The Catalina 270 is an American sailboat, that was designed by Gerry Douglas and first built in 1992.

[1][4][5] The Catalina 270 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass.

It has a masthead sloop rig, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder and a fixed fin keel.

[1][2][4] The boat has a draft of 5.00 ft (1.52 m) with the standard keel and 3.5 ft (1.1 m) with the optional shoal draft wing keel.

[2][4] The boat is supported by an active class club, the Catalina 27-270 Association.