Catalina 25 Tour

We purchased a 1983 Catalina 25 sailboat. In this video I take you along on a general overview and tour of our boat.
This particular C-25 is a tall rig with a fixed keel. While the boat, hull, itself is in good shape the boat needs a fair amount of work to get her ready to sail. With limited time to work on the boat due to schedules and life, we continue to get closer and closer to being able to push away from the dock for a day of sailing.
#catalina25 #boat tour

[@kentmeredith2945]

Your woodcarving art is beautiful. You should consider selling those as a side gig. I’d be your customer!

[@theparsonsbench2618]

Thanks, Kent! I do enjoy it, though I haven't been as active in the shop the past six or seven months. I have a little woodworking channel if you want to check it out in your spare time. The Parson's Bench kzbin.info/door/hJ4z72CA4m-V1Ih3buKtvA. Not as much this past year, but I do sell some items. I'm not soliciting, but if you are interested I can get you my email and we could chat. Thanks again!

[@Oozywolf]

Safe travels Pastor 🙏, thank you for showing us around the boat! 💚 Edit: Oh and that wood plate you made is fantastic! Beautiful design

[@RevJosephWashburn]

Thank you! I believe the C-25 is a beautiful boat! Ours is finally in sailable condition...now we will turn our attention to some interior projects.

[@briandyer9948]

You're gonna love that boat.

[@RevJosephWashburn]

Thanks...I believe you are right! I just need the weather to cooperate on my days off so I can finish up a couple of projects to get her ready!

[@rogerc4196]

A real diamond in the rough! Should be very enjoyable to sail.

[@RevJosephWashburn]

Thanks, Roger! I believe we are sneaking up on getting her ready to sail...but then again, I've been saying that for while now! But, once I take care of some roller furling issues I'm hoping to take her out. Then we can turn some attention to the interior...

[@beverlydunlop6091]

I hope you guys enjoy this fabulous new journey! Looks like loads of fun!

[@sailingdiscipleship6295]

It will be! But I sure will be glad when we get her to the point of being able to go sailing! We're close...hopefully not too much longer. Hope y'all are doing well!

[@meatdog]

I always wanted to see the interior I'd a catalina 25 to compare it to my Ericson 25T. I am curious what marina you are in because I'm looking for one that will let me liveaboard on a 25 footer. Everyone now demands a minimum if 35 feet and I don't want a bigger sailboat. This Cataliba is in really rough shape and you have your work cut out. My Ericson is a 1982 and I've lived aboard since 1992 and my boat is in excellent shape. But I can keep up with everything daily and I can't stand ugly brighter, or a dirty boat. I'm sure once you are finished getting g her ship shape, she will be a beautiful boat again. Last Spring I barrier coated my bottom and because I'm picky, it took 2 months but was so worth all the work. I suggest you consider barrier coating on such an old fiberglass hull. Your ablation bottom paint will last longer and less chance of expensive blisters. I repaired my blisters in 1998 and have never had another one with proper barrier coating. 😂😂

[@sailingdiscipleship6295]

We talk of getting a larger boat in the future to live on...can't imagine living on a 25 footer. That is rather impressive! Not sure if our marina has a minimum...someone liveson a 27 footer. I have spent a week on it just fine (except I wish I could stand up), but I also knew I would be headed home in a few days. We spent the first 7 months getter her ready to sail, but we have really enjoyed sailing her since then, though I wish we could get out more often. It definitely needs new bottom paint...of some type...but that will likely be in the fall/winter. She is sail-able...and therefore much more beautiful than when we got her, though I'll admit she is still pretty dirty. Like my motorcycle, I'd much rather sail (ride) than clean/wash. But it really has been, and is, a great boat to get us back into sailing.

[@zenbuilder8801]

Well done walk through . Was looking at Cat 22's the 25 seems to really give you all you need . Thanks. jeff ( also in NC, but in the west)

[@RevJosephWashburn]

Thank you! Good luck in your search. Our last boat was a Catalina 22. Used to sail it off Wrightsville Beach...then we moved to Banner Elk. We sailed on Watauga lake for a couple of years before we decided to sell the boat.

[@ministryoftruth8588]

The 2nd sink athward the head was overkill, wasted precious space on the Catalina 25. You may want to remove it & build a hanging locker. Cool boat. I own a 1975 Catalina 27 docked in a marina in SD Ca. God bless you brother.

[@RevJosephWashburn]

I've seen several folks do that. It is certainly something on our list to consider.

[@SailingRagdoll]

Nice little boat! You’ll make her your own very soon :)

[@sailingdiscipleship6295]

Thanks! Even as we work to get her ready to sail we have really enjoyed being boat owners again.

[@locutus8496]

Nice Catalina 25 you have there. I'll be watching your refit progress with interest because I too recently bought a Catalina 25. Mine's a 1980 model, standard rig, fin keel, with trailer. In 1980 they hadn't yet changed the port cockpit locker to the sealed gasoline locker, so there's this huge compartment that is vented, but not sealed from the rest of the interior. I plan to retrofit that. It would be nice to be able to compare notes with each other. I don't have a You Tube channel but I might document my progress on the Glen-L forum since I'm also restoring one of their designs.

[@sailingdiscipleship6295]

Thanks! Hoping your progress goes smoothly! Sometimes it feels like either "one steo forward and two steps back" or two steps forward and one step back"...but it is fun and we are getting excited about being able to head out sailing. And yea, if I can help...or anyone...reach out. You may already know, but there is a great Catalina 25 Facebook group.

[@itsmePassportBro]

Lots Of storage for whatknots

[@brianluck84]

Im on my 3rd season with a 78 swing keel catalina 25. I have the dinette layout. Ive been happy but like you said the head room just doesnt exist. I removed all my thru hulls and glasses them up so i can run without worry of leaks. How do you like the mainsheet being above the cabin top?

[@RevJosephWashburn]

Best I can say right now...I THINK we will like it! We still haven't been able to take it out. I have finished the projects needed to get us out on the water...but now we are having some outboard issues and trying to decide whether to keep working on this old 1986 motor or go ahead and get a new one. But, I think we will be happy with the location of the traveler. My one question will be accessibility to the mainsheet when/if I am sailing solo. But I suspect I will just get used to it.

[@douglashill9844]

Wind Hippie's channel mentions up front that her parents sailed a Cal 25 around the world, and that both she and her sister were conceived an born during that voyage. Wind Hippie is about half way through her singlehanded circumnavigation in her 27 footer.

[@sailingdiscipleship6295]

Wow...seem to me to be a pretty impressive undertaking in a boat that size. But, from a size/space standpoint, you generally adjust to what you uave. But still impressive!

[@user-lo1gu6zc3m]

你好，我来自中国，听不懂英语，只能看评论的翻译，这船很好，多少钱？哪里买的？