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S/V Catherine is a Lagoon Marina, Cole Bay, Sint Maarten (Dutch Part) based 1982 C&C 43 Landfall For Sale By Broker. Responses to inquiries may come from a broker who is representing the owner as a fiduciary. This owner requires financial settlement only. No trades.
“Catherine” is a robustly built, fully operational centre cockpit cruiser with many successful cruising miles under her keel. She is available sailaway, ready in the water, for immediate sale. She has been safely sailed and has been home to a full‑time cruising family, and is owned by a marine professional who works on offshore tugs in the Mid‑Atlantic region of the U.S. coast.
Features
- Strong Construction: C&C was known for building quality, reinforced hulls, making the Landfall 43 a durable boat.
- Spacious Interior: It has a large aft stateroom, a full head with a separate shower, and generous living space, including 6'2" of headroom.
- Good Storage: The boat provides plenty of storage throughout, including lockers, drawers, and a large water and fuel capacity.
- Good Sailing Performance: It's described as a fast cruiser that handles well, with owners noting good speeds even in lighter winds.
- Comfortable for Cruising: The center cockpit design and overall layout make it well-suited for liveaboard cruising.
Specifications
| Name | S/V Catherine |
| Make | C&C |
| Model | 43 Landfall |
| Year | 1982 |
| Type | Monohull Sailboat |
| Builder | C&C |
| Designer | Robert W. Ball |
| Construction | Fiberglass |
| Cabins | 2 |
| Heads | 2 |
| Galley | Port |
Dimensions
| Loa | 43ft / 13.11m |
| Lwl | 38ft / 11.58m |
| Beam | 12ft 6in / 3.81m |
| Draft | 5ft 6in / 1.68m |
| Mast Height | 54ft 0in |
Tankage
| Fuel Tanks | 70 gallons |
| Water Tanks | 144 gallons |
Performance
| Engines | 0HP Perkins 4.154 1981 |
| Engine Hours | 2500 |
| Displacement | 24600 lbs |
| Sails | Yankee #3 jib, 115% genoa, mainsail (full battens, double reef), storm jib, Furlex 300S roller furling |
Layout Diagram
Inventory
Overview
- Name: "Catherine"
- Type: Center cockpit cruiser, fully operational, sailaway ready in the water
- Condition: Robustly built with many cruising miles; lived aboard by a full-time cruising family
- Ownership: Owned by a marine professional working offshore tugs in the Mid-Atlantic US
Accommodation
- Access to aft cabin via companionway from cockpit or interior passageway with full standing headroom
- Aft cabin: large, centerline double berth, hanging locker, additional lockers, private head with shower
- Ventilation and light in aft cabin: 4 opening ports and 1 opening hatch
- Passageway forward: workbench outboard (optionally two sea berths) and engine access inboard
- Saloon layout: galley to port, navigation station just aft of galley
- Saloon galley: large U-shaped galley with refrigerator, double stainless-steel sinks, row of drawers, hidden built-in disposal basket, dry locker, three-burner propane stove with oven
- Saloon dinette: U-shaped dinette converts to double berth; settee across from dinette
- Storage: 6 lockers behind settees
- Forward head: accessible from saloon or forecabin
- Forward cabin: double berth with lockers, hanging lockers, and other storage
- Forward ventilation: 6 opening ports, 5 opening hatches, and 2 dorade boxes
Additional Accommodation Details
- V-berth: large full, sleeps 2
- Forward washroom: sink and day shower with sump basin
- Starboard sea berths: two single bunks
- Aft stateroom: large full, sleeps 2
- Dinette: converts to large full, sleeps 2, seats 6
- Aft head: full shower, accessible via aft stateroom and saloon
- Starboard settee: sleeps 1, seats 3
Total Berths
- Without dinette conversion: 6
- Maximum capacity: 9
Interior Comforts and Amenities
- Ample storage throughout (slider type)
- Fire extinguisher(s)
- First aid kit
Galley
- Stove: one 3-burner gimbaled Princess with oven, propane (stove stored in aft deck locker)
- Stainless double sink
- Large drop fridge with Isotherm evaporator and manual Whale pump
- Ample storage drawers and lockers
- Built-in disposal basket (hidden)
- Dry locker
Electronics and Navigation
- Ritchie B2 compass
- Hawk fathometer
- Raymarine ST4000 wheel pilot
- Standard Horizon GX2150 VHF with RAM3 remote (AIS receive)
