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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 02/23/2008 : 12:36:20

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Steve Milby
 ...the reason why they put gel coat on the boat is so that people on the docks can't see what you're doing inside your boat.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

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OLarryR
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Response Posted - 02/23/2008 : 15:20:47

Okay...all of this is fine ! Sure glad I have an '89 ! But you know, I have real fond memories of my new 1980 ODay 23. It was a fine boat ! Then I get out of boating for awhile when I moved with young family to VA...then I get back into this again...and no more ODay Company ! My ODay 23 at least had a hinged table that you did not have to completely lift up and put into bulkhead support. What is the story with that on the at least the Cat '89s - the table is certainly not an improvement except it's large. If you lean on it in the wrong place, it lifts out of the bulkhead hinges. You can buy the fix for that from Catalina Direct but why was that not designed right from the beginning.

Anyway....what I really want to know is.....................................so what is the decision already about which Catalina to buy ?

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willy
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Response Posted - 02/23/2008 : 17:03:12

Catalina 250's are SOLID! Wanna see oil canning? Take a look at the MacGregor 26X!

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SCnewbie
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Response Posted - 02/23/2008 : 17:23:36

The answer is.....................

We are buying a C250, more than likely WB. I prefer the C25 but she that must be obeyed wants the 250. I'll be happy with either.

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stampeder
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Response Posted - 02/23/2008 : 18:38:04

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">I'll be happy with either<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Buy it, post pictures.

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stampeder
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Response Posted - 02/23/2008 : 18:39:28

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">my first design criterion would be anything with the cockpit fuel locker (meaning '82 and newer, as I vaguely recall). <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

My '81 has the cockpit fuel locker.

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OLarryR
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Response Posted - 02/23/2008 : 22:46:39

Going to buy a Cat 250 ! Great....looking forward to the details as they emerge and photos if you get a chance to take some.

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Response Posted - 02/23/2008 : 22:49:49

Thanks for the info ....

Frank ..... You mention that the 88 doesn't get thje extra headroom or flat floor, but this quote from the 1988 sales brochure: "The new Catalina 25 has a larger cabin sole, and increased headroom throughout." implies that the 88 does indeed have the extra headroom, etc.

Your thoughts?

CatFan

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 02/23/2008 : 23:05:49

Catalina changed things when they finished the mold changes. It does not surprise me that the new floor made it to some boats labeled as 88s. An ongoing issue is how to describe our boats relative positions in the production run of the Catalina 25. A great contributor came up with the "Mark" series which would simply place the flat floor boats in the Mark IV series. Some were HID'd as 90s but it is widely believed production stopped in 89. Collectively the flat floor boats are referred to as 89s. Does the 88 brochure show recessed handrails on the cabin top? I have often wondered if the redesigned pop-top and the flat floor were implemented at the same time or just very close to each other.

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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 02/23/2008 : 23:17:49

SCnewbie, you may want to change your forum name. Once you get rolling and involved and posting you'll want to shed the newbie moniker.

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CatFan
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Response Posted - 02/23/2008 : 23:37:11

Frank;
Here is the link to the brochure ...... don't see recessed hand rails:
http://www.catalina-capri-25s.org/manbro/pictures/bro88-2.jpg

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OLarryR
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Response Posted - 02/24/2008 : 08:33:48

Frank,

I am not sure exactly what you mean by recessed hand rails. As far as I can tell from looking at your website for the '89, my '89 has same style hand rails but did not consider them recessed. I do not have any close-up photo details of the rail to look at from here. I am going down to the boat today...probably will go sailing for awhile. I will take a look...maybe you are talking about the fiberglass access from behind the rail and how that is shaped or configured below the pop top edge ?

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OLarryR
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Response Posted - 02/24/2008 : 19:26:05

I went sailing for awhile and took some photos...one of the rail. I think maybe I understand about the "recessed" comment. You can look at it as though the rail is recessed or....that the cabin top was increased in height just inboard of the rail. Here's a photo that I think depicts this:

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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 02/25/2008 : 09:00:13

Yup--that's different from the earlier years.

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 02/25/2008 : 10:17:56

The 89 pop-top is countersunk, the others sit on top. The 89 has a sophisticated drain track that the pop-top sits in that is much more weather tight than the other type.

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