It has been a year now (2019)... I hope you continue to make more of these videos. Your enthusiasm is contagious. (Looking forward to your next video.)
I got my intro to sailing on a Catalina 22 about the year your boat was built. My neighbor used me as heavy weather crew on race days when his wife insisted on going below and hanging on for dear life. I loved it, and have owned and sailed many since then. Blue skies and following seas Juan!
Was doing 2.3-3.2 knots with a old mercury 2.5 two stroke. Can’t wait to get a proper sized 6 for temporary boating until I get my rigging and sails sorted. Amazing videos!!
Juan, glad to see you teaching the family to sail. Its an awesome pleasure... So some terms....Sailors never say ROPES and climbers never say LINES...! So they are all lines... A SHEET is a line that trims a sail. A halyard is a line that raises a sail etc etc. Pulley...no...Block yes... Aftstay is just called the Back Stay... another thought....when the mainsail is lowered and stowed...it is good to replax the batton tension on each batton. Otherwise you will wear out the sail by stretching it. Thats one of the nicest C-22 i have ever seen.
Thank you for this wonderful tutorial! This was so much more than a "tour" of the outside of your boat. You taught a class on the basics of rigging any sailboat. I learned so much. Thank you, Juan!
Nice concise summary, Juan. No surprise that an airline pilot would hold a special appreciation for sailing. A sail is, after all, a wing! Ahh, the wonders of the Venturi effect.
Juan; SUPER INFORMATIONAL VIDEO. What an investment, even for a man up in the woods.Can't wait to sail along on maybe over on Lake Oroville. Learned more about sail boating in these 15 minutes or so than power boating on these Minnesota lakes and the Upper Mississippi River in forty years, just never took the time to learn to sail. HOW INTERESTING !!! THANK YOU !!! MAY THE WIND FILL YOUR SAILS !!! ⛵
I think if you put 1000hp engine in the Catalina 22 it would become a planing hull! Water would be squirting up out the centerboard opening! Thank you for the video. It seems that even not many sailors really understand that the sail is a vertical wing and the boat gets sucked forward by the lift on the back side of the sail. I learned that while reading "catamaran racing for the '90s" when I was racing my Supercat 17. The book has a cool little demonstration you could do to prove or show how lift works, it really shows you without a doubt what's happening.
Good morning from the East Coast of SC. I just took my first introductory training lesson for sailing for my 58th birthday and I must say I'm hooked! I have been looking over lots of videos trying to learn as much as I can and more so looking at the different types of sailboats. I have been boating all my life except for sailboating, don't know why I just haven't. I decided to search for more information on the Catalina 22 and came across your video and from what I have found for sale, you got a deal! You have a very beautiful Catalina and looks very well maintained. Being new to sailboating I'm finding it very difficult to learn and understand some of the terminologies but I love your true form of being yourself and not trying to impress others with words. I understand I must learn all the names of the sail and parts but your video is perfect for someone like me who is just starting out. You did an excellent job on this and your other videos as well with great detailed information. Thank you very much for this crash course on not just sailing but the in's and out's of the Catalina 22. Also, I think since you know about the wing's on a plain more so, lift, you would be a great teacher on how this relates to moving the boat forward. I for one did not know lift had anything to do with a sail until my first lesson. Like most people, (could be just me) I thought the boat move by the wind just pushing it forward. I look forward to learning more about this new chapter in my life and your next videos, keep up the great work. John D Johnson
The Catalina has always been a great trailer sailor and introduction to sailing, enjoy the boat and teach your kids a great hobby, I started on a Hobie 16 and have been sailing various boats ever since
Flubber the mizzen and flibber the jib, reef the twee twee twa twa mateys! In fact, you can run a sailboat right up on the beach without a retractable rudder and keel, your results may vary. Don't ask me how I know. Catalina's have cast iron keels Juan, just so ya know.
Love your backyard boatyard videos, Juan! I’m a Catalina sailer as well, but sold off my fixed wing keel boat when I moved to eastern Washington. For Puget Sound sailing, I had her sling launched and hauled out, utilizing summer mileage. Now, to sail in Lake Roosevelt, I’m looking for a less expensive retractable model for easy ramp launching. This really got my juices flowing!
Good technical description, you know more than you think. Few sailors really understand the full dynamics of sailing. I was a dedicated rag-sailor for 5 years or so and I came to really appreciate the old nautical saying "A powerboater gets in his boat and goes to where he wants to be. A sailboater gets in his boat and that IS where he wants to be". Unstated is that a sailboat goes so slowly that you better enjoy sailing because getting TO someplace isn't part of the experience.
Awesome, blancolirio. We're both pilots (me, retired) and I was curious about Catalina 22s. Happened upon your youtube and learned a lot. I've watched a few of your videos about aircraft mishaps and you do a great job with those also. Very good description of your boat. Well done.
First tour of a sailboat for me! Learned alot here! My first time out on one was in Bermuda last summer. They called it a "Rum Swizzle Cruise", hahaha! Lived up to it's name, too. Lots o' fun! 😁 I'm a motorhead, so things without engines rarely interest me, but the parallels to aviation wings caught my eye here. Thanks for the lesson, and comparison! 👍
Nice C-22 Juan. It looks like a lot of fun. It has been over 40 years since I owned a similar size boat (a Venture 21) and I had forgotten how lightly boats that size are rigged. I often think about buying another trailer sailboat when I am sitting aboard my 36' ketch. I look forward to your on the water video.
