I have had a Catalina 22 for the last six years and loved it, but it is just too small for doing overnights for my wife and me. I am about a week away from buying a used Catalina 250 water ballast boat in good condition. I would welcome any input in this upgrade. The new boat is a 1995 Catalina 250 from Michigan where it has spent a lot of its life in indoor storage.
Up grading to a catalina 250 water ballast
- Thread starter Jim Eller
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These are the guys who can help:
http://catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=4
Good luck, nice boats.
http://catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=4
Good luck, nice boats.
Jim;
As with all water ballast boats, always look at the boat in the water to ensure there are no leaks. Does the boat come with a trailer. Is there a mast raise system with the boat. If so, describe it as there were two offered the first one on deck and the other later one using a trailer with a different way. I use to be a small boat Catalina dealer who sold many of the boats but now retired.
As with all water ballast boats, always look at the boat in the water to ensure there are no leaks. Does the boat come with a trailer. Is there a mast raise system with the boat. If so, describe it as there were two offered the first one on deck and the other later one using a trailer with a different way. I use to be a small boat Catalina dealer who sold many of the boats but now retired.
Crazy Dave is right and he is the guy to talk to about these kinds of boats. They also make a wing keel version and I have seen them on a trailer as well.
I use to be a Catalina dealer and sold many. The 250 is offered in the wing keel and also water ballast. I can remember when Frank Butler said of the water ballast boats as a bunch of bull but did ask me about them. He built them. Send me a private email with phone and location Jim Eller and include C 250 in subject matter as I get so many junk emails.