It depends on the type of
boating you want to do... In my opinion there is no
single manufacturer for every application of
boating.
With that said I have owned three different
Catalina Sailboats, the
current one took me on a 9500nm, 3 year
cruise through
Mexico and
Central America and preformed well under varied
wind and sea conditions. It was also a great house!
I choose
Catalina over other brands because they pack a lot of room into their boats for the
money. My
current C-470 has over 7 feet of
head room in the main
cabin. I bought the boat new and loaded it with every factory option, except a
watermaker and it was still less than $450K in 2006.
The owners groups are large and very helpful. If I have a problem or am considering a change or upgrade to the boat, I just log on to the C-470 and posse the question, why reinvent the
wheel, right?