2026 Catalina 221EPIC

The Catalina Summit Series 8 221EPIC is the lightest plan profiled here and the easiest of the family bunkhouses’ siblings to tow. At 4,810 pounds unloaded with no slide-out, it pairs a front bedroom and a rear bath around an open, picture-window living area in a 25-foot-11 body, so a capable mid-size SUV or any half-ton handles it comfortably. Nominal sleeping is four; a bar-seating option can replace the booth dinette for couples who cook more than they host.

What sets the 221EPIC apart is payload. Its 6,810-pound GVWR over a 4,810-pound unloaded weight leaves roughly 2,000 pounds of cargo capacity — the most generous ratio of any plan on this page — so a couple can carry full water, gear and a loaded pantry without crowding the rating. An 18-foot power awning, the longest among the lighter plans, throws a wide shade. Standard equipment is the same full 12-volt residential package as the rest of the line: a GE 10.7-cubic-foot 12V refrigerator, a 60,000-BTU tankless water heater and a 13,500-BTU ducted air conditioner with a heat pump.

Catalina is a metal-sided value build — a Norco powder-coated steel I-beam frame, a Platinum .024-inch aluminum exterior with a smooth radius front and a seamless Alpha roof membrane — paired with JBL Aura audio and a 600-watt solar prep. The 221EPIC swaps the bigger plans’ residential in-floor ducted heat for a 30,000-BTU furnace with flex-ducted cabinet heat, the usual trade for a lighter, no-slide coach. For couples who want the lightest way into the line with real cargo headroom, it is the value entry.

Coachmen's Catalina is one of the highest-volume value travel-trailer nameplates in North America, spanning several sub-lines: the lighter Summit Series 7, the mainstream Summit Series 8, the full-feature Legacy Edition, the Trail Blazer toy haulers and the Destination park trailers. The 221EPIC on this page is highlighted; the other profiled plans link to their own pages. Profiled here are breadth-spanning Summit 8 and Legacy Edition floorplans — the rest of the roster is catalogued on the line hub and profiled in demand order.

A full 38-gallon fresh tank is about 317 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 16% of the 221EPIC’s 2,000 lb cargo capacity, leaving 1,683 lb (421 lb per rated berth). Across 20 Coachmen Catalina floorplans the water share runs 13% to 24%, and 11 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Coachmen Catalina 211BH at 16% and Coachmen Catalina 231BHS at 17%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).

Closest sibling: the Coachmen Catalina 211BH, nearest on the published figures. It differs on 5 of the 9 fields both publish (this plan first): sleeps 4 vs 6; dry weight 4,810 lb vs 4,647 lb; GVWR 6,810 lb vs 6,647 lb; dry hitch weight 580 lb vs 488 lb; black tank 29 gal vs 30 gal. They match on length, cargo capacity, fresh tank and grey tank.

Either side of it by GVWR: Coachmen Catalina 211BH is 163 lb lighter (6,647 lb GVWR); Coachmen Catalina 231MKS is 396 lb heavier (7,206 lb GVWR).

All 20 Coachmen Catalina floorplans: Coachmen Catalina line hub.

Against the 221EPIC: the Aurora Light 22EPIC is 4 lb lighter and sleeps 1 fewer; the Jay Feather 25RLSL is 10 lb lighter and 4 ft longer and sleeps 2 more; the Jay Flight 260BHW is 10 lb lighter and 4 ft longer and sleeps 6 more.

16 of the 18 fields this catalogue tracks are published for the 221EPIC. Not published: interior height, tire specification.

Values marked with an asterisk are arithmetic on published figures or come from a single source; the flag travels into the downloadable spec sheet.

Sourcing rules: methodology.