Capri 22
Catalina's sportier trailerable, quicker than the Catalina 22 with a fin keel, popular for both club racing and weekend cruising.
Made to order: your copy is researched, fact-checked, and typeset to our standard, then delivered within about two weeks. We'll email you the moment it's ready.
About the Capri 22 (1988-2013)
The Capri 22 is Catalina Yachts' sporty little sister to the familiar Catalina 22. Drawn by Gary Mull with Catalina founder Frank Butler, it is a light, fractionally rigged sloop on a 22 foot hull, offered with a deep fin keel or a shallow wing keel. Around 1,800 were built, for sailors who wanted to daysail, race a one-design fleet, and still sleep aboard.
The appeal is the ratio of rig to weight. At roughly 2,200 lb (999 kg) with 229 sq ft of working sail, it moves in light air yet stays honest when it blows. It tows behind an ordinary vehicle, a 4 to 10 hp outboard is all it needs, and Catalina parts support is unusually good for a boat this old.
Specifications at a glance
| Years | 1988 to 2013 |
| Designer | Gary Mull with Frank Butler |
| Hull length | 22 ft (6.71 m), waterline 20 ft (6.10 m) |
| Beam | 8 ft 2 in (2.44 m) |
| Draft | 4 ft (1.22 m) fin, 2 ft 8 in (0.81 m) wing |
| Displacement | 2,200 lb (999 kg) fin, 2,250 lb (1,022 kg) wing |
| Sail area | 229 sq ft (21.3 m2), tall rig 255 sq ft |
Known issues to check before you buy
- Mast tabernacle. The tabernacle is the hinged fitting the mast steps into. It works loose with age, and one left loose leaves a soft, delaminated deck beneath. Press around the base and check the headliner for stains.
- Rudder gudgeons. The gudgeons are the transom fittings the rudder hangs from, and they are a known leak point. Check that the bushings are present and wiggle the rudder for play.
- Cockpit scuppers. The original plastic cockpit drains on earlier boats crack and leak into the hull liner, out of sight. Ask whether they were swapped for brass or stainless.
- Keel bolts, fin keel boats. A weeping rust stain at the keel to hull joint, or crumbling bolt ends in the bilge, means the bolts need a proper look. Standing water is the usual cause.
- The trailer. Often half the value of the sale: check bunks, tires, lights, brakes and frame rust. Stanchion bases usually want rebedding by this age too.
Owning one
Cheap to keep and easy to fix, but decades old, so you are buying the last owner's habits as much as the hull. Sort the leaks and the rig first. This volume documents the Capri 22 (1988-2013) specifically: verified specifications, the documented weak points and how to inspect each, the service data, and the parts and owner community.
Inside this volume
Known issues & a survey guide
The documented weak points for this exact model, how to inspect each, and what a proper fix costs, a checklist to carry to the survey.
Full specifications
Every published figure, hull and rig or engine detail, tankage, and running change, with the conflicts flagged, not guessed.
Systems & maintenance
Engine, electrical, plumbing, steering, and ground tackle, plus service intervals and the fluid and torque data.
Parts, yards & community
Where the parts are, what cross-references, and the owners associations and forums that keep the model alive.
Make it your boat.
We fold in your year, your engine and options, your refits and modifications, your hull number, and your own boat's photo on the cover. The book stops describing the boat that left the yard and starts describing the one in your slip.