Thanks for posting your little series on the C22. I’m in the UK with my ‘75 Jaguar 22 (same boat made in the UK under licence from Catalina as was the Alacrity 22 with a different UK boatyard - I think the Australian version is the Woomaru 22) We didn’t get the pop top option unfortunately! We also tried the ‘kingsize’ sleeping arrangements but found that laying across the beam of the boat made for an uncomfortable motion afloat when trying to sleep. I understand that traditionally longitudinal berths give a more comfortable sideways rocking motion and a better nights sleep. I tend to keep my boat in the boatyard at my sailing club (Rutland S.C. On Rutland Water UK) so I haven’t yet gone much further afield using the trailer. As such, mine is set up with a boom stack pack and lazy jacks for easy hoisting and stowing of the main, and I installed a furling headsail. This will make mast lowering for trailing a more onerous task, but still perfectly achievable, by removing the boom with sail pack in situ. Everything is led back aft except the kicker, which is easy enough to reach from the helm. I have the optional slide out galley stove which stows under the cockpit in the quarter berth space, with a butane tank in the starboard aft locker. Mine doesn’t have the sink, which would normally be positioned over the ‘funnel’ moulding in the starboard berth, which has a thru-hull seacock beneath it for grey water waste. However, we don’t dump waste overboard on Rutland Water since it’s a reservoir, fishing lake and wildlife reserve! I re-wired my electrics and installed a solar panel which is mounted horizontally off the stern pulpit rail. I have an electronic log/depth sounder, I replaced the 12v lights with LED white and red (for night vision) and in the nav lights. I also have an old electronic tiller pilot which works on a flux gate compass. It doesn’t have a GPS feed so I use it only to look after course keeping when I want a break from helming to sort out any issues forward or below while underway, or to brew up some tea! A mate of mine, a qualified yacht master, sailed his alacrity 22 across the Irish Sea a couple of times! He went below to find himself ankle deep in water once! Seems someone had left the starboard seacock for the sink open and they had been on a port tac!! However, he swears it’s a good little sea boat! I think the weather would need to be right, but they are certainly used in coastal waters here! As for me... I’m considering a hop across the English Channel to France, maybe the Ireland trip, and perhaps a circumnavigation of the UK in measured legs with favourable weather and tides over a period of time... Fair winds shipmate and keep posting your adventures.
Thank you for your review. They are very thorough and appreciate your attention to detail. We have a 38' Ericson but still are looking at buying a 22 ' Catalina in our area, just easier to take out more. We live on the Inside Passage in Alaska. So Thank you . You do better than many long term sailors so any lack of terminology should be understood by other sailors ;)
jamie deed I have a Jaguar 22 as well... mine doesn’t have a pop top cabin so I think it was built in the UK around 1975 under licence from Catalina. I believe the Alacrity 22 was another licensed build by another UK yard. In Australia they have the Woomaru 22 I believe. I’ve made additions to mine adding a ‘stack pack’ and ‘lazy jacks’ to the boom for easy mainsail storage and replaced the sail sliders with a ‘bolt rope’ in the mainsail luff. This avoids having to feed them back into the track when shaking out a reef. I also added a Plastimo headsail furling system with a new Genoa. All lines are led aft. And I added a tiller pilot to give me some flexibility away from the helm to brew some tea. I re-wired the electrics and added solar panel to the pulpit rail which is hung aft of the cockpit and I have an Autohelm bidata log/depth instrument and compass/inclinometer which was already fitted when I bought it from a guy who had it on Coniston Water. My boat has two thru-Hull transducers for the bidata and each cockpit drain has a separate thru-Hull with is own seacock. Jaun’s C22 is missing the pullout galley, which stows under the cockpit in the quarter berth space on a sliding dolly. This houses a two burner butane stove with ‘fiddles’ and a grill but it’s not gimballed so I wouldn’t recommend using it underway in a blow! The butane is in the starboard aft locker which is vented. I sail at Rutland Water. I’m intending to take her to the Norfolk Broads for a week of sailing and in the future, do some coastal sailing out of Great Yarmouth, perhaps a hop across the English Channel from Dover, perhaps the Irish Sea from Wales, and even see if I can do a circumnavigation of the UK (not all in one go though!) weather permitting! I hear that someone has done a transatlantic crossing in one of these (I don’t think I would do it in something much smaller than a 30 footer myself!) and a friend of mine whose an experienced yacht master says he had an Alacrity 22 which he took to Ireland and tells me they make great little sea boats. However, I would want to be sure of the weather before undertaking such a passage. Oh, and get a spray hood/dodger over the companionway for a dryer experience! I use a Garmin etrax handheld gps which I ‘velcro’ to the bulkhead in the cockpit which gives me info about COG, VMG, bearing etc. I also pre-loaded all the static marks on the lake as waypoints for future passage races so I can find the next mark without having a visual reference when racing!
