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Originally Posted by sv Stella Maris
I agree that the old Catana line is solid. That said, at over 20 years old, anyone that thinks the superstructure doesn’t need attention and maintenance is kicking the can down the road. The yard I’m at has half a dozen Leopards and more than that Balance cats all getting major cross-beam reinforcing done. The 431 is low volume and not prey to the same failings, but old plastic bots need love too…especially ones that can sail relatively quickly.
$40k would be too high for a 431, but I was thinking a larger boat. That said, new diamond rig, plus yard time and crane, and yard pricing, and running rigging, and a reaching sail, and the reaching sail’s furling system, and and and…those “and’s” add up is all I’m saying.
I just splashed a few days ago, all of ZERO people I spoke with spent thousands less than anticipated that came for legitimate work…that’s boats.
But it is a Buyer’s market, and I’d love to sail that 431 ;-)
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Fully agree, need
maintenance and the one of my buddy had 200k put in the last 5 years by former owner.
A 431 can sail a lot just with genua and main, 2x 1000Euro downwind round sail (8 and 11m) and a big
code zero that does 50 till 150 is all you need as sail wardrobe on a 431.
Sure replace the crossmember bolts plus the mounting bracket, put 2 or 3 layers kevlar on to re-enforce the area and a big 5mm thick SS chainplate installed and that's done...had that done on my
Lavezzi which was in total 1200Euro incl. the rig work and 431 is actually less effort as easier to reach, mounting bracket much easier to take off and more even in the crossmember area. My buddy gets this done on the 431 as well as by recommendation of the same
surveyor that recommended to do it on mine too. Bolts didn't look too good with slight
corrosion damage on the 431, so just do it right and complete.Cheap effective
insurance that won't be a problem in the next 10-20 years in this high stress area.
Do you know why
catana actually painted all
aluminum hardware, that's always a major thing on every catana I checked for him that all that
parts had slight
corrosion damage and need regular repainting. My
Lavezzi is 2005 build and alu crossmember plus mounting brackets are absolutely fine just anodized and that's mass production made to
money while old catana is high-end where best was just good enough.