Pre-owned Catana 43 Catamaran For Sale
Meridian

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 Yacht Name:  Meridian
 Year Built/Model Year:  1999
 L.O.A:  43'
 Model:  431
 USD ($) Price:  $459,000
 Location:  BVI
 Beam:  24'
 Draft Min/Max:  2'6"/7'2"
 Engine(s): 2 x Yanmar 40Hp SD31 Saildrives,2500 hrs
 Staterooms:  3
 Fuel Capacity:  160 gallons/diesel
 Fresh Water Capacity:  160 gallons
 
Yacht Background

“MERIDIAN”- CATANA 431 HULL #7 – LAUNCHED FEB 1999 -U.S. Flag: U.S. Documented Yacht. White with deep red trim and red anti-fouling Construction was supervised by well-know French marine surveyor (431 design consultant for CATANA and owner of 431 #1) Meticulously maintained by professional service Reps. Owner has spared no expense with a particular emphasis on “preventative” servicing. Never Chartered
 
Layout Accommodations

Owner's Version
3 cabins/2 heads

Starboard Accommodations

Owner's Suite (from forward to aft):
Large separate shower
Large head with cabinet, storage, & sink
Hallway, dressing, & storage area with hanging and shelved lockers
Large bookshelf

Amidship:
Desk
Vanity table with swing out Alcantara covered seat
Twelve volt and 110 volt electrical outlets
RS 232 computer outlet
Reading lamp
Alcantara covered bench with storage under

Aft:
Queen sized "fore and aft" berth with custom shelving and bookcases
Storage cubby under berth
Large storage space built in under berth

Port Hull Accommodations

(From forward to aft)
Forward double stateroom 
Storage cubby under berth
Large storage space built in under berth
Desk with swing out Alcantara covered seat
Twelve volt and 110 volt outlets reading lamp
Hanging and shelved storage
Bookshelf
Hallway with Storage and hanging lockers
Head with sink and shower
Queen sized stateroom
Hanging and shelved storage
Bookshelf

Salon

Newly reupholstered Alcantara  salon banquette 
Chart table seat
Sahara beige Alcantara accent cushions
Special folding dining table with custom cabinet & bar underneath
Custom teak trim with teak strips overhead and teak facing on
forward bulkhead
Custom red LED night lighting for the companionways to hulls
Salon lighting on dimmer
Halogen lighting throughout

Galley

Large custom three basin galley sinks with the following water faucets
Pressurized hot and cold fresh
Pressurized "Charcoal Filtered" cold fresh
Pressurized cold salt water
Foot pump fresh water
"Force 10" 3-burner LPG stove with thermostatically controlled oven
"Sunbeam" 650 watt microwave, new Sept. 2002 
Outlets 110 volt (space for microwave)


Special Interior Features

Forward facing Navigation Station enabling a virtual interior helm station at your fingertips i.e.: autohelm ST6000+ , radar, repeaters, GPS, SSB, VHF detailed in Navigation and Communications.
Opening Screened Ports into forward lockers allowing dry ventilation while underway and flow through ventilation with all ports closed while at anchor.
All interior furniture made of foam or balsa cored sandwich with maintenance-free Oberflex process Bassam wood veneer with varnished teak trim.
All interior cabin soles in maintenance-free Stratifil process teak veneer with holly strips.

Interior Equipment

3 x Hella 12 volt 2-speed fans two in salon and one in owner's stateroom
RS232 computer line from chart table to desk in owners cabin 
3 x 12 volt supply sockets 
7 x 110 volt supply sockets 
4 x 220 volt supply sockets
Pioneer 60W CD & Radio receiver with stereo speakers in salon and in cockpit

Deck Ground Tackle

Lewmar electric windlass with remote (usable from nav station or outside)
Custom installation with above deck rope gypsy for easy dual anchor handling
Main Anchor*55 lb Delta on 180 ft 3/8" chain (marked every 5 meters) spliced to Two Hundred' 3/4" nylon rope rode
Second Anchor *21 lb FX37 FORTRESS on 25' 3/8" chain spliced to 200' ¾ nylon rope rode