A friend and I wore a path between Marina Del Rey and the Chi-Chi club on Catalina on one of those in the seventies. That boat got us through some situations we should have had more sense than to sail into. good times. (Y)
I would love to experience sailing the sound of the hull cutting the water no outboard screaming in your ear. Can't wait to see the video of her underway.
You sound like you've got a serious case of sail boat it is. I went from a 20' to a 30 foot Catalina and stayed with that for close to 30 years. Good luck and have fun.
Great video, Juan! We had a Cat-22 when our family was stationed at Hickam, H.I. and totally loved our sailing outings. My parents & paternal grandparents can relate to the rudder situation!
"Too windy to fly"? You should be sailing🙂 Good explanation of the rigging and features of the Catalina 22. A true visionary, Frank Butler was responsible for opening sailing to the average person by offering innovative and practical designs at an affordable cost. One minor correction when you demonstrated the Windex. The pointy end faces the direction the wind is coming from. Very helpful when sailing upwind as the aft end of the vane lines up with angled wires. Even with todays fancy electronic wind instruments, the Windex is still a great "seat of the pants" tool.
Superb video. I just sailed on a 26 footer for a 2 day sail race 17 miles on lake travis in Austin. Nice description and discussion about sails and comparison to wings. The fact that the sailboat is sucked along is lost on most people. Great to get some professional pilot points of view of a sailboat. Now I have some terms to have fun with other sailors as most wouldn't know a few of them. Get a free beer and alot of fun discussing these items.
Nice tour! All my time at sea was on a "seagoing" or fleet tug. So it's nice to learn a bit about nomenclature, function & cause. See you back in Hong Kong!
C22, one of (if not) the most popular small sailboats ever produced - hard to go wrong with one. Yours looks like it’s in pretty decent shape too. Enjoy!
Thanks Juan, watched both the interior and exterior videos as I am going to look at one of these from Craigslist tomorrow. Home port is Rochester, NY. I had tried both flying and sailing, love them both but could only afford one hobby. My wife is terrified of flying but loved the sailing so sailboat it is. You pointed a lot of things out for me to check and that’s much appreciated!
I always wanted to give sailing a try. A few days ago I went to inquire about lessons. Saw a C 22 for sale. Also $4500. I looked it over but dont know what I'm looking at or looking for. Sure wish I could take you with me lol. Going to take those lessons first. See if I can do it. But if I like it and that boat is still for sale I may just become a boat owner. Thank you for the great video.
Very interestin, Juan. When I was in the U.S.C.G. I was stationed aboard a High Endurance cutter and really didn't deal with sail boats. We did fisheries enforcement and Search and Rescue in the North Pacific and Bearing Sea.
Sorry, this is going to be long (sometimes I just can't help myself): Your boat looks to be in really nice condition. I bet it hasn't spent much time in salt water. Being a pilot, I assume you already noticed that the word "stall" is used entirely differently on a sailboat than it is for an airplane. It has almost the opposite meaning in fact. I always found this peculiar. It can also lead to confusion when trying to explain the finer points of sail trim -- such as why the whisker pole is so helpful on a broad reach. Some hull designs do increase the waterline length considerably as they heel, but they need significant "overhangs" at the bow or stern (often both) to do this. Your Catalina 22 doesn't have any counter at the stern and the stem is not highly raked, so it really has nowhere to gain waterline length with heel. But this is probably good. I believe the old designs with large overhangs were designed that way to get around racing rules that limited waterline length. They probably would have been faster if they had a more vertical stem and less counter. I like retractable keels, but I've always considered the main drawbacks to be: 1) the possibility of failure of the associated equipment (lifting cable, hinge pin, etc), 2) The maintenance required to prevent 1 from happening, And 3) in the unlikely event of a knock-down past 90 degrees, the keel can slam "up" (if you don't have a strong lock holding it down), decreasing your righting moment and possibly causing damage.
Juan, you are so fortunate to have so many toys and so much knowledge to share with your family! You have a large thimble of info. I may have misunderstood what you were saying when you were talking about the jib. It sounded like you were using the word jib and Genoa interchangeably without distinguishing the difference between a regular jib and a Genoa jib. A Genoa is actually larger than a regular jib and overlaps the main, good for light wind conditions. You still rock either way! (just don't rock the boat too much ..lol) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genoa_(sail)
Thanks a lot Juan for your sailing⛵ expertise.Now I think I'm ready to sail ⛵, not!LOL!Sounds like it takes a little knowledge to go sailing and I'll let you be Captain Sparrow.I'll be looking forward to getting out on the water,Captain!Sinces I've been stuck inside for about 5 weeks with a broken tibial and fibula.Guess you know what I'll be doing ,during my summer ,fall and it won't include the great outdoors.So I'll be honest,I go wherever you take me ,ok 👌.So I'll be anxiously waiting for your next adventure.Stay safe and don't brake a leg,cause it hurts!LOL!God bless you and your family,cheers.👍
Great video, and beautiful boat. Just a heads up that your keel hangers (hinges) are in upside down. There is a recess for the bump of the hanger in the fiber glass which places the pin up further.
