1974 Catalina 27

General

• Boat name: LAFS
• 1974 Catalina 27 
• Location: Canadian Forces Sailing Association (Victoria, BC)
• Cabins: 1
• Sleeps: 6
• Last survey: May 2015 
• PHRF rating of 118
• Asking: $5,995 CAD

Dimensions

• LOA:  26’ 8.3”(8.18 m)
• Beam:  8’ 8.3”(2.69 m)
• Draft:  4’(1.22 m)
• Displacement: 6,850 lbs (3,107 kg)
• Ballast: 2,700 lbs (1,225 kg)

Engine

• 2019 Mercury 9.9HP, outboard, long leg
• Less than 20 hours
• Electric start
• Power tilt
• Mercury side mount controls
• Fuel water separator
• Fuel type: Gasoline 
• Mounted on custom aluminum bracket off transom
• Tuned in May 2022

Hull, Helm, Rudder, & Anchor

• Tiller steering w backup folding tiller
• Autohelm AH800 
• Hull & deck materials: Cold moulded fiberglass. 
• Fin keel, lead
• Spade rudder
• Bronze thru-hulls and valves
• No zincs required below waterline
• Hull scrubbed Sept 2022, needs paint
• Anchor 7.5 kg Claw

Aft & Outer Decks

• Deck hatch midships above head
• 4 Windows run alongside in galley, 1 over stbd head
• Opening porthole on portside head
• Stainless steel pushpit and pullpit
• Lifelines fwd of cockpit are bare stainless upper, plastic coated lower
• Gate port and stbd strap w clips
• Canvas: Boom cover and companionway door, excellent condition
• Cockpit white gelcoat w tan non-skid on seats
• Shallow cockpit locker port w engine controls under lid
• Shallow cockpit locker stbd
• Deep lazarette

Rigging

• Aluminum, unpainted mast and boom
• 1 set spreaders
• Stays are stainless wire
• Forestay is Harken roller furling
• Backstay w rope tensioner
• Running rigging in good condition
• Soft boom vang
• Halyards at mast
• Winch on mast Barlow #15
• Winches in cockpit: 4 x Barlow #20s
• Winch on cabin top: 1 x Barlow #16

Sails

• Main serviceable
• Foresail serviceable

Navigation

• Depth sounder – Northstar
• New portable navigation lights
• 3 Compasses (1 is handheld)
• VHF – Standard Horizon

 

Electrical

• Battery: 2022 new 12 volt for house and start
• Battery charger: 6V & 12V 60/10/2A Cranking Assist
• Solar panel: Coleman 8.5 amp w charger
• Shore power cord: 30 amp, 50’

Tanks

• Fuel: 1 main tank (plastic) in lazarette, 1 jerry can 2.5 gal
• Fresh water: 10 gal (approx.), plastic

 

Interior

• Two quarter-berths flank aft under cockpit. Directly under cockpit floor, aft of the stairs, is more storage. Battery and charger to port, just fwd of stairs. Galley counter/cabinetry is to port. To stbd is 4-person dinette w storage under seats, makes down into a double bed. Fwd of dinette bulkhead is the head w hand-pump toilet. Fwd of galley bulkhead is large hanging locker. V-berth has ample storage. Never-used Porta-Potty located under aft part of V-berth. Large man-sized hatch over the head. 
• Lighting LED
• New bulkhead on port 2016
• No cushions or foams
• JVC AM/FM
• JVC CD 12-disc changer

Galley

• Spacious top-loading ice box
• Stainless steel sink
• New Whale water hand pump
• Original stove never used. Portable butane stove.
• Cutting board built-in over stove
• Ample cupboard space/drawers above counter, below, and under seats

Head

• Toilet: Jabsco manual flush toilet w new pump
• Direct overboard, no holding tank
• Porta-Potty never used
• Ventilation via hatch or opening porthole

Safety

• Manual Whale bilge pump in transom locker
• 3 life jackets
• 24” life ring 
• Throwing line
• Portable horn
• Fire extinguishers need service 
• Plastic reboarding ladder

Disclaimer

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.