After formerly having sailed on the briny of the South Pacific, and now land-locked in Iowa, I really missed being able to go sailing. We had sailed and raced M-Scows and E-Scows locally which were great fun, but it was just not the same.
Our need was a trailerable boat to use for family day cruising on our nearest lakes, one that was small enough to haul to alternate locations, but large enough to accomodate the officers (2) and junior crew (2) for occasional overnights. After much research, we decided the Catalina 22 was a great boat, stable in most conditions, and of a classic design (we wrote off the Mac 26X as being too 'sporty').
We purchased our C-22 toward the end of the 2011 season. It was in great condition for its age, and had been owned by a very nice older gent who was not able to maintain it, knew little about sailboats, and thus the boat had fallen into some moderate disrepair (mostly teak work, in need of a very thorough clean, and a few upgrades).
We spent much of the Winter doing upgrades and tidy-ups, and now we expect to get several years out of it before moving on to something else.
