Catalina Yachts Capri 23.5

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Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelyComfort 7Sea-kindly

CoastalCapsize 2.72Bluewater

LightD/L 66Heavy

EasygoingSA/D 32.8Powered-up

TenderBallast 39%Stiff

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

38.9%

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The family

Boats like this

Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.

Catalina Yachts Capri 22A Gary Mull-designed fractional sloop with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio, most popular in the wing keel version Catalina Yachts Capri 26A masthead sloop designed by Butler and Douglas, balancing a fin keel with a spade rudder for coastal cruising Catalina Yachts Capri 18A lightweight fractional sloop with a wing keel, later rebranded by Catalina Yachts as the Catalina 18 Catalina Yachts Capri 16.5A lightweight fractional sloop designed as a centerboard dinghy, later offered with a fin keel and renamed the 16.5 Catalina Yachts Capri 16A fractional sloop designed by Frank Butler, this nimble trailer-sailer was produced for nearly two decades.

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