True Love

2004 Catalina 400 MKII

Length
12 m/40 ft

monohull

motorsailor

Description

What's there to say. It's my home. Here's some highlights: Sails: 100 jib, 130/160 genoa, spinnaker, battened main w/ 2 reefs. Power generation: solar, towed, diesel engine alternator, gas generator. Water: 100+5 gallons (2 tanks + jerry), spectra 150 watermaker, backup hand pump. Fuel: 40+20 gallons (tank + jerry), 600 mile range under good conditions. Heat: diesel heater, engine exchange; hot water via inverter, engine or diesel heater. Other: radar, electric autopilot, will use sat phone for weather/grib downloads.

Additional details

Emergency: series drogue, 4 person offshore raft, katadyn survivor 35. Comms: sat phone, sat tracker, vhf onboard and hand held, walkies, epirb. The boat website link is old. It's actually the sale listing from when I bought it, so doesn't depict changes I've made since then but has a very good description of all rigging.