UPSCALING
Although CATALINA SUNSHINE was equipped with two 800 hp 3406E commercial grade caterpillar engines at the factory, she is the only 64’ Grand Alaskan with these large engines. Cruising at 9 to 10 kts, she operates at 50% of capacity giving her large engines more life plus a higher top end speed of 19 kts when needed to evade pirates and storms).
Both main engines were overhauled in the boat, at the beginning of
2011. With her vigorous open checkbook maintenance and the skilled helmsmanship of her owners, CATALINA SUNSHINE is still young and ready for her next passage.
Catalina Sunshine’s original equipment also included larger stabilizers than those put on any other 64’ Grand Alaskan. The size of her stabilizers, along with her deep entry bow and full keel, provide an extraordinarily comfortable ride at all points of sail. The original equipment included a fuel polishing system with the ability to transfer the polished fuel between the four tanks on the boat.
The original equipment also included two hydraulic pumps attached to the power take off connections on the Twin Disc marine transmissions, one redundant, each is capable of powering the hydraulic bow thruster, the hydraulic stabilizers, the hydraulic windless, plus a large hydraulic engine room bilge pump (the engine room has three bilge pumps, two redundant, the large hydraulic pump, an electric pump, and a manual pump). Original equipment, and this sale, also includes a spare set of props.
Other upscaling included:
- Replacing the undersized original exhaust system to properly accommodate the 800 hp 3406E Caterpillar engines in 2011
- Adding a Side Power electric stern thruster with its own electric battery bank and charger, including a stainless steel crash rail in 2022
- Building and installing a one off large highly finished fiberglass flybridge cover built by Hutchins Marine boat building yard in Jacksonville Florida in 2013
- Upgrading to a high end Rendova dinghy and subsequently adding a support system to remove the load imposed on the aft deck fiberglass cover by the large 14’ Rendova RIB dinghy loaded with equipment (including working lights and VHF antenna on a stainless-steel arch and stainless-steel center bench supports that triples as a swim ladder and rack to carry diving tanks). This upscaling of the aft deck cover included a support system adding two 8’ long by 6” aluminum powder coated beams welded to a ½” aluminum plate with the dinghy supports attached, this work was done in 2019
- Rebuilding the forward deck between the hulls under the Maxwell windless, removing all core material and reconstructing with solid fiberglass including adding a new solid fiberglass bulkhead between hulls at the aft end of the chain locker to adequately resist loads imposed by frequent use of the windless with its upscaled ½”chain rode and upscaled 132 pound Ultra anchor. This work was done in 2022
- Removing all core material upgrading to solid fiberglass behind five upgraded new high strength stainless steel bollards cleats and two existing high strength bollards cleats, to upgrade cleats to handle full hurricane winds and seas. This work was performed 2021 and 2022
- Include a world wide AIS class B system integrated into chart plotter and radar showing relative location of all ships and other vessels within range on both chart plotter and radar screens, and additionally tracking CATALINA SUNSHINE’s location world wide, this work was performed in 2015
- Adding the newest technology in the Iridium satellite phone, with world wide coverage in 2022
- Adding a redundant second salt water electric cooling pump for the stabilizers, bow thruster, and windless (primary salt water pump is hydraulic) in 2023
- Upgrading to second redundant B&G radar in 2013 which was again upgraded in 2021
- Upgrading three swim step stainless rails to two and a half inch diameter rails, adding supports to the aft swim step rails for two custom davits to hold a second 8’ dinghy for beach landings (davits included in sale but second dinghy is not), rod holders and a carbon fiber boarding ramp for Mediterranean mooring common in the Caribbean, work performed in 2015
- Stainless steel ladder added with dual purpose of being able to climb from pilothouse roof to the top of the new fly bridge cover and alternatively, to climb up to carbon fiber Mediterranean boarding ramp, work done in 2015
- Adding a blocks and tackle with pad eyes added to lower radar arch and top of new fiberglass fly bridge cover, to get under fixed bridges for the Great Loop and the Down East loop, work done in 2017
- Adding rocker stopper system with two 15’ booms with block and tackle used by current owners for down island anchoring on the lea side of small islands with a rap around surge perpendicular to the wind, work done in 2014
- Upgraded primary chain rode (CATALINA SUNSHINE includes two stainless steel anchors) to high strength ½” chain with 400 feet of rode; upgrading primary anchor to a 132 lb Ultra stainless steel anchor to accommodate full hurricane winds, work done in 2015
- Upscaling to a 7/8” nylon bridle with snubbers, on both sides of the bridle, with attachment to two of the high strength bollards fastened to the upgraded fully fiberglassed deck discussed above, work done in 2014
- Upgraded the master stateroom with 40” flatscreen television and rebuilding existing cabinets where tube television was removed, to include new hidden safe and entertainment system components all in high level teak cabinetry built by Hutchins Marine boat building yard in 2015
- Relocating all engine room strainers to each side of the passageway between the engines, to place them where they can be easily inspected and maintained, work performed in 2018
- Upscaled to Miele stainless steel clothing washer and separate dryer in 2015
- Upscaled 1,500 lb hydraulic crane to add a larger fluid tank to better accommodate the very frequent use of the crane while extended cruising, work performed in 2018
- Upscaled to add Flir thermal night vision camera with integrated display in pilothouse and fly bridge in 2016
- Rebuilding and upgrading engine room components of the HeadHunter fresh water and sanitary sewer system to include new 24 volt DC redundant back-up pump to the main AC Pump, new gauges, new water lines, valves and replace old expansion tank in 2014
- Adding an upgraded four filter freshwater purification system, connected to the ice maker and two separate faucets one in galley and one in master head in 2015
- Upscaled to canvas sunshade with two stainless steel posts supported from rod holders on stainless steel rails at swim step, work done in 2021
- Upscale to an automatic generator starting system for anchoring extended period instead 2016
- Removed track system for fender attachment and upscaled to leather and sheep skin Fender Hooks with jam cleats which attach to the teak rails, work done in 2011
- Upscaled to heavy duty stamoid Rendova cover in 2020
- Added two marine grade folding electric bikes with a custom design and fabricated cushioned Stamoid weather tight bike bags in 2015
- Add parachute sea anchor in 2016
- Upscaled to fiberglass propane tanks in 2017
- Upscaled to on-board plumbed water softener in 2016
HISTORY
CATALINA SUNSHINE was purchased by one of its current owners in 2010. This current owner, is a retired Navy Captain, has a USCG Captains License, has a master's degree in civil engineering with structural emphasis from MIT, is a licensed architect, and founded what became a large design and build construction company, under his leadership. In addition, he directly managed the design and build of two other boats of the 9 total he has owned, one a 49-passenger vessel Coast Guard certified for daily transport between Orange County California and Catalina Island, a 26-mile open ocean passage. It’s this skilled hands-on leadership that managed the upscaling of CATALINA SUNSHINE to a true passage maker, with the highest-quality systems and finishes. Home-ported in southeast Florida (the large boat capital in the U.S.) under the same owner for the last 14 years, CATALINA SUNSHINE has benefited from developing a long list of highly skilled manufacturer certified technicians who know the boat inside and out.
DISCLAIMER
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
