01 What Coachmen Catalina is
Catalina is Coachmen's high-volume value travel-trailer family — one of the most cross-shopped, most-owned affordable nameplates in North America. It spans five sub-lines: the lighter Summit Series 7 for the smallest tow vehicles, the mainstream Summit Series 8, the full-feature Legacy Edition, the Trail Blazer toy haulers and the Destination park trailers. Together they cover roughly nineteen to forty-five feet and sleep anywhere from two to ten, competing head-on with Keystone's value stack, Forest River's own Salem and Wildwood lines, Jayco's Jay Flight and the Coleman family.
The two volume tiers are the Summit Series 8 and the Legacy Edition. Summit Series 8 is the mainstream value tier — metal-sided, well-equipped and aggressively priced, with bunkhouses, couples' coaches and rear-living plans. The Legacy Edition shares Summit's chassis and core amenities but layers on the finishes that justify the step up: solid-surface kitchen counters, upgraded aluminum wheels, washer/dryer prep, larger awnings, full outside camp kitchens and available BAL automatic leveling. Many Legacy plans add a 30-inch fireplace, power theater seating or a residential french-door refrigerator depending on floorplan.
Construction is a metal-sided value build: a Norco electromagnetic powder-coated cambered steel I-beam frame with full-length outriggers, a 5/8-inch tongue-and-groove StableDeck floor, a Platinum .024-inch aluminum exterior with a smooth aluminum radius front, and a seamless Alpha roof membrane with a lifetime warranty. Standard equipment is full 12-volt residential across the line — a GE 10.7-cubic-foot 12V refrigerator, a GE 60,000-BTU tankless water heater, a GE 13,500-BTU ducted air conditioner with a heat pump, JBL Aura audio, 4000-lumen LED lighting and a 600-watt solar prep. The result is one of the best-value ways into a fully-featured family trailer, with a clear ladder from the light Summit 7 up to the triple-slide Legacy flagship.
02 Floorplans profiled in depth
Twenty representative Catalina floorplans — spanning the Summit 8 and Legacy Edition tiers from a light no-slide bunk coach to the triple-slide Legacy flagship — are profiled in full with factory-verified specifications. They cover the line's lightest-payload value bunk plans, the Summit 8 rear-living couples coach, the no-slide and slide Summit 8 family bunkhouses, the Legacy rear-bath, front-kitchen and rear-kitchen couples coaches, the fan-favorite dual-entry Legacy bunkhouse, the dual-entry and private quad-bunk plans, the private-bunkhouse and bunk-room family coaches, the rear-living triple-slide coach, the residential french-door flagship, the bunk-dorm family coach and the bunk-room flagship. The rest of the roster is catalogued below and profiled in demand order as the catalog expands.
| Floorplan | UVW | Length | Sleeps | Layout | Selling* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 211BH | 4,647 lbs | 25' 11" | 6 | Summit 8 · no-slide bunk entry, front queen, biggest payload | ~$25,000 |
| 221EPIC | 4,810 lbs | 25' 11" | 4 | Summit 8 · front-bed couples, no slide, biggest payload | ~$25,000 |
| 231MKS | 5,706 lbs | 28' 2" | 4 | Summit 8 · rear-living U-dinette couples, power theater seating | ~$26,000 |
| 231BHS | 5,872 lbs | 28' 4" | 8 | Summit 8 · compact bunkhouse + slide, U-dinette, outside kitchen | ~$27,000 |
| 261BH | 5,018 lbs | 29' 4" | 8 | Summit 8 · no-slide family bunkhouse, front queen, rear bunks | ~$25,000 |
| 243RBS | 6,658 lbs | 29' 10" | 6 | Legacy · rear-bath couples coach, super slide, outside kitchen | ~$29,000 |
| 263FKDS | 6,869 lbs | 30' 0" | 4 | Legacy · front-kitchen couples, dual entry, outside kitchen | ~$31,000 |
| 261BHS | 6,098 lbs | 30' 5" | 8 | Summit 8 · family bunkhouse, living slide, outside kitchen | ~$27,600 |
| 263BHSCK | 7,120 lbs | 32' 2" | 8 | Legacy · dual-entry double-over-double bunks + outside kitchen | ~$31,000 |
| 283RKS | 7,236 lbs | 33' 2" | 4 | Legacy · rear-kitchen couples coach, 21' awning | ~$31,500 |
| 273DBHCK | 7,348 lbs | 33' 6" | 8 | Legacy · dual-entry double bunk, fireplace, camp kitchen | ~$32,700 |
| 293QBCK | 7,264 lbs | 33' 8" | 6 | Legacy · private quad-bunk room, XL U-dinette, camp kitchen | ~$32,500 |
| 313RLTS | 8,968 lbs | 36' 0" | 4 | Legacy · rear-living triple-slide, theater seating, W/D prep | ~$37,500 |
| 293TQBSCK | 7,868 lbs | 36' 1" | 10 | Legacy · private bunkhouse + dual entry + outside kitchen | ~$37,000 |
| 281QBUNK | 7,390 lbs | 36' 2" | 10 | Summit 8 · big bunkhouse, U-dinette, full camp kitchen | ~$30,000 |
| 323BHDSCK | 8,326 lbs | 36' 2" | 9 | Legacy · bunk-room family coach + 2 slides + camp kitchen | ~$38,500 |
| 303RKDS | 8,234 lbs | 36' 5" | 4 | Legacy · rear-kitchen, bedroom fireplace, 50A + W/D prep | ~$36,500 |
| 323MAZE | 9,130 lbs | 37' 0" | 4 | Legacy · residential french-door 16.4cf fridge, triple slide | ~$48,000 |
| 333DORM | 8,958 lbs | 37' 11" | 6 | Legacy · rear bunk-dorm suite + front bedroom, biggest CCC | ~$38,500 |
| 343BHTS | 8,936 lbs | 38' 1" | 10 | Legacy · triple-slide bunk-room flagship, master suite, W/D prep | ~$38,000 |
Unloaded vehicle weights (UVW), GVWR, cargo-carrying capacities, hitch weights, lengths and tanks for profiled plans are verified against the Coachmen factory floorplan records (2026 model year); GVWR is published directly by the manufacturer (no derivation). UVW is a factory estimate based on standard build, and option packages affect final weights. The selling price is a representative dealer-typical figure and is flagged (*) — Forest River publishes no single fixed MSRP, dealer MSRP placards run much higher, and 2026 selling prices on these value trailers commonly run from the mid-$20,000s to the high-$30,000s. Always confirm against the unit's own weight sticker.
