Ok, put a deposit down on one but in less than a couple of months I shall be the proud owner of a 1994
Catalac 900.
My search for a suitable
liveaboard / cruising
boat has covered virtualy all types,
Modern monohulls -
Hunter 380/40.5,
Beneteau 36cc/380
Oceanis
Classic ketches - Colvic Victor 40, etc.
Classic monohulls - Moody 37/40
Multihulls -
Catalac 9m/10m, Prout quest,
Gemini 105m, Dean 365
I'd come to the conclusion that a
catamaran was the ideal package for me, combining light and airy living accomodation, stable
anchoring and ease of handling but up until a week or so ago, I'd virtualy written off the idea as they were either too old (Catalac 9m's, Prouts, etc) or too expensive, (Gemini 105,
Fountaine Pajot, etc).
Then I came accross a fantastic Catalac 900 in the UK. These are basicaly the old Catalc 9m that was built upto the early 80's that were put back into production in the mid 90's. They only made about 25 in total so are pretty rare and combine the old 9m's great layout with a much updated design and spec by replacing the old leaky aluminium windows with modern tinted plastic ones, extended
saloon headroom, fully enclosed
helm, proper pressurised hot
water system and
shower, etc. All this for about half what I've
sold my flybridge for so plenty in the
budget to upgrade for proper cruising.
She's coming out for
survey in June and then a certain regular forum
member here will be helping me deliver her down to southern
Spain so I should have have her by early July, can't wait!!