Hey Juan, very curious if you still have the C22 or if you have old footage you could make up a few more instructional videos for us? Even if you just use photos etc your detailed explainations are amazing. We could really use another video about sailing from this channel. :)
Juan, Exceptional Video. I have an 87 Cat 22; I bought it a year ago, did some work and will be launching soon. Mine did not come with the snap shackle yours has. I was wondering why the forestay isn't forward of the Jib Tack? Thank you sir. Dan
I bought a 1986 Catalina 22, 4 yrs ago. Still working on it. I also have another smaller O'Day 17' Daysailer sailboat. Tried using the 'QUICK PINS' on it. BAD MOVE: a pin came back out while still at the dock. Mast started to fall. Caught it. NEVER USED QUICK PINS AFTER THAT.
Your forestay should be connected to the front hole in the stem, with your jib connected to the second hole in the stem. The way you have it will make it hard to lower. Downhaul can be connected to the third hole if desired.
Nice video! I am a New '81 Catalina 22 owner and this is probably one of the most detailed rigging description video I have found. I am brand new to sailing (less than a thimble lol), so quite helpful to compare my boat to others like this. Got her out the first time a few days ago. Hope you will do another video soon. Two things that caught my eye - I thought the forestay attached all the way forward on the stemplate? It looks like the way you had the jib forward like that it could cause some chafing of the sail. Thoughts? Second - I think your keel hanger is mounted up side down. I thought it went the other way?
Juan, I really enjoy your videos. I purchased my 86 Cat in Tulsa and trailered her back to Texas. Although I was involved in lowering and rigging the mast for travel, I have not raised and rigged the boat. Is there a topping lift to control the height of the boom while sailing?
Juan I'm taking my Siren 17 to Wiarton Ontario on the Georgian Bay this weekend. Planning to sail to one of the Islands North of there and anchor out. It's going to be Great! Being a pilot you know more than you think about sailing. Airplanes and sailboats work along the same principals. Just planes do it sideways. Get that in the water and have some fun!
Thanks for sharing your sail boat, it's very interesting, and a nice looking boat...Where do you plan on sailing your vessel Juan? Donner, Tahoe? All of the above? LOL..
Juan, thank you for the information. Great video. Are you still "excited" about your purchase? Are you still a fan of the 22? Just curious? I'm looking at one tomorrow for purchase. (That's why I'm asking - no hidden agenda. I'm an engineer also, who took a sailing class - a few years ago & yes I'm a sailing nerd). You've done an outstanding job explaining the C22! Thanks again!
I'm not so sure I'd use those "quick release pull pins" on the shrouds. If they're hollow like the ones I've seen, I'm not sure they're designed to be strong enough. I prefer the solid pin type.
never seen keel hangers on the outside like that on a 22. i have a 82 all of the are hidden in the keel trunk. they should lay flat. good vid by the way.
This video was so helpful - not new to sailing, but new to the C22 - super helpful Thanks for doing it!
I love this post. No drama, no novelty....just plain facts
It has been a year now (2019)... I hope you continue to make more of these videos. Your enthusiasm is contagious. (Looking forward to your next video.)
This was a really great video. I am currently shopping for a Catalina 22.
I got my intro to sailing on a Catalina 22 about the year your boat was built. My neighbor used me as heavy weather crew on race days when his wife insisted on going below and hanging on for dear life. I loved it, and have owned and sailed many since then. Blue skies and following seas Juan!
Was doing 2.3-3.2 knots with a old mercury 2.5 two stroke. Can’t wait to get a proper sized 6 for temporary boating until I get my rigging and sails sorted. Amazing videos!!
Juan, glad to see you teaching the family to sail. Its an awesome pleasure... So some terms....Sailors never say ROPES and climbers never say LINES...! So they are all lines... A SHEET is a line that trims a sail. A halyard is a line that raises a sail etc etc. Pulley...no...Block yes... Aftstay is just called the Back Stay... another thought....when the mainsail is lowered and stowed...it is good to replax the batton tension on each batton. Otherwise you will wear out the sail by stretching it.
Thats one of the nicest C-22 i have ever seen.
A wealth of information for not a lot of money. Thank you.
Best explanation on a Catalina 22 sailboat I have ever heared.
Thank you for this wonderful tutorial! This was so much more than a "tour" of the outside of your boat. You taught a class on the basics of rigging any sailboat. I learned so much. Thank you, Juan!
Nice concise summary, Juan. No surprise that an airline pilot would hold a special appreciation for sailing. A sail is, after all, a wing! Ahh, the wonders of the Venturi effect.
Juan;
SUPER INFORMATIONAL VIDEO. What an investment, even for a man up in the woods.Can't wait to sail along on maybe over on Lake Oroville. Learned more about sail boating in these 15 minutes or so than power boating on these Minnesota lakes and the Upper Mississippi River in forty years, just never took the time to learn to sail. HOW INTERESTING !!! THANK YOU !!!