Hull & Steering

Special 471 sized rudders oversized stock and added 2"depth,
Custom made WHITLOCK MECHANICAL steering
New anti fouling applied January 2005

Deck Equipment

New trampoline installed Sept 2002
New 2005 Custom built hard top bimini with teak trim and integrated rainwater collector system (including 2 side curtains and 1 rear curtain to completely enclose cockpit)
Flotation sealed foam cockpit cushions in white with red piping
Swedish Pulpits forward
SS gates in lifelines both sides for side entry
Custom SS side boarding ladder
Two line holding bags on front of helm stations
Custom made cockpit dining table with storage locker below deck

Gas System

Propane locker with attachment and regulation systems for both US and -European LPG/Butane
US compliant remote gas on/off solenoid
2 x 20 lbs. Alluminum Propane tanks
Two small calor gas tanks (refillable UK/British Islands)
New 2005 pumps

Water System

"Spectra Santa Cruz 380" water maker, 380 gpd 
Two 300 liter fresh water holding tanks, each hull has independent systems but with the ability to interface
Two hundred & fifty gph salt-water pressure deck and fishing washdown system in cockpit locker
Two 13 gallon holding tanks
US inland and coastal waterway compliantone in each hull with Henderson manual macerator pumps
Deck outlet for holding tank pump out
Fresh water shower on port stern steps

Bilge System

Four automatic bilge pumps with inlet strainers
Two Manual high capacity bilge pump outs located in cockpit
Custom made washboards from both access ways on rear of hulls to cockpit
Custom made washboard from cockpit to salon

Dinghy

12' Aluminum Bottom Inflatable 2005
30/HP outboard 2005
Stainless Steel "lockup" chains and padlocks

Navigation & Communication

AUTOHELM ST6000+ autopilot 
NEW (NOV 2002) spare autopilot computer
Bronze pinion installed in drive
Master station at chart table 
Two ST600R, remotes with stations at each helm
AUTOHELM ST50+ Instrumentation (wind, depth, log, alarms, etc.) with
main unit at chart table 
Two ST50+ programmable MaxiView displays over companionway 
Two  ST50+ 360degree display analog wind indicators, one at each helm 
ST50+ Multi display along side the owner's bunk
RADAR *Furuno 821 24 mile range radar interfaced with GPS, Autohelm,
Tridata
GPS
Furuno GP30 GPS Navigator
SSB
ICOM IC-802, email ready with DSC, ham enabled (new Nov 2002)
Pactor III HF modem for weather fax, Sailmail, etc (new Nov 2002) 
Two dedicated ground plates installed (new Nov 2002)
Mini-M
Thrane & Thrane TT-3064A Mini-M satellite telephone (flawless
reception/transmission anywhere, no service contract, pay as you
use)
Inmarsat-C
Thrane & Thrane TT-3022D GPS-Standard C satellite email
transceiver, emergency notification service, no service contract, pay
as you use, get free daily wx forecasts and NTM's, includes separate GPS position onscreen in addition to Furuno GPS
VHF
Shipmate RS8300 VHF with speaker in cockpit
TV
Omnimax masthead amplified TV antenna
Spares
Icom PCR 1000 Computer controlled all band radio,
weather fax receiver
Spare Si-tex HF receiver for HF and WX-Fax reception


All electronics are interfaced with GPS data including the SSB enabling the use of DSC. The com ports to run a nav program, Inmarsat C, wx fax, sailmail (HF modem) are routed through a USB hub enabling you to use a laptop to coordinate all functions.

Engines

Two 40HP YANMAR 3JH3E engines, approx. 1500 hrs each
(very efficient)
3 blades Volvo folding propellers
Main fuel tank-400 liter (110 US gal) 
Aaux fuel tank -210 liter (55 US gal)
Two YANMAR SD31 saildrives
New boots and zincs 11/03

