2001 Catalina 42 MkII "C'EST LA VIE", Alameda, CA 94501
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Everything below is costed to cross the Pacific.
Specifications
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not analysed
$242k
offer + full refit
43.2 ft
4.92 ft
5.4 · 5.5
cruising · offshore, of 10
Capability is scored for both standards from the same design research, re-weighted. The money is not: a coastal refit has to be costed on its own, which is why it can read “not analysed” above while the score beside it is real.
Assistant's read — an opinion, not a source
- Wing keel draws 4ft 10in, so the gate is cleared decisively where the fin variant would fail outright.
- The 2019 Quantum sails are the standout asset — usually the largest line on a boat this age, already done — alongside an 856-hour Yanmar, 2024 batteries and the right windlass gypsy.
- Against that: original 2001 rigging on a keel-stepped in-mast spar, the most expensive version of that job, and seacocks, tankage and steering all unmentioned.
Costed to cross the Pacific.
Finance
At the asking price. Drag down to model a lower offer.
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each line × its odds
slip $8k · ins $2k · tax $1k
offer + full refit
Worst case, every line landing in full: $142,574. Planning figure is the likely cost above; this is the tail, not the expectation.
Resale
The gross figure flatters: Australian duty and GST fall due on sale, and brokerage is charged on the sale price.
$142k
in Australia, gross
$16k
on sale, not arrival
$14k
on the sale price
$112k
what actually comes back
$42k
incl. $11k CA use · $1k CA property/yr
$161k
cash gone once sold in AU
Where the money goes
- Purchase $99k
- Use tax $11k
- Refit $111k
- Risk $10k
- Unknowns $22k
- Holding $20k
- AU import $16k
- Purchase
- $99,000
- CA use tax
- $10,643
- Required refit
- $90k–$150k
- Risk, expected
- $10,110
- Unknown reserve
- $22,043
- Holding
- $20,002
contemplated offer
3 items still unpriced
11 open · $150k if all hit
systems not yet looked at
slip $10k · insurance $2k · tax $1k
- Cash to Pacific-ready
- $234k–$320k
- All-in by Australia
- $260k–$346k
- Net after resale
- $161k
assumes $142k resale
Where to open
Asking price less $42,366 — the negotiable share of $60,500 in disclosed and suspected defects plus $10,110 of weighted risk. Offshore upgrades are excluded on purpose: a watermaker and a liferaft are your ambition, not the seller's problem, and the next buyer wanting a Bay daysailer would pay near the ask.
- Negotiable defects
- $42,366
- Weighted risk
- $10,110
- Max at high case
- $30,844
from $60,500 of defect work
11 still open
the ceiling, never an offer
Schedule
A boat that cannot be ready is not cheaper, it is a year late.
How much of this is actually known
A boat priced from guesses is a different risk from one priced from quotes, at the same total.