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Catalina Yachts 355

Fractional Sloop · Fin keel, spade rudder · First built 2008

A 10.8-metre cruiser with a 37% ballast ratio and a 2.03-metre draft, built for stability and ease of handling

Designed by Gerry Douglas.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/spade Rudder

See her sail

The Catalina Yachts 355, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from Lady K Sailing

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a moderate beam gives 25 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 25
CoastalBluewater

2.00 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.00
LightHeavy

224 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 224
EasygoingPowered-up

16.0 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 16.0
TenderStiff

38% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 38%

A balanced, easily-driven cruiser — comfortable and forgiving for coastal work.

  • Draws more than ~83% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2956 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Catalina Yachts 355, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Catalina Yachts 355 is a fractional sloop designed by Gerry Douglas and built by Catalina Yachts from 2008 to the present. This modern coastal cruiser has a fin with spade rudder hull, an LOA of 10.8 meters, a beam of 3.7 meters, a draft of 2.0 meters, and a displacement of 6259 kg. A wing keel option is available, reducing the draft to 1.37 meters and increasing displacement to 6704 kg. Aboard Lady K Sailing, the Catalina 355 is noted for its 14,000-pound displacement, in-mast furling, and standardized wiring diagrams, which simplify maintenance.13:44

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen 2 times across 2 channels of the fleet.

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On the water

The Catalina Yachts 355 on video

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
37.7%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
16.0
Displacement / length
224.3
Comfort ratio
24.6
Capsize screening
2.00
Hull speed
7.4 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1294
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 2008
Designer
Gerry Douglas
Builder
Catalina Yachts

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The family

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