Hi, I'm looking to buy my first "big" boat after owning and racing dingys and catamarans and crew on cruising and racing keelboats. So I have some sailing experience but a lot to learn about keelboats, but have spent many hours reading online learning as much as I can.
I have seen a Catalina 30 that I am interested in. It is a 1988 tall rig. I have been solely looking at '88 and later as it appears a few problems can be avoided by selecting a later model.
The hull number is CTYN5169K788 but I have confused myself about exactly what this means??
I believe this is a 1988 model manufactured in 1987 ( or is it vice versa?) and model number 5169. I believe this means it was manufactured prior to the elimination of wood in the mast step support (and for a while confused this with base of the compression post)
After more reading it appeared that the use of wood in the keel stub may be an even bigger issue which I believe ceased sometime in 1988 but could find a reference to hull production numbers?
As you can tell, this has left me a little confused and would be grateful for any insight.
Thanks,
Jeremy
I have seen a Catalina 30 that I am interested in. It is a 1988 tall rig. I have been solely looking at '88 and later as it appears a few problems can be avoided by selecting a later model.
The hull number is CTYN5169K788 but I have confused myself about exactly what this means??
I believe this is a 1988 model manufactured in 1987 ( or is it vice versa?) and model number 5169. I believe this means it was manufactured prior to the elimination of wood in the mast step support (and for a while confused this with base of the compression post)
After more reading it appeared that the use of wood in the keel stub may be an even bigger issue which I believe ceased sometime in 1988 but could find a reference to hull production numbers?
As you can tell, this has left me a little confused and would be grateful for any insight.
Thanks,
Jeremy
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