MAY THE WIND FILL YOUR SAILS !!! ⛵
I think if you put 1000hp engine in the Catalina 22 it would become a planing hull! Water would be squirting up out the centerboard opening! Thank you for the video. It seems that even not many sailors really understand that the sail is a vertical wing and the boat gets sucked forward by the lift on the back side of the sail. I learned that while reading "catamaran racing for the '90s" when I was racing my Supercat 17. The book has a cool little demonstration you could do to prove or show how lift works, it really shows you without a doubt what's happening.
Great video! I just purchased #9757! I had no clue how to sail but videos like this help a lot.
Really enjoyed and learned from this video. Thanks for all the close ups on the rigging.
Good morning from the East Coast of SC. I just took my first introductory training lesson for sailing for my 58th birthday and I must say I'm hooked! I have been looking over lots of videos trying to learn as much as I can and more so looking at the different types of sailboats. I have been boating all my life except for sailboating, don't know why I just haven't. I decided to search for more information on the Catalina 22 and came across your video and from what I have found for sale, you got a deal! You have a very beautiful Catalina and looks very well maintained. Being new to sailboating I'm finding it very difficult to learn and understand some of the terminologies but I love your true form of being yourself and not trying to impress others with words. I understand I must learn all the names of the sail and parts but your video is perfect for someone like me who is just starting out. You did an excellent job on this and your other videos as well with great detailed information. Thank you very much for this crash course on not just sailing but the in's and out's of the Catalina 22. Also, I think since you know about the wing's on a plain more so, lift, you would be a great teacher on how this relates to moving the boat forward. I for one did not know lift had anything to do with a sail until my first lesson. Like most people, (could be just me) I thought the boat move by the wind just pushing it forward. I look forward to learning more about this new chapter in my life and your next videos, keep up the great work.
John D Johnson
The Catalina has always been a great trailer sailor and introduction to sailing, enjoy the boat and teach your kids a great hobby, I started on a Hobie 16 and have been sailing various boats ever since
Flubber the mizzen and flibber the jib, reef the twee twee twa twa mateys! In fact, you can run a sailboat right up on the beach without a retractable rudder and keel, your results may vary. Don't ask me how I know. Catalina's have cast iron keels Juan, just so ya know.
Can't wait to get my first sailboat...hopefully a C-22:)
Thank you for your videos, I feel like I now have a clue. Very enjoyable.
Perfect size sailboat for me.
Love your backyard boatyard videos, Juan! I’m a Catalina sailer as well, but sold off my fixed wing keel boat when I moved to eastern Washington. For Puget Sound sailing, I had her sling launched and hauled out, utilizing summer mileage. Now, to sail in Lake Roosevelt, I’m looking for a less expensive retractable model for easy ramp launching. This really got my juices flowing!
Since my thimble is empty, it’s worth the price of admission!
Thank you! I look forward to your video on rigging the boat for the trailer. It would be neat to watch some basic sailing instruction too!
Good technical description, you know more than you think. Few sailors really understand the full dynamics of sailing. I was a dedicated rag-sailor for 5 years or so and I came to really appreciate the old nautical saying "A powerboater gets in his boat and goes to where he wants to be. A sailboater gets in his boat and that IS where he wants to be". Unstated is that a sailboat goes so slowly that you better enjoy sailing because getting TO someplace isn't part of the experience.
Hi Juan, looking forward to seeing the boat out sailing.
Awesome, blancolirio. We're both pilots (me, retired) and I was curious about Catalina 22s. Happened upon your youtube and learned a lot. I've watched a few of your videos about aircraft mishaps and you do a great job with those also. Very good description of your boat. Well done.
First tour of a sailboat for me! Learned alot here! My first time out on one was in Bermuda last summer. They called it a "Rum Swizzle Cruise", hahaha! Lived up to it's name, too. Lots o' fun! 😁
I'm a motorhead, so things without engines rarely interest me, but the parallels to aviation wings caught my eye here. Thanks for the lesson, and comparison! 👍
Thank you for your videos about the Catalina 22. Very nicely explained. I like to look at more. Greetings from Germany and stay healthy.
Nice C-22 Juan. It looks like a lot of fun. It has been over 40 years since I owned a similar size boat (a Venture 21) and I had forgotten how lightly boats that size are rigged. I often think about buying another trailer sailboat when I am sitting aboard my 36' ketch. I look forward to your on the water video.
This was such a cool video!! Thank you for taking the time to explain all the technical terms!! I learned so much!! Fun!!
Thanks for posting your little series on the C22. I’m in the UK with my ‘75 Jaguar 22 (same boat made in the UK under licence from Catalina as was the Alacrity 22 with a different UK boatyard - I think the Australian version is the Woomaru 22)
We didn’t get the pop top option unfortunately! We also tried the ‘kingsize’ sleeping arrangements but found that laying across the beam of the boat made for an uncomfortable motion afloat when trying to sleep. I understand that traditionally longitudinal berths give a more comfortable sideways rocking motion and a better nights sleep.
I tend to keep my boat in the boatyard at my sailing club (Rutland S.C. On Rutland Water UK) so I haven’t yet gone much further afield using the trailer. As such, mine is set up with a boom stack pack and lazy jacks for easy hoisting and stowing of the main, and I installed a furling headsail. This will make mast lowering for trailing a more onerous task, but still perfectly achievable, by removing the boom with sail pack in situ. Everything is led back aft except the kicker, which is easy enough to reach from the helm.
