The Catalac 900 has a sleek and more modern look than the earlier designs. An enclosed helm, hot and cold running water as standard and the fitting of twin diesels with saildrive transmissions as standard, means the engines are now mounted further back in the hulls, allowing for a large lazarette on the starboard side and allowing more accommodation space inboard. They are not renowned for sailing to windward with relatively high leeway but that does not affect their performance off the wind on long passages or even for coastal and creek exploring as many very satisfied owners and sailors have found. This range of boats now has almost legendary status as a cruiser/family sailer. Tom Lack’s Catalac production ended in the mid 1980’s, the company was reformed in the early ’90’s under the new name, Blue Water Catalacs. The old Catalac 9M moulds were sourced and it was put the boat back into production under the new ‘Catalac 900 banner. A major rework of the twenty year old Catalac 9M design, with a sleeker and more modern look, achieved mainly by the removal of the old individual aluminum framed windows and replacing them with sealed full length tinted Perspex ones.