[maestro]

I can still see the sight of the Catalina 25 w/swing keel ''s mast sitting in the water with the boat in about 8 ft of water due to the swing keels wire snapping and the keel punching a hole in the trunk. That was a scene from my boat club a few years ago. Since then, I have been very wary of swing keel boats. I''m not saying that the Catalina 22 isn''t a bad boat. And with proper maintanence the keel wire should be fine. My best friend sails one and he loves it. But personally, I would avoid swing keel boats

just my $.02