Catalina 276 Sport

Summary

Sailing Ratios

Classic yacht-design ratios worked out from the builder's published figures, each shown against the bands designers read it by.

Most builders publish a light displacement. The ratios were defined on a loaded boat, so every boat here reads a little lighter than a surveyor's figure would — all alike, which keeps them comparable.

Tanks

What the builder publishes about how fast, how strong and how much the boat carries.

Dimensions

LOA

27.5 ft (8.38 m)

Hull length

27.5 ft (8.38 m)

LWL

26.2 ft (8 m)

Beam

8.4 ft (2.57 m)

Draft (min)

3.7 ft (1.12 m)

Draft (max)

5 ft (1.52 m)

Air draft

43.5 ft (13.26 m)

Displacement

6,001 lb (2,722 kg)

Ballast

2,101 lb (953 kg)

Cabins

—

Heads

1

Berths

—

Sail Plan

Main sail

—

Jib

—

Genoa

—

Sail area

—

Downwind sail area

—

Rig type

—

Engine and Tanks

Engine

—

Engine count

—

Engine manufacturer

—

Propulsion type

—

Fuel capacity

16 gal (61 L)

Fresh water capacity

13 gal (49 L)

Black water capacity

12 gal (45 L)

Construction

Mast material

—

Hull material

GRP (hand-laid fiberglass)

Deck material

—

Keel type

Shoal-draft bulb keel or fin keel

Rudder type

—

Steering wheels

—

Builder's Own Figures

Shoal bulb keel

draft 3' 8", ballast 2,100 lbs, displacement at half load 6,300 lbs

Length of hull

27' 6"

Beam

8' 5"

Waterline length

26'3"

Fin keel

draft 5' 0", ballast 2,100 lbs, displacement at half load 6,000 lbs

Rig dimensions

I=36' 7" J=9' 2" P=34' 9" E=11' 6"

Length overall

27' 6"

Engine

Yanmar 2YM15 Diesel (Optional)

Waterline to masthead

43' 6"

Sail area, total with 100% foretriangle

360 sq ft

Water capacity as printed

Forward 13 gal

Displacement basis

displacement at half load, fin keel version, as printed (6,000 lbs)

Holding tank as printed

12 gal

Fuel capacity as printed

16 gal

About Catalina Yachts

Volume production

American sailboat builder founded by Frank Butler in 1970, which calls itself America's largest sailboat builder — the 22 Sport and 22 Capri trailerables, the 276 Sport, the 6 Series 316, 356, 386 and 426 and the 445, from 7.3 to 13.5 metres, owned, designed and built in Largo, Florida.

Catalina's first model, the Catalina 22, was built in North Hollywood, California, in July 1969, when owner Frank Butler hoped to build a hundred boats; he founded Catalina Yachts in 1970 with the goal, the company says, of building good boats that are a good value. The Catalina 27 followed in March 1970 and the Catalina 30 in December 1974, and the 22 passed hull number 5,000 in 1975 and 10,000 in 1980, by then built at Catalina's East and West Coast plants and in England, Australia and Canada. In 1984 Catalina acquired Morgan Yachts in Largo, Florida, which became its Morgan Division, building cruising and charter boats and many Catalina models on the East Coast. The first Catalina 42 of 1989 delivered 100 hulls in its first year, and in 1990 the Catalina 30 reached hull 6,000 and the 22 hull 15,000. The 1990s brought the 270, 320, 400, 380 and 470, and in 1995 Frank Butler received SAIL's Industry Award for Leadership. In December 1998 he took Sharon Day, vice-president of sales, and Gerry Douglas, vice-president of engineering, as partners in his privately held company. The company says Sharon Day, who worked alongside Frank for 48 years, now leads a veteran team that carries his vision forward at what it calls America's largest sailboat builder.

The Catalina Yachts Range

Every model Catalina Yachts publishes, by length — where this one sits in the range.

1. Catalina 44544.4 ft
2. Catalina 42643.5 ft
3. Catalina 38639.8 ft
4. Catalina 35636.5 ft
5. Catalina 31633 ft
6. Catalina 276 Sport· this model27.5 ft
7. Catalina 22 Capri24.7 ft
8. Catalina 22 Sport23.8 ft

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