Category Archives: Exterior Features

Features of this beautiful 1989 Catalina C34 for sale.

Stern Rail Seats and Speakers

Posted on February 26, 2011 | Leave a comment

The Best Seats in the House!

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Great sound and a comfy seat

  • Zarcor stern rail seats and rail cushions
  • Bose cockpit speakers new in 2010 in Navpod mounts under stern rail seats

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Posted in Cockpit, Exterior Features

Cockpit Table & Companionway Doors

Posted on February 26, 2011 | Leave a comment

Lovingly Restored Woodwork

Folds open for cockpit dining

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  • Original teak cockpit table has been restored and sealed.
  • Companionway doors restored, glass replaced, and fitted with fleece  storage bags
  • Teak hatch boards also restored

    Easy access to cabin below

    Lovingly restored

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Dodger, Bimini & Connector

Posted on February 26, 2011 | Leave a comment

Protected from the Weather

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With Strataglass covers & connector

  • Boat Tailors bimini, dodger, connector and stainless steel frames all new in 2009
  • Pacific Blue – matches all other canvas
  • Includes covers to protect Strataglass

    Ready to Sail!!

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Posted in Cockpit, Exterior Features

Cockpit Cushions, Winch Covers and Halyard Bags

Posted on February 26, 2011 | Leave a comment

Stylish Comfort and Organization

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Tidy storage in custom sheet bags

  • Custom closed-cell cockpit cushions – new 2009 (won’t absorb water – and they float!)
  • Custom cockpit cushion covers (water flows through mesh fabric – doesn’t soak in) new 2010
  • Custom halyard bags (detachable) new 2010
  • Custom winch covers
  • Custom wheel cover

    Upgrades for cockpit comfort and safety

    These cushions won't get soaked

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Leather Wheel Wrap & Other Helm Features

Posted on February 26, 2011 | Leave a comment

Set for efficiency and comfort

Your hands stay warm on this wheel

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  • Custom leather-wrapped wheel with cold weather pad
  • Upgraded stainless steel engine control handles 2009
  • Easy view of engine instruments
  • Custom Harken wheel cover  – new 2009

New Stainless Steel Engine Control Handles

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Posted in Exterior Features, Helm

Electronics at Helm

Posted on February 26, 2011 | Leave a comment

All the bells and whistles!

All the bells and whistles!

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  • Raymarine ST60+ wind, speed and depth instruments at helm
  • Garmin 545 chartplotter at helm with XM weather overlay and XM audio

    Quality Instruments

  • Raymarine S1 autopilot with rudder sensor
  • Icom CommandMic III at helm (with DSC and GPS data) connected to new Icom VHF radio in cabin
  • Well placed electronics for clear view forward

    Look! Hull Speed!

XM Weather and Audio Antenna

VHF Mic

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Posted in Exterior Features, Helm

Restored Teak and Topsides

Posted on February 26, 2011 | Leave a comment

“What year is this boat?!”

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Shines like glass

  • She gleams like a much younger boat
  • Topsides restored to like-new condition with Poliglow System
  • All exterior teak finishing stripped, repaired, and sealed with Cetol
  • Tan rubrail replaced with grey rubrail

    Lovingly restored teak finishings

    Gleaming Topsides

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Posted in Exterior Features, Topsides

Folding Prop

Posted on February 26, 2011 | Leave a comment

Faster under sail, nimble in reverse 

Folds for less drag under sail

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  • Flexofold 3 blade prop new in 2010
  • Backs easily – even to starboard
  • Significantly less drag under sail
  • More efficient under power

Under power it pops open for efficient speed

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Posted in Below The Water Line, Exterior Features

Bottom Paint & Winter Storage

Posted on February 26, 2011 | Leave a comment

Years of Maintenance-Free Sailing 

All ready for the winter

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  • Bottom painted with 3 layers of Micron CSC ablative paint
  • Layers alternate in color (blue, black, blue) so that each season’s wear can be monitored.  Still on first coat.
  • Bottom paint should last another 3 -5 seasons
  • Custom Boat Tailors winter cover and frame 2008
  • Mast unstepped, inspected, and stored wrapped each year.

    Wing keel draws just 4' 3"

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Posted in Below The Water Line, Exterior Features

Mast & Standing Rigging

Posted on February 26, 2011 | Leave a comment

Solid and Responsive

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Keel Stepped Tall Rig

  • Keel-stepped mast
  • Tall rig (2 feet taller than standard rig)
  • Tides Marine Strong Track System (easy raising and dropping of mainsail)
  • New ball bearing masthead sheaves 2010
  • New ball bearing mast collar blocks 2009
  • New ball bearing deck organizer sheaves 2009
  • New Forespar turnbuckle covers 2010
  • PVC mast boot new 2009
  • Unstepped and inspected each year
  • Harken Mark II headsail furler
  • 2 flag halyards (new 2010)

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Posted in Exterior Features, Standing Rigging