CATALINA 310  

Catalina 310 IMMACULATE CRUISER
Ready to sail away and in fantastic condition.

Stand Out Features:
Universal M25XPB 25HP Diesel Inboard Motor only 333 hours.
Victron Battery Monitoring System - iphone/android app for easy monitoring.
Raytheon autopilot, depth, speed and wind gauges.
Dark tinted single piece perspex companionway hatch.
Gas BBQ and stove/oven.
Fridge/freezer.
2 queen berths.
Internal and external speaker system.
Full set of fitted cockpit and princess seat vinyl seat cushions.
Headsail with UV weather protective border on roller furler.
Electric windlass.
Antifoul hull every year.
Shower on swim platform.
Plenty of spares and some tools.

Recent upgrades/work:
2018 Standing rigging replaced.
2022 New EPIRB and flares all in date.
2022 New 2x 160 watt solar panels installed on custom built frame over Bimini.
2022 New Schaefer headsail roller furler drum.
2022 LED lights installed throughout.
2022 New shaft and PSS seal.
2022 New 12v 160Ah deep cycle battery.
2022 New custom fitted Lazy Jack Rolly Tasker Boom Bag.
2023 New GME G-COM VHF radio and GME Bluetooth AM/FM radio.
2023 Antifoul and low side cut/polish.
2024 Boat hull cleaned by diver in September.
2024 Engine serviced in October.
Receipts available for all maintenance/purchases.

Details:
Harbour cruising only, no racing. This boat has only been used for champagne sailing with friends and family. She is in great condition and has been very well looked after. Ideal for a family and can easily accommodate 8 people comfortably in the cockpit. One main sail and one genoa. Engine serviced every year with very low hours. Very solid and well built boat, just look up the Catalina story and it speaks for its self. Very reluctant sale, but I'm just not using it enough to justify keeping her.

Note:
Mooring available for the boat at Little Sirius Cove. There is currently no one on the waitlist which means NSW Maritime will allow a transfer of mooring with the vessel to a new owner. Mooring is closer to shore on the western side of the cove. Mooring apparatus was purchased new in 2022.

More About The Catalina 310:
The 310 is built of solid, hand-laid fibreglass. The deck has a plywood core and is bonded and through-bolted to the hull. Both the hull and deck are reinforced by liners bonded into place. Further rigidity comes from the yacht's interior moulded liner, chainplates that terminate at the knees and are through-bolted, and deck-stepped mast.

Below the waterline, transverse ribs provide strength and somewhere for the lead fin keel to hang.

Fitted with what Catalina terms an offshore capable rig - comprising double spreaders, with fore and aft lower shrouds, a solid vang, fully-battened mainsail, with two reefing points, and roller-furling headsail as standard - the boat can be powered up or down in a short space of time. The mast is, in fact, the same stick as a Catalina 320, but just 150mm shorter.

The way Catalina puts it, the 310 can host eight for drinks, six for club races and four for dinner by the waterfront. Moreover, it can provide a couple with big-boat comforts in a package that's easily driven and slotted into a marina berth.

On the social side, despite its modest waterline length, the 310 has a big cockpit with loads of deck space and plenty of seats. The coamings are rounded and the cabin top comfortable to rest against, with great views for those riding shotgun on the pushpit seats behind the skipper.
Underway and during tacks, the cockpit remains uncluttered thanks to the traveller and clutches being mounted on the cabin top. The yacht comes standard with wheel steering - an 81cm wheel that doesn't crowd the cockpit - and a big-boat binnacle on which instrumentation can be mounted right where the skipper can see it.

And if you're cruising as a couple, the location of the primary, two-speed self-tailing winches for the genoa make single-handed tacks a snap. These Lewmar winches are right alongside the skipper.

With the shrouds mounted inboard and nice, wide flat decks leading forward, the foredeck is never far away. Backed by high lifelines, cabin-top handrails and a greedy grade of non-skid, the foredeck contains a useful anchor locker and electric anchor winch.

At rest, a wide walk-though transom with a boarding platform, fold-down swim ladder and freshwater deck shower will come in handy during summer, as will the outdoor lunch table around which a crew of six can sit.
For forays to the shore, you'll praise the boat's storage capacity. Among the big lockers is the portside designed to house an inflatable, with room for the outboard on a stern bracket. There is also a separate locker for the gas bottle