I have the optional slide out galley stove which stows under the cockpit in the quarter berth space, with a butane tank in the starboard aft locker. Mine doesn’t have the sink, which would normally be positioned over the ‘funnel’ moulding in the starboard berth, which has a thru-hull seacock beneath it for grey water waste. However, we don’t dump waste overboard on Rutland Water since it’s a reservoir, fishing lake and wildlife reserve!
I re-wired my electrics and installed a solar panel which is mounted horizontally off the stern pulpit rail. I have an electronic log/depth sounder, I replaced the 12v lights with LED white and red (for night vision) and in the nav lights. I also have an old electronic tiller pilot which works on a flux gate compass. It doesn’t have a GPS feed so I use it only to look after course keeping when I want a break from helming to sort out any issues forward or below while underway, or to brew up some tea!
A mate of mine, a qualified yacht master, sailed his alacrity 22 across the Irish Sea a couple of times! He went below to find himself ankle deep in water once! Seems someone had left the starboard seacock for the sink open and they had been on a port tac!! However, he swears it’s a good little sea boat! I think the weather would need to be right, but they are certainly used in coastal waters here!
As for me... I’m considering a hop across the English Channel to France, maybe the Ireland trip, and perhaps a circumnavigation of the UK in measured legs with favourable weather and tides over a period of time... Fair winds shipmate and keep posting your adventures.
Thank you for your review. They are very thorough and appreciate your attention to detail. We have a 38' Ericson but still are looking at buying a 22 ' Catalina in our area, just easier to take out more. We live on the Inside Passage in Alaska. So Thank you . You do better than many long term sailors so any lack of terminology should be understood by other sailors
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Brilliant, thank you! Here in the UK, we have the jaguar 22 that is an exact copy, which I brought yesterday 😬 I shall be subscribing 👍👍
jamie deed I have a Jaguar 22 as well... mine doesn’t have a pop top cabin so I think it was built in the UK around 1975 under licence from Catalina. I believe the Alacrity 22 was another licensed build by another UK yard. In Australia they have the Woomaru 22 I believe.
I’ve made additions to mine adding a ‘stack pack’ and ‘lazy jacks’ to the boom for easy mainsail storage and replaced the sail sliders with a ‘bolt rope’ in the mainsail luff. This avoids having to feed them back into the track when shaking out a reef. I also added a Plastimo headsail furling system with a new Genoa. All lines are led aft. And I added a tiller pilot to give me some flexibility away from the helm to brew some tea.
I re-wired the electrics and added solar panel to the pulpit rail which is hung aft of the cockpit and I have an Autohelm bidata log/depth instrument and compass/inclinometer which was already fitted when I bought it from a guy who had it on Coniston Water. My boat has two thru-Hull transducers for the bidata and each cockpit drain has a separate thru-Hull with is own seacock. Jaun’s C22 is missing the pullout galley, which stows under the cockpit in the quarter berth space on a sliding dolly. This houses a two burner butane stove with ‘fiddles’ and a grill but it’s not gimballed so I wouldn’t recommend using it underway in a blow! The butane is in the starboard aft locker which is vented.
I sail at Rutland Water. I’m intending to take her to the Norfolk Broads for a week of sailing and in the future, do some coastal sailing out of Great Yarmouth, perhaps a hop across the English Channel from Dover, perhaps the Irish Sea from Wales, and even see if I can do a circumnavigation of the UK (not all in one go though!) weather permitting!
I hear that someone has done a transatlantic crossing in one of these (I don’t think I would do it in something much smaller than a 30 footer myself!) and a friend of mine whose an experienced yacht master says he had an Alacrity 22 which he took to Ireland and tells me they make great little sea boats. However, I would want to be sure of the weather before undertaking such a passage. Oh, and get a spray hood/dodger over the companionway for a dryer experience!
I use a Garmin etrax handheld gps which I ‘velcro’ to the bulkhead in the cockpit which gives me info about COG, VMG, bearing etc. I also pre-loaded all the static marks on the lake as waypoints for future passage races so I can find the next mark without having a visual reference when racing!
Super informative video!
Looking at one tomorrow. Glad I found you !! Safe sailing.
Reinterate! Pure knowledge.... Spot on advise
A friend and I wore a path between Marina Del Rey and the Chi-Chi club on Catalina on one of those in the seventies. That boat got us through some situations we should have had more sense than to sail into.
good times. (Y)
"Ask me how I know" Hahaha. Bin there,done that. My first sailboat was a C22. Fun to sail and easy to maintain. I hope you really enjoy the boat.
Great video and explanations, Juan. Keep up the good work!
I would love to experience sailing the sound of the hull cutting the water no outboard screaming in your ear. Can't wait to see the video of her underway.
You sound like you've got a serious case of sail boat it is. I went from a 20' to a 30 foot Catalina and stayed with that for close to 30 years. Good luck and have fun.
Great video, Juan! We had a Cat-22 when our family was stationed at Hickam, H.I. and totally loved our sailing outings. My parents & paternal grandparents can relate to the rudder situation!
