About This Transcription & Attribution

What this is

This site is an unofficial, volunteer transcription of the Catalina 310 Owner's Manual (revision dated 5/1/00), made for the benefit of Catalina 310 owners. Catalina Yachts stopped producing the manual, and printed copies are getting harder to find. The goal is to keep the information searchable and available to the people who sail and maintain these boats.

This site is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Catalina Yachts or its successors. "Catalina" and "Catalina Yachts" are trademarks of their respective owners and are used here only to identify the boat and the manual.

Source and copyright

• Original work: Catalina 310 Owner's Manual, revision dated 5/1/00, © Catalina Yachts. All rights in the original manual belong to its copyright holder.
• Drawings and diagrams: The illustrations in the original manual are marked proprietary to Catalina Yachts. They are reproduced here as they appear in the original.
• Third-party material: The lightning-protection text in the manual is © 1996 ABYC (American Boat & Yacht Council) and is reproduced as it appears in the manual. For current ABYC standards, consult ABYC directly (abycinc.org).
• This transcription: The text on this site was retyped and formatted by Andrew Bredow. This is a copy of the original author's text, not new content, and I claim no ownership of the manual's content.

Accuracy and safety

Transcription errors are possible, and this site may not reflect later changes, owner modifications, or updates made after the manual's revision date.

• Check anything that matters against your own boat, especially anything involving electrical systems, the engine and fuel system, gas or propane, rigging, or through-hulls.
• Where this site differs from a printed original, the printed original controls.
• This site is provided for reference only, "as is", without warranty of any kind. It is no substitute for a qualified marine surveyor, mechanic, rigger or electrician, or for current applicable standards.

Corrections

If you spot a typo, a missing section or a mismatch with your printed copy, I'd like to fix it. Please email catalina310@andrewbredow.com and include the section or page number and, if you can, a photo of the original. Corrections that change the meaning of the text are noted in the revision log below.

Rights holders: contact and takedown

If you hold rights to any of this material and want it removed, changed or credited differently, please email catalina310@andrewbredow.com. I'll respond promptly and act in good faith, and I'm glad to add credit or links you'd like.

Revision log