Charging & Electronics

PROSINE 1800 Watt true sine inverter
Two 135 amp Mastervolt alternators
Two Mastervolt 3 stage charging regulators 
Christec 110/220 volt battery charger -75 Amp
Seven SEIMENS 75 watt solar panel mounted over dinghy davits on custom
aluminum reinforced tilting mechanism (change angles depending on sun)
Seven MORNINGSTAR ProStar (U.S.) automatic charging regulators for solar
New 2005 Ten 115 Amp hour Life Nat gel house batteries (1150 total ah)
Two 115 Amp hour SONNENSCHEIN gel engine starting batteries
Separate battery shutoff and emergency start links for engine
batteries. 
LINK 10" battery-monitoring system

Watermaker

SPECTRA SANTA CRUZ 380gpd new NOV 2002, Pumps replaced in 2005
ITT U.S. shore water pressure controller, (when hooked to shore water)
Dual pumps for performance and double back-up

Hotwater & Hydronic Heat

Two ISOTEMP 6 gallon 110v/220v hot water heaters
(Currently interfaced with engine coolant system for hot water)
Two Hydronic D5 Eberspacher (Espar) diesel heating systems 
Three separate zones with thermostats for each hull, heat is 12v forced
air from individual hot water radiators
Switchable for summer use to heat hot water only

Sails, Mast, & Rigging

New 2005 lazy bag
NORTH SAILS Soft Norlan roller furling genoa 528 SqFt
Profurl LC 42 hardware
NORTH SAILS Soft Norlan fully battened mainsail -807 SqFt
Harken Bat Car system in lazybag with lazyjack furling system 
NORTH SAILS Asymmetrical TriRadial spinnaker with -1400 SqFt
Furling sock
Winches
Harken Winches (8) 
2 x Harken 48 ELECTRIC 2 speed (genoa sheet winches) 
1 x Harken 46 ELECTRIC 2 speed (main halyard and reefing winch) 
5 x Harken 46 Manual 2 speed (1 on mast for spinnaker halyard, 2
for the traveler, 2 for spinnaker guy or daggerboards)
Cleats
Spinlock CamCleats (21)
Mast and Boom
JP Marechal custom Aluminum mast, boom and front cross-beam lacquered white Masthead tricolor, anchor lights, steaming light, and high beam deck light
Rigged with both masthead and 7/8ths spinnakers (2 halyards,
Camcleats, etc.)-2 double vane windex wind indicators at masthead (1 visible at all times from either helm station)

Mast climbing setup with Jumars


Additional Equipment


Three meter aluminum passer Elle for med-mooring or stern to 
Eight Man Plastimo offshore life raft in canister
Recertified by Plastimo, June 2003
ACR 406mhz EPIRB registered to boat with FCC
FORCE 10 Propane Large BBQ grill w/cover and rail extension (new12/02) 
Large cable cutter 
Emergency tiller 
Danbuoy w/mounts and activated light 
Two Horseshoe lifebuoys w/ss mounts, floating lifebuoy lights, drogues and
whistles
Davis Mk25 Sextant 
Emergency Hull repair kit
Extensive Off Shore Medical Kit
Sail repair kits Main/spinnaker
Bosun's chair 
DNS Offshore valise of flares (new Sept 2002) 
Plastimo Offshore valise of flares 
Manual fog horn 
Mobri mounted radar reflector -4 US Standard Inflatable PFDs "SOSPENDERS" rip cord activated with
personal lights/whistles 
Four US Standard PFDs 
Safety harness
Two Adjustable fishing pole holders mounted near each helm 
Seven Large tubular fenders 
Two Large round fenders 
Two custom fitted fenders for the transom of each hull
Mooring bridle
Numerous mooring lines 
Two 220 volt shore lines with European/Caribbean connection 
Hubbell connection on stern of hull and several -110 volt
Interfacing plugs 110v

SPARES
Electric bilge pumps
Shower drain pumps 
Two spare Jabsco manual head pumps
Water pressure pumps
Relays for electronics
Halogen and nav light bulbs
Several complete sets of engine belts 
Four complete sets of engine and saildrive Zincs 
Oil filters
Spare fuel cans, diesel and dingy
Fuel Filters (primary and secondary***RACOR***)
Cleaning supplies
Spare lines
Shackles
Nuts & bolts
Light fixtures
Lenses…..

 
 

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Details are thought to be reliable but are not guaranteed. 
Offer subject to change, prior sale and tax when applicable.
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