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Alex,

I'll be 80 in December.  We've had Aquavite since July 1998 (almost her birthday with us, early July! ).  18 years in SF, cruising and racing, preceded by 11 years with a C25 and four before that with a C22.  Our memorable trip up here in 2016 was followed by fun years cruising the Gulf and San Juan islands.  Many memories, no need for future plans, lots of photos and memories.

Boat is all cleaned out and up.

Yes

1986 Catalina 34  Standard Rig  Fin Keel

$35,000 CAD

Located in Maple Bay Marina, Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Sale by broker, Passage Yachts, (250) 748-5004; see:  https://www.boatdealers.ca/boats-for-sale/588011/catalina-34-duncan-british-columbia/printListing


ENGINE
Universal M25, 3 cylinder, 21hp
Hours - 3750
Prop - 3 blade 15x10

TANKS
Fuel - 25 gallons
Water -72 gallons
Holding - 25 gallons
Water heater - 6 gallon, replaced w/ new Seaward 2013

DECK EQUIPMENT
Anchor - Bruce #16, Rocna #22 10, Chain - 50' 1/4" 2018 Rode - 200' 5/8" 2016
Winches - 2 x self tailing Lewmar 46
Winches - 2 x self tailing Lewmar 30

ELECTRICAL
Inverter/charger - Heart Freedom 15 combination - inverter 1500w, 75A charger Battery monitor - Link 2000 and I/C controller
House Batteries - 3 x Group 31 FLA, 390 amp hours
Start - Group 24 FLA, 60 amp hours
Shore power cords - 2 x 30amp
Solar panel - 11w with 8A controller
LED lighting - saloon and galley

ELECTRONICS/NAVIGATION
Autohelm - Garmin ST3000 auto pilot
VHF - Standard Horizon handheld
VHF - Standard Horizon
GPS - Garmin GPSmap 76Cx handheld
GPS - 300 Magellan handheld
Compass - x 2 S
Stereo - Sony DSX 400BT with bluetooth. Cockpit and saloon speakers

SAILS
SAILS ORIGINAL 
Standing rigging replaced in 2001
Mainsail - Dacron - 2 reefing points, double line reefing, all lines lead aft to sheet stoppers, 4 full battens, harken battCar mainsail system, lazy jacks, standard sail cover with slits for lazy jacks 2
Dacron jibs: 85% and 110% with
Sunbrella covers Jib furling system - ProFurl LCI32 Garhauer rigid vang Adjustable split backstay with Garhauer split and vang Garhauer double deck organizers with upgraded bearings

GALLEY
Stove - 2 burner CNG with oven Stove - Butane 1 burner
Fridge/freezer -Alder Barbour

HEAD
Head - Raritan PHII manual with rebuild kit, fresh water flush with macerator
DINGHY
Zodiac 10'2" Cadet high pressure air floor with I/o carpet, manual foot pump, 120v power dinghy air pump
Outboard - 9.9 Evinrude, short shaft with fuel tank
Dinghy motor hoist
Dinghy towing bridal

OTHER
Muffler, exhaust riser and exhaust hose to transom replaced 2015
Replaced 2" heat exchanger with 3"
Facet fuel lift pump 2020
Life sling
BBQ - Magma Max propane with canister regulator
Cockpit cushions
Dodger and dodger cover
Oil change system
Maintenance records
Manuals
Haul out June 10, 2025
Survey June 2025

Add to Ken's good idea try the 101 Topics.  IIRC, I put my exhaust and muffler tech note link in there, too.

Some skippers have contacted me about the ERROR 404 issue over the course of the last few months.  This happens on the Join page and when trying to access the TNOs.

I wrote to our webmaster who advised me:

Thanks Stu.  Yeah, we get stuff like this from time to time when
people/companies/bots are scanning our site.  I've got a lot of blocks
setup these days to keep most of the world (and these scammers) out of
CPU intensive areas of our website but there's always someone out there
somewhere and blocking all of the internet not the solution ;)

It usually comes back online in a few minutes.  I have a monitor that
emails me whenever the site is blocked so I'm keeping track when I can.

PLEASE BE PATIENT and keep trying.

You can also try getting to the join page via the home page or the forum main page.  Sometimes that delay is enough, sometimes not.

Dave's contact is C34webmaster@gmail.com

Some skippers have contacted me about the ERROR 404 issue over the course of the last few months.

I wrote to our webmaster who advised me:

Thanks Stu.  Yeah, we get stuff like this from time to time when
people/companies/bots are scanning our site.  I've got a lot of blocks
setup these days to keep most of the world (and these scammers) out of
CPU intensive areas of our website but there's always someone out there
somewhere and blocking all of the internet not the solution ;)

It usually comes back online in a few minutes.  I have a monitor that
emails me whenever the site is blocked so I'm keeping track when I can.

PLEASE BE PATIENT and keep trying.

You can also try getting to the join page via the home page or the forum main page.  Sometimes that delay is enough, sometimes not.

Dave's contact is C34webmaster@gmail.com

kable,

Please write to the webmaster, c34webmaster@gmail.com and advise him of your 404 issue.  The material is still there but he's working on site spamming issues.

Cliff, I, too, wrote a Tech Note, on rebedding my Bomar, same issues though.  Early 2010s.  The TNOs are out of service temporarily, perhaps you can find it, even includes pictures.  Use BedItwithButyl.

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and spend the $310 for a whole new pump assembly.

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I agree on the washer idea, although for that price you should consider a Raritan PHII (they have a new name for it).  The 101 Topics has links to PHII installs.

Could you share with us the purpose of these speakers?

Wouldn't your forestay have been provided by Catalina Yachts, even as long ago as 1998?  Have you tried calling them?  Also, toggles are a simple piece of basic equipment that any decent chandlerey should be able to source/provide.

Tim, Jim's right, do the search and read for hours.    I simply cut six inches off the aft end of mine.  IIRC, i wrote a Tech Note about it, I'll see if I can find it and post a link.

I recalled today earlier discussions on this subject, so I did a search on "voids" and found this:

https://c34.org/bbs/index.php/topic,3601.0.html

Please also read the LINKS included in the replies on this topic, like in Reply #8 and others.  Pictures are included.

These are "bigger" voids than the merely cosmetic ones discussed here, but show examples of what's underneath the exterior skin of the cabintop.

I agree with that, Kevin. 

Kevin,

No, what I am saying is the relative cost difference between in mast vs. in boom mainsail furling is very, very significant.  IIRC from a similar discussion on Cruisers Forum, it's at least 2 or 3:1 if not more.  And add the standard mast into the analysis just so one has a baseline for comparisons.  That's just a realistic economic forensic approach.

What those are worth to you in terms of pocketbook, sailing ease and performance and safety are subjective, not objective.

As for Noah's question, I don't think resale would/should be part of this or any other boat numbers analysis.  It's like answering the question: Should I put new electronics on my boat before I sell it to raise the price?