Very nicely equipped for $4500. You got a great deal.
"Too windy to fly"? You should be sailing🙂
Good explanation of the rigging and features of the Catalina 22. A true visionary, Frank Butler was responsible for opening sailing to the average person by offering innovative and practical designs at an affordable cost.
One minor correction when you demonstrated the Windex. The pointy end faces the direction the wind is coming from. Very helpful when sailing upwind as the aft end of the vane lines up with angled wires. Even with todays fancy electronic wind instruments, the Windex is still a great "seat of the pants" tool.
this is my 3rd time watching and just bought one in Scotland.
Superb video. I just sailed on a 26 footer for a 2 day sail race 17 miles on lake travis in Austin. Nice description and discussion about sails and comparison to wings. The fact that the sailboat is sucked along is lost on most people. Great to get some professional pilot points of view of a sailboat. Now I have some terms to have fun with other sailors as most wouldn't know a few of them. Get a free beer and alot of fun discussing these items.
Nice tour! All my time at sea was on a "seagoing" or fleet tug. So it's nice to learn a bit about nomenclature, function & cause.
See you back in Hong Kong!
C22, one of (if not) the most popular small sailboats ever produced - hard to go wrong with one. Yours looks like it’s in pretty decent shape too. Enjoy!
Nice presentation! you are a triple-threat, land, sea and air. 🏍 ⛵️ ✈️
More of a triple-treat than a triple-threat I'd say...….. Lol
Thanks Juan, watched both the interior and exterior videos as I am going to look at one of these from Craigslist tomorrow. Home port is Rochester, NY. I had tried both flying and sailing, love them both but could only afford one hobby. My wife is terrified of flying but loved the sailing so sailboat it is. You pointed a lot of things out for me to check and that’s much appreciated!
Wow you are a plethora of knowledge Juan. Explains why the people I'm around say dohicky and thingamagig. LOL
Can't wait to see it in action.
Sincere thanks for the knowledge that you share!
I wonder who is going to be the First Mate. Excellent/fun video, thanks!
I always wanted to give sailing a try. A few days ago I went to inquire about lessons. Saw a C 22 for sale. Also $4500. I looked it over but dont know what I'm looking at or looking for. Sure wish I could take you with me lol. Going to take those lessons first. See if I can do it. But if I like it and that boat is still for sale I may just become a boat owner. Thank you for the great video.
Pretty cool video to watch definitely a lot to know about a sailboat definitely seems like a solid boat
Very interesting. Thanks
Very interestin, Juan. When I was in the U.S.C.G. I was stationed aboard a High Endurance cutter and really didn't deal with sail boats. We did fisheries enforcement and Search and Rescue in the North Pacific and Bearing Sea.
Juan more Oroville please . From the England you are the only
person I believe.
coming soon, too windy to fly right now...
No, I don't think I will ask you how you know LOL! Thanks, Juan, looks like fun for the whole fam!
Great video ! Sailed a Gruman Aluminium Canoe that had a clamp on Lee Board. tjl
Used to crew on a Cat 32.. Bay sailing, shooting the gate that type of sailing..
Sorry, this is going to be long (sometimes I just can't help myself):
Your boat looks to be in really nice condition. I bet it hasn't spent much time in salt water.
Being a pilot, I assume you already noticed that the word "stall" is used entirely differently on a sailboat than it is for an airplane. It has almost the opposite meaning in fact. I always found this peculiar. It can also lead to confusion when trying to explain the finer points of sail trim -- such as why the whisker pole is so helpful on a broad reach.
Some hull designs do increase the waterline length considerably as they heel, but they need significant "overhangs" at the bow or stern (often both) to do this. Your Catalina 22 doesn't have any counter at the stern and the stem is not highly raked, so it really has nowhere to gain waterline length with heel. But this is probably good. I believe the old designs with large overhangs were designed that way to get around racing rules that limited waterline length. They probably would have been faster if they had a more vertical stem and less counter.
I like retractable keels, but I've always considered the main drawbacks to be: 1) the possibility of failure of the associated equipment (lifting cable, hinge pin, etc), 2) The maintenance required to prevent 1 from happening, And 3) in the unlikely event of a knock-down past 90 degrees, the keel can slam "up" (if you don't have a strong lock holding it down), decreasing your righting moment and possibly causing damage.
There's a National Catalina 22 regatta on Scotts flat lake this summer.
Look who's excited about his new toy.
get u some!
I was taught sailing at 11, never learned most of what you presented. Missing my thimbal completely
Juan, you are so fortunate to have so many toys and so much knowledge to share with your family! You have a large thimble of info. I may have misunderstood what you were saying when you were talking about the jib. It sounded like you were using the word jib and Genoa interchangeably without distinguishing the difference between a regular jib and a Genoa jib. A Genoa is actually larger than a regular jib and overlaps the main, good for light wind conditions. You still rock either way! (just don't rock the boat too much ..lol) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genoa_(sail)
Thanks a lot Juan for your sailing⛵ expertise.Now I think I'm ready to sail ⛵, not!LOL!Sounds like it takes a little knowledge to go sailing and I'll let you be Captain Sparrow.I'll be looking forward to getting out on the water,Captain!Sinces I've been stuck inside for about 5 weeks with a broken tibial and fibula.Guess you know what I'll be doing ,during my summer ,fall and it won't include the great outdoors.So I'll be honest,I go wherever you take me ,ok 👌.So I'll be anxiously waiting for your next adventure.Stay safe and don't brake a leg,cause it hurts!LOL!God bless you and your family,cheers.👍
Get Well! Watch some good videos!
Thanks Juan.I'll have nothing but time on my hands,to catch up on your channel as well as others.Cheers👍👌✌
Great video, and beautiful boat. Just a heads up that your keel hangers (hinges) are in upside down. There is a recess for the bump of the hanger in the fiber glass which places the pin up further.
Going to look at one in st Pete next weekend. 650 with trailer. I hope its in good shape. Thanks for the info.
Nice find on Craigslist
Hey Juan, very curious if you still have the C22 or if you have old footage you could make up a few more instructional videos for us? Even if you just use photos etc your detailed explainations are amazing. We could really use another video about sailing from this channel. :)
Hi Juan, Quote from Wikipedia for you......"Sheet" derives from Old English "scéata" meaning the lower corner of a sail. Nice boat!
AhHaa!
Take it to Orville Dam give us a view of the gates! Nice boat!
Juan, Exceptional Video. I have an 87 Cat 22; I bought it a year ago, did some work and will be launching soon. Mine did not come with the snap shackle yours has. I was wondering why the forestay isn't forward of the Jib Tack?
Thank you sir. Dan
I bought a 1986 Catalina 22, 4 yrs ago. Still working on it. I also have another smaller O'Day 17' Daysailer sailboat. Tried using the 'QUICK PINS' on it. BAD MOVE: a pin came back out while still at the dock. Mast started to fall. Caught it. NEVER USED QUICK PINS AFTER THAT.
I've been waiting a year for this video :(
Your forestay should be connected to the front hole in the stem, with your jib connected to the second hole in the stem. The way you have it will make it hard to lower. Downhaul can be connected to the third hole if desired.
That motor mount. Is called a jack plate. The engine usually called a kicker motor. Sailing is very complicated. 😌😵
Nice video! I am a New '81 Catalina 22 owner and this is probably one of the most detailed rigging description video I have found. I am brand new to sailing (less than a thimble lol), so quite helpful to compare my boat to others like this. Got her out the first time a few days ago. Hope you will do another video soon. Two things that caught my eye - I thought the forestay attached all the way forward on the stemplate? It looks like the way you had the jib forward like that it could cause some chafing of the sail. Thoughts? Second - I think your keel hanger is mounted up side down. I thought it went the other way?
I wonder if VG’s on each side of the mast would allow the main sail to point higher.
Juan, I really enjoy your videos. I purchased my 86 Cat in Tulsa and trailered her back to Texas. Although I was involved in lowering and rigging the mast for travel, I have not raised and rigged the boat. Is there a topping lift to control the height of the boom while sailing?
more videos!!
: - ) When do you trade in the Mighty Luscombe for the Harrier Jump Jet and trade in the Catalina 20 for the Volvo Ocean Racer 70?
great videos! Just purchased a '74 that needs some love. What do call the attachment for boom topper cable that connects it to the aft stay?
Hey Browne, before you start flying again post a sailing video. I love the Catalina 22
Juan I'm taking my Siren 17 to Wiarton Ontario on the Georgian Bay this weekend. Planning to sail to one of the Islands North of there and anchor out. It's going to be Great!
Being a pilot you know more than you think about sailing. Airplanes and sailboats work along the same principals. Just planes do it sideways.
Get that in the water and have some fun!
What some people don't understand is how a sailboat it able to go directly upwind. You can, what you do is zigzag, its called tacking.
Yeah the displacement fuselage works pretty good when it's time to eat :-)
Thanks for sharing your sail boat, it's very interesting, and a nice looking boat...Where do you plan on sailing your vessel Juan? Donner, Tahoe? All of the above? LOL..
I think you will want to install a Tiller Tamer. It's not quite autopilot, but it is handy.
Nice video. I couldn't find the follow up video where you take her on the water.
That's rad
Any chance of a trailer to water setup video? Just got a Catalina 22 and really could use a little help! Great videos so far
Yes, I need to do that.
Juan,
Ran across these 3 old sailing videos. Why no more of these - do you still have the boat?
Juan, thank you for the information. Great video. Are you still "excited" about your purchase? Are you still a fan of the 22?
Just curious? I'm looking at one tomorrow for purchase. (That's why I'm asking - no hidden agenda. I'm an engineer also, who took a sailing class - a few years ago & yes I'm a sailing nerd). You've done an outstanding job explaining the C22! Thanks again!
I'm not so sure I'd use those "quick release pull pins" on the shrouds. If they're hollow like the ones I've seen, I'm not sure they're designed to be strong enough. I prefer the solid pin type.
Well done !
Nice and natural..." slow " lol
never seen keel hangers on the outside like that on a 22. i have a 82 all of the are hidden in the keel trunk. they should lay flat. good vid by the way.
Juan, did you make a sailing video? I'm not finding it..