Catana 431 Prestige
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CATANA 431"Prestige"
Owner’s version, 3 cabins
Architect: Christophe BARREAU
Ocean going catamaran
"EC" approvedconstruction, category A (high seas)
Unsinkable: vacuum bagged sanwich throughout
Construction: TWARON® Impact process
Black fiber System carbon mast and boom
10 years warranty on structure
CARACTERISTICS
LOA: 13,10 m, 43 ft
LWL: 12,80 m, 42 ft
Maximum beam: 7,30 m, 24 ft
Displacement: 8 000 kg, 17640 lbs
Draft, daggerboards up: 1,20 m, 4 ft
Draft, daggerboards down: 2,20 m, 7 ft
Clearance from waterline: 19,50 m, 64 ft
Mast height 17,60 m
Sails surface, closed reach: 118 m2, 1270 sq ft
Sails surface, broad reach: 202 m2, 2174 sq ft
Motorization: 2 x Volvo 40 HP
Water capacity: 2 x 300 L, 2 x 80 gal
Fuel capacity: 1 x 350 L, 92 gal
Refrigerator – deep freeze: 1 x 200 L + 1 x 100 L
Water-maker: 27 l / h, 7 gal/h
Power generator : 1500 rpm, 3,5 kWh
Water central heating: fuel, 2 x 4kW/h
French flag
OUTSIDE
Sails by INCIDENCES
Full batten SPECTRA mainsail 72 m2 / 775 sq feet, triples stiches and circumnavigation finish
Genoa 46 m2 / 495 sq feet SPECTRA, radial cut with and UV protection sheet, triples stiches and circumnavigation finish
Self tacking jib 30 m2 / 323 sq feet, DACRON
Symetrical triradial cut spinnaker, 130 m2 / 1400 sq feet
Mast and rigging
Carbon mast black varnished by ESPACE COMPOSITE
High beam deck projector
Masthead tricolor and mooring lights
Steaming light
Radar and antennas support (VHF, HF, GSM)
Wind vane and anemometer
Ball and socket laid mast
Mainsail on HARKEN battcar system
Profurl genoa roller system
Carbon boom black lacquered
Carbon front cross-beam, white lacquered
Forestay in stainless steel rod
2 stainless steel upper shrouds, 1 strand covered with white vynil
Manœuvers
Mainsheet on traveller and track
HARKEN genoa roller system
Automatic 3 sheets reefing system on electrical HARKEN 2 speed whinch, manoeverable from the cockpit
Mainsail head block (2:1 hallyard)
Battened mainsail red lazy bag (2007) with lazy jacks adjustable from mastfoot
dyneema halyards (mainsail, genoa, spinnaker) and reefing lines
Double braided mainsail and genoa polyester sheets
Spinnaker furling sock
Outfittings
Top quality gear, all selftailing winches by HARKEN in black aluminium
2 * 48.2 STA to handle the genoa sheets
1 * 48.2 STAE electric to handle mainsail halyard and reefs
1 * 46.2 STA to handle mainsheet
1* 46.2 STA to handle mainsheet traveller
2 * 44.2 STA to handle spinnaker and daggerboards
1 * 44.2 STA to handle genoa, spinnaker and jib halyards, on mast
Mainsail sheet ball bearing tackle with track and traveller by HARKEN
Full genoa gear (ball bearing blocks, tracks and travellers) by HARKEN
Full self tacking jib gear (ball bearing blocks, track, traveller and stopper) by HARKEN
Full spinnaker gear(roller, blocks, guys and stoppers, cleats) by HARKEN
20 stoppers (SPINLOCK XC)
18 opening hatches by MOONLIGHT:
2 opaque deck hatches (620mm x 620 mm / 24.4" x 24.4") accessing front lockers, with vents
2 teck slatted hatches accessing machine rooms (620 mm x 620 mm / 24.4" x 24.4")
2 ventilation and emergency escape hatches laid on the inboard side of each hull (500 mm x 370 mm / 19.7" x 14.6")
2 roof front portholes (450 mm x 320 mm / 17.7" x 12.6"), for salon ventilation
4 giant “seaview” portholes on the outboard side of the cabins and owner’s bathroom (1200 mm x 400 mm / 47.3" x 15.7") for light and ventilation
2 portholes (600 mm x 180 mm / 23.6" x 7.1") in the cockpit for aft cabins ventilation
4 portholes (380 mm x 180 mm. / 15.0" x 7.1") in the companion ways and guest bathroom
Deck fittings
2 white covered stainless steel lifelines above the front cross-beam
Flat braided nylon lifeline aound the roof
High comfort trampoline attached mesh by mesh
Forward and aft pulpits in strong stainless steel pipes
2 forward Swedish pulpits with teak seating
Toerails and handholds in solid teak
8 * 60cm/23.6" stainless steel stanchions on the sides and 4 at the stern
Double white covered stainless steel lifelines all around the bridge
8 large mooring cleats 450 mm / 17.7"
1 large mooring cleat in front of mast
Chainplates for safety harnesses or boom bowsing lines
60 cm / 23.6" high robust nylon safet nets all around, tightened to double lifeline and stanchions
Mooring
LEWMAR 1500 W electric windlass with safety breaker and handheld remote control
3 strands 18mm polyester bridle with rubber dampers
Chain roller fitted under front cross-beam
3 mooring sets in locker at mast foot:
1 * 25 kg / 120 lbs DELTA anchor equiped with 50 m / 165 ft chain (marked every 5 meters), diameter 10mm / 0.4 inch spliced to 50m / 165 ft 3 strands black nylon diameter 18 mm / 0.71 inch
1 * 25 kg / 120 lbs BRITANY anchor equiped with 10 m / 33 ft chain, diameter 10mm / 0.4 inch spliced to 50m / 165 ft 3 strands black nylon diameter 18 mm / 0.71 inch
1 * 7,6 kg / 17 lbs aluminium FOBLIGHT anchor equiped with 10 m / 33 ft chain and 50m / 165 ft double braided polyester diameter 14 mm / 0.55 inch
Fenders:
8 white tubular, F3 type
2 white tubular, F4 type for transoms
4 spherical, A3 type
Set of 16 mm / 0.63 inch black polyester squareline mooring lines with spliced eye at each end:
2 * 10 m / 33 ft long
2 * 25 m / 82 ft long
2 * 50m / 165 ft white polyester squareline ropes diameter 18mm/ 0.71 inch
Steering, helm stations
2 “panoramic view” helm stations with seats:
Starboard side: engines controls, ST50 repeater and pilote control unit, VHF handset and loudspeaker
Port side: handheld autopilot repeater and control unit with 5 meters cable
2 magnetic compasses with adjustment magnets and hood, red lighting
leather covered steering wheels
helmsman seat with sealed foam cushion holstered in white PVC leatherette
grey tergal cloth wheel covesr
2 line holding bags on front of helm stations
WHITLOCK mecanical transmission system between the wheels and the rudder blades
2 balanced spade rudders on self-aligning spherical bushers
Emergency tiller
Cockpit fittings
Large methacrylate aluminium framed sliding door accessing the salon
Tip-up teak coveded cockpit table with two flaps
Table cover in grey tergal cloth
Sealed foam cockpit cushion for each 3 seats, holstered in white PVC leatherette
Bimini in grey tergal and PVC laid over aluminium tubular structure (usable as flying gangway to operate on boom), easily folded for sunbathes
Front fitted with transparent and removable wind screen
Lighting on the roof for the cockpit and on the piano for sheets, reefs and halyards operations at night
3 large storage lockers, self draining
one under table seating and two at floor level
aft transoms:
Teak slatted
4 stainless steel handhold in transom sides
Folding mooring cleat for the dinghy (port side)
Stainless steel swim ladder (port side transom) with teak steps
Cockpit shower (port side stern) with pressurized freh water
Bushing for gangway swivel(starboard side stern)
dinghy
Pair of aluminium davits with SPINLOCK stoppers
2 lifting line with stainless steel snappers
Hard bottom dinghy 3,10 m / 11.2 ft by ZODIAC
Dinghy cover in white PVC
4hp outboard engine with fuel tanks by YAMAHA
Motorization
Propulsion by 240 HP diesel engine VOLVO MD2040 (1 450 hours) in dedicated soundproofed machine rooms isolated from accomodations
2 saildrive transmission units
2 * 3 folding blades propellers
2 engine instrument pannels with warning display and engine coolant temperature
2 Engine control levers on starboard side helm station
Fuel prefilters and water drains
Power generator by Northern Light, in soundproof enclosure, silent 1500 rpm 220V 3,5 kW/h (450 hours)
ACCOMODATION
Premium quality finishes
Bulkheads and inside furniture are of foam or balsa cored sandwich, ultra light and stiff
Floors are in ultra light foamed sandwich veneered in black stripped teak , STRATIFIL process (maintenance free)
Cabinetworks and inner planking in Canadian Mapple wood veneer (OBERFLEX system, maintenance free)
All trims in laminated and varnished teak
Ceiling are isothermal and extralight (BIPLEX system, maintenance free)
Halogen lighting all over the boat
Detachable insulating roof window screens (stops 90% of sun thermal radiance while allowing unobstructed vision from the inside to the outside)
Salon
360° panoramic view
Large stowage compartments under salon and cabins seats
All seats in the salon are alcantara covered and made of BULTEX high density foam, color is “Sahara sand”
Large (1,6 m x 0,8 m / 5,2 x 2,6 ft) oval table with bar compartment underneath and 2 swing out extra seats
Halogen lightings
220V electrical outlets
heating
Galley
Galley is facing the cockpit and is separated from it by a sliding methacrylate window
Ample working surface
2 sinks with cover, oven with cover
Numerous lockers, build-in garbage can
Ceramic mixer tap (hot and cold pressurised water)
Draintap from water maker
Refrigerating and high freezing equipment by Danfoss, very low noise and high performing with electronic controls and water exchanger:
200 liters (7 cubic feet) on starboard side, top opening, equiped with sliding baskets
100 liter (3.5 cubic feet) on port side, front opening, equiped with wire shelves
Stainless steel gas stove with oven and 4 burners by “FORCE 10”:
Under flap that increases working surface
Charts table
Tip-up table with storing compatment
Large locker underneath for emergency and safety bags (flares, tools, emergency hull repair kit, 1st level spare parts)
Seat with alcantara cushion and storage under it
Every navigation and radio communication within reach (radar, GPS, Navtex, autopilot, displays, …)
12V electrical outlet, swivelling red or white light
220V electrical outlets from invertor, generator or shore
Equipements: see section below “Electricity and electronics”
Owner’s hull
Starboard hull is entirely dedicated to owner’s suite
Forward bathroom, hallway with storage and hanging lockers, large bookshelves, desk, aft stateroom
Office with desk, drawer, halogen reading light and NMEA plug with informations from every navigation equipments, alcantara covered swing out seat
2 portholes (380 mm x 180 mm. / 15.0" x 7.1") in the hallway and above owner’s desk
Alcantara covered bench with storage under, facing a storage locker
Aft owner’s stateroom
Queen sized berth 1,90 m x 1,75 m (6 ft 4" x 6 ft 10")
slatted bed base in two independant parts
high resilience BULTEX foam matress matelas, thick and very confortable, in two independent parts
Halogen lights
2 reading lights above berth
Huge storage space under berth
2 portholes for lighting and ventilation:
1 giant “sea view” porthole on the outboard side (1200 mm x 400 mm / 47.3" x 15.7"), fitted with winding mosquito screen and blind
1 porthole (600 mm x 180 mm / 23.6" x 7.1") on the cockpit side
Heating
Owner’s bathroom
Huge space separated in two area for shower and for head with cabinet, sink and toilet
Shower floor in teak duckboards
Thermostatic ceramic mixer taps (hot and cold pressurised water) for both the shower and the sink
Lighting and ventilation:
one giant “sea view” porthole on the outboard side (1200 mm x 400 mm / 47.3" x 15.7") of the head, fitted with winding mosquito screen and blind
one escape hatche laid on the inboard side of the shower (500 mm x 370 mm / 19.7" x 14.6"), fitted with blind cloth
Storage area under the sink and in the mirrored cabinet above
220V electrical outlet in the cabinet
Heating
Guest’s staterooms
Port hull is dedicated to guest’s accomodation
Forward stateroom, hallway with storage and hanging lockers, head, aft stateroom
Foreward double stateroom with 1,95 m x 1,50 m (6 ft 6" x 5 ft) double berth
Aft queen size stateroom with 1,90 m x 1,60 m (6 ft 4" x 5 ft 4") double berth
slatted bed base in two independant parts
high resilience BULTEX foam matress matelas, thick and very confortable, in two independent parts
2 portholes for lighting and ventilation in each stateroom
1 giant “sea view” porthole on the outboard side (1200 mm x 400 mm / 47.3" x 15.7"), fitted with winding mosquito screens and blinds
1 porthole (600 mm x 180 mm / 23.6" x 7.1") on the cockpit side in aft stateroom
1 escape hatche laid on the inboard side of the hull (500 mm x 370 mm / 19.7" x 14.6") in forward stateroom, fitted with blind cloth
Huge storage space under each berth
1 storage and 1 hanging locker in each stateroom
Alcantara covered bench with storage under in forward stateroom
2 portholes (380 mm x 180 mm. / 15.0" x 7.1") in the hallway and in the head
Halogen lights
2 reading lights above each berth
220V electrical outlets
heating
Guest’s head
Equiped with separate shower, sink, cabinet and toilet
floor in teak duckboard
Storage area under the sink and in the mirrors fitted cabinet above
220V electrical outlet in the cabinet
Ceramic mixer tap
Heating
Skipper’s cabin
Located in the forward port lock
Berth, tip-up aluminium frame
Lighting
Porthole
Heating
TECHNICAL FITTINGS
Hi-fi
PIONEER 60W CD and FM radio receiver with 2 stereo speakers in salon and 2 (waterproof) in the cockpit
Water and water circuits
2 * 300 liters (2*80 gal.) fresh water tanks
1 * 350 liters (92 gal.) fuel tank
Ceramic mixer taps
Plumbering of food graded rigid plastic pipes
2 independent pressurised hot and cold water circuits:
2 pressure pumps with expansion tank
circuits can be interconnected if needed, either before or after pressure pump (redundancy)
2 shower drain pumps
4 automatic bilge pumps with inlet strainers controlled by 4 electronic water sensors pumps, in engine rooms and under hallways in both