- Two Garmin 172C plotters (Caribbean, NE US, Europe charts)
- One Garmin handheld GPS
- NASA man-overboard alarm with three FOBs
- Personal locator beacon (PLB)
- Handheld searchlight
Electrical Systems
- Shore power: Marinetech 12V DC and 120V AC system, 30 Amp
- Batteries: two Group 4D (AGM), one Group 27 (wet)
- Cutout electrical switches: two
- 120V AC battery charger: Quick SBC700 NRG, 3-bank, 60 Amp
- Engine alternator: 80 Amp Bowmar
- Solar: 360W stern-rail mounted array
- Charge controller: Blue Sea Systems
- Inverter: 1750W
- Wiring: multi-strand plastic-coated copper
- Shore power cables: two 50' with adapters
Deck and Hull Equipment
- Anchor: one 65 lb Lewmar Claw anchor with 60' 3/8" chain and 200' 3/4" 3-strand nylon rode
- Anchoring gear: manual Lunenburg windlass and dual bow anchor roller
- Bimini top and dodger, 5'11" clearance
- New cockpit cushions
- Navigation lights: running, anchor, steaming, spreader
- Four fenders
- Full complement of dock lines
- Stainless bow pulpit and stainless stern rails
- Aluminum stanchions with Amsteel lifelines
- Deck washdown system
- Two propane lockers (stern)
- Large deck locker/storage and washdown (port side aft)
Sails and Rigging
- Yankee #3 jib: Victory Sails, slab reef to storm jib, good condition (2014)
- Genoa: 115%, North, with leech lines, good condition
- Main sail: Eggers, double reef, full battens, leech line, fair condition
- Roller furling: Furlex 300S roller furling system led to cockpit through jam cleat
- Mast: Selden mast, keel-stepped, single spreader
- Standing rigging: 1/2" wire forestay, backstay, and cap shrouds; 7/16" forward and aft shrouds
- Chainplates: through-deck, 1/2" stainless bolted to 1" G4 composite gussets (all)
- Whisker pole
- Bosun's chair (West Marine saddle)
- Winches: two Barient 32 self-tailing (jib sheets), two Barient 22 (jib halyard/spare), one Lesmar 30 self-tailing (main)
Mechanical Equipment
- Perkins diesel engine, rebuilt 2011, 2500 hours on rebuild
- New high-pressure pump and injector set installed 2018
- Borg Warner Velvet Drive: 2.57:1 reduction
- Bilge pumps: one 2000 gph auto/manual bilge pump; Whale emergency bilge pump at helm
- Steering: Wagner B1 helm pump/hydraulic steering (5 turns / 7:1)
- Emergency tiller
- Bilge blower
Safety Equipment
- Four Type I offshore personal flotation devices (PFDs)
- Four youth Type II PFDs
- Four Type V PFDs
- Lifesling
- Two quick-release offshore tethers (Wagner)
- Fire extinguishers: one 7 lb B/C, one 5 lb B/C, one galley spray-can type
Engine Info
- Auxiliary engine described as very solid and reliable
- Clean, no fluid issues, and well maintained
Tankage
- Fuel: one 70 US gallon stainless tank
- Water (all stainless): forward tank 120 US gallons, port tank 24 US gallons
Owners Comments and Boat History
- Design: Landfall 43 hybrid design; 154 built; hull said to be based on Morgan 42 molds with C&C sail plan and interior
- Handling: skeg-hung rudder and modified fin keel give excellent handling on all points of sail
- Rigging and reefing: rigging simple, reefing effected at the mast
- Steering: hydraulic steering for durability and comfort
- Center cockpit: dual egress to salon and aft cabin, elevated visibility
- Owners: lived aboard for 12 years sailing between Northeast US and Caribbean; sailed extensively 2013–2019; hauled during hurricane seasons beginning 2019
- 2018 maintenance: hull repairs supervised by Gold Coast Yachts (minor balsa-core water intrusion aft due to failed thru-hull); hull stiffening and gusseting added; rudder shipped, stripped, and barrier coated
- Hull and mast paint: hull painted 2023 with Petit hardener; mast stepped and painted 2020
- Rigging and winch maintenance: rigging inspected at least yearly and oiled semi-annually; winches maintained at least yearly
- Deck re-painted in 2024; brightwork maintained
- Engine maintenance: head removed and planed 2018, reinstalled with new top-end gasket set; oil changes every 150 hours or less
Disclaimer
- Vessel details offered in good faith but accuracy and condition not guaranteed or warranted
- Buyer should instruct agents or surveyors to validate desired details
- Vessel offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice
Listing
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