AYS - Capri 22 top ten for Sail 2001

Designer
Catalina Design Team

LOA/LWL 22'/20'
Beam 8'2"
Draft (fin/wing) 4'/2'8"
Ballast (fin/wing) 650/700 lbs
Displacement (fin/wing) 2,200/2,250 lbs
Sail area (100% foretriangle) 229 sq ft
Batteries (1) 96-amp
Displ.–length ratio 125
Sail area–displ. ratio 21.3

Construction
Hull is a solid laminate of hand-laid fiberglass, with knitted fabrics and vinylester resin skin coat; hull has structural inner liner. Deck is balsa-cored composite with knitted fabrics and vinylester resin; deck has inner liner. Five-year blister and structural warranty on hull and deck.

Builder
Catalina Yachts, 21200 Victory Blvd., Woodland Hills, CA 91367; tel. 818-884-7700, fax 818-884-3810, www.catalinayachts.com

Price
$11,800. Base price (FOB Woodland Hills, CA) includes mainsail and 135 percent genoa, jiffy reefing and low-stretch halyards, “Soft Touch” hull liner with 4 zippered storage compartments, stanchions and bow and stern pulpit, ice chest, electrical system (cabin and running lights).

The Catalina Capri 22 shows that the designers and builders at Catalina Yachts have not been resting on their laurels. A 22-foot daysailer is nothing new for the California-based company, but the redesigned and retooled Capri 22 earned its spot in SAIL’s Top 10 because it is a simple, efficient, handsome, easy-to-handle, and well-equipped entry-level keelboat—the package includes sails, but the trailer is optional—at an entry-level price.
  Sailing in light air, SAIL’s judges agreed that the Capri 22 was comfortable and easy to handle but were surprised by the boat’s relatively generous sailplan and slippery-fast hull form. Equipped with a standard 28-foot-tall aluminum rig (a 30-foot-tall rig and spinnaker are options), the new hull design incorporates a fine entry forward, a relatively flat run aft, a deep, tapered rudder with your choice of a 4-foot-deep fin keel or a 2-foot, 6-inch wing keel. Go for the performance package and fin keel if you’re interested in one-design racing, or the wing keel if you plan to cruise shoal waters or want to make trailering easier.
  Belowdeck, four 6-foot-long bunks, an ice chest, storage pockets in the soft vinyl hull liner, and an optional galley unit and Porta Potti make the Capri a legitimate weekend cruiser. It’s also equipped with a basic electrical panel and an adequate battery (96 amps) to power cabin and running lights.
  While SAIL’s judges awarded the boat high marks for performance, they found that the low boom requires adults to duck during a tack or gybe. Also, the factory-supplied sails rated below average in quality, and the optional trailer is not equipped with brakes. However, in the same way that the original Catalina 22 started the 70s generation sailing, the Capri 22 could start a whole new generation sailing into the new millennium.
—Bill Springer

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