Meet Felicità

Felicità (formerly Sea Angel) is a 2006 Catalina 42 Mark II cutter-rigged sailboat well outfitted for cruising.  She has a 56 HP Yanmar diesel engine, lots of storage for water and fuel, two heads and three berths (although we turned one into a garage). She is equipped with a CruiseRO watermaker, 1100 watts of solar power, several radios, and a bunch of safety gear.

Our friend, John Kretschmer, wrote a review of the Catalina 42 for Sailing Magazine and his stamp of approval as we were shopping bolstered our confidence when we wrote the check.

Equipment

Centerline 3 cabin configuration, captain’s berth has queen bed, shower and composting toilet. Full galley with propane, oven and burners. Refrigerator with small freezer. Dometic auxiliary cooler/freezer. The 2nd head has been converted to a stand alone shower and hanging wet locker.

Nav table with full panel of electronics and controls. Fans available in all cabins.

Watermaker and full air conditioning, heat pump. Fin keel, depth 6.6′. 3 water tanks and a hot water heater, total 137 gallons. 46 gallon fuel tank. CruiseRO Watermaker, and a Panda Fischer diesel generator, with 10 gallon fuel tank.

Winslow four man life raft

Electronics and Communications

B&G
Zeus3 chartplotter
Halo20 radar
Three Triton2 Digital Displays
Triton2 speed/depth/wind instruments
NAC-3 autopilot
ForwardScan transducer
V60-B marine VHF radio (with Calls B AIS transmitter and receiver)
H60 wireless handset

IridiumGo combined with Predict Wind
Starlink
SSB Radio

Electrical

50′ 30a shore power cords. Pigtail to operate air conditioning
Lithium battery bank. See our post about this set up.
12v/110v systems throughout with 110v/12v outlets in all cabins
12 v breaker panel
Isolated 110 v breaker panel

Hull, deck, and sails

In-mast roller furling mainsail
Schaeffer roller furling headsail
Schaeffer roller furling staysail
Maxwell 1000w electric anchor windlass 8000
55# Spade anchor with 200′ 5/16 HT Chain and 200′ rode
25# spare anchor
Sea water wash down in anchor locker
Fiberglass cockpit table with folding leaves
Marine leather covered helm wheel
Iverson’s dodger, bimini, and full enclosure with mesh and glass panels
Canvas protective covers for helm and cockpit table

Mainsail
115% genoa
Staysail
Asymmetrical spinnaker
Tri-sail

10′ Truekit inflatable dingy with 5ph Honda outboard
(8) Personal flotation devices
(2) Throwable cushions
(2) Boat poles 
(9) Fenders
(4) Winch handles
(2) Cockpit cushions

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