- Cruising Speed: 10 kn
- Maximum Speed: 20 kn
- Beam: 17' 2''
- Hull Material: Fiberglass
- Fuel Tank: 1 x 1400|gallon
- Fresh Water: 1 x 350|gallon
- Holding: 1 x 150|gallon
- Cabins: 3
- Heads: 3
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CATALINA SUNSHINE came to life as the best originally equipped and finest finished 64’ Grand Alaskan Pilothouse ever built. And since, she has been extensively upscaled from a coastal cruiser to an accomplished international passage maker. This yacht, with her designer specified finishes, was originally built, and has since been continuously and vigorously upscaled, maintained and upgraded, with an open checkbook. With all of CATALINA SUNSHINE's major systems like new, she is ready to go anywhere.
Denison Yachting is pleased to assist you in the purchase of this vessel. This boat is centrally listed by Outer Reef Yachts.
Denison Yacht Sales offers the details of this yacht in good faith but can’t guarantee the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of this boat for sale. This yacht for sale is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal from that yacht market without notice. She is offered as a convenience by this yacht broker to its clients and is not intended to convey direct representation of a specific yacht for sale.
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:
CATALINA SUNSHINE is hull 25 of the approximately 30 Grand Alaskans which were built by Tania Yacht Company in Taiwan, the same quality builder of all Outer Reef Yachts. The Grand Alaskan line was designed by Arthur DeFever for Oviatt Marine who produced the Line.
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.
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