bit of it but, with other boats being pulled at the same time with issues I forgot to get the camera out of the tow vehicle.

@@svwatercolors1291 Hi Jerry, No apologies necessary. At the ramp, you always have to be prepared for chaos, either from others, from yourself, or from both. HAPPY and SAFE HOLIDAYS !!!

I’m sorry, when I pulled my boat for the winter, I had planned to video every bit of it but, with other boats being pulled at the same time with issues I forgot to get the camera out of the tow vehicle.

My son keeps a sailboat on the Hudson River. A fellow power boater questioned him about the speed, how much fun is that? "My son said, I've raced motorcycles and going into a turn at 150 mph is the same rush I now get going 7 mph on a sailboat."