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    Search for the perfect first boat – Catalina 25

    Sailing classes are finished. Boating season in the midwest is done. It’s December. But that’s not stopping us! Oh, no! We are on a mission to find our first sailboat. It has been a very interesting ride so far. We have done extensive searches onYacht World and Sailing Texas and Craigslist – even Ebay! Not to mention all the blogs and forums and manufacturer websites and the invaluable advice and experience of sailing friends. We had narrowed it down to 3 kinds of boats – the Catalina 25, the Watkins 25 and the C&C 26 or 27. Now given our price range the pickings are a little slim for the…