03 The rest of the 2026 Catalina range
The Catalina roster is broad and tiered. Below are the additional verified 2026 floorplans by sub-line, each profiled in demand order as the catalog grows. The first group is the mainstream metal-sided Summit Series 8; the second is the full-feature Legacy Edition. The lighter Summit Series 7, the Trail Blazer toy haulers and the Destination park trailers are summarized in the line notes. All weights are factory UVW.
Summit Series 8 — mainstream value
| Floorplan | Length | UVW | Configuration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 271DBS | 33' 5" | 6,299 lbs | Double-bunk + slide, camp kitchen (dealer-stock) |
| 221MKE | 25' 11" | 5,550 lbs | Front bedroom, rear bath, mid-kitchen (dealer-stock) |
Legacy Edition — full-feature
| Floorplan | Length | UVW | Configuration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 283RNR | -- | TBD* | Rear non-self-contained / rear range (weight not yet published) |
| 333DBDSCK | -- | TBD* | Double-bunk + dinette slide, camp kitchen (weight not yet published) |
A reference list of additional verified 2026 Catalina floorplans; lengths and weights are the factory-published values and configurations summarize the layout. Two Legacy plans (283RNR, 333DBDSCK) appear on the factory floorplan list with weight not yet published — flagged TBD* and deferred from profiling on the no-fabrication rule until a shipping weight is posted. (The 323BHDS catalogued previously now publishes a full weight as 323BHDSCK and appears with figures above.) Summit Series 7, Trail Blazer toy-hauler and Destination park-trailer plans are summarized in the line notes below.
04 Line notes & data flags
Construction: metal-sided steel-frame value build
Catalina trailers are built on a Norco electromagnetic powder-coated cambered steel I-beam frame with full-length outriggers, a 5/8-inch StableDeck floor, a Platinum .024-inch aluminum (metal-sided) exterior with a smooth radius front and a seamless Alpha roof membrane — a well-built value coach, distinct from the laminated-aluminum construction of premium-mainstream lines such as Coachmen's own Apex Ultra-Lite and the value laminate Freedom Express. Construction figures on the model pages follow the factory feature lists.
GVWR is published directly — no derivation
Unlike Forest River's Salem, Grey Wolf and FSX value lines (where GVWR must be derived), Coachmen publishes GVWR directly on every Catalina floorplan page alongside UVW, CCC and hitch weight. The published GVWR equals UVW plus CCC on every profiled plan, so the figures are internally consistent and shown without an asterisk. Unloaded vehicle weight is a factory estimate based on standard build.
Two volume tiers: Summit 8 vs Legacy Edition
Summit Series 8 is the mainstream metal-sided value tier. Legacy Edition shares Summit's chassis and core amenities but adds solid-surface kitchen counters, upgraded aluminum wheels, washer/dryer prep, larger awnings, full outside camp kitchens and available BAL auto-leveling — the features that justify the price step. The model pages note which tier each plan belongs to.
Other sub-lines: Summit 7, Trail Blazer, Destination
Beyond the two volume tiers, Catalina includes the lighter Summit Series 7 for small tow vehicles (154RDX at roughly 3,000–3,200 lb and 19 feet, 164BHX bunk, 194RBS), the Trail Blazer toy haulers (26TH at about 5,486 lb with an 11-foot-6 garage, plus 27THS/28THS/29THS) and the Destination park trailers (35FME, 39MKTS, 40BHTS, 42CONDO, 43CONDO, from roughly 10,700 to 12,900 lb and 40 to 45 feet). These are summarized here and profiled in demand order as the catalog grows.
Selling price runs well below the placard — flagged
Forest River publishes no single fixed MSRP. Dealer MSRP placards on Catalina plans run high — commonly $40,000 to the mid-$50,000s on the larger coaches — while 2026 selling prices run far lower, often the mid-$20,000s to high-$30,000s. The model pages show a representative dealer-typical selling figure with an asterisk; the value story is the gap between placard and street price.
Two 2026 Legacy plans publish no weight yet
The 283RNR and the 333DBDSCK appear on the 2026 floorplan list but with weight not yet published. They are catalogued with a TBD flag and deferred from full profiling on the no-fabrication rule until Coachmen posts a shipping weight and cargo capacity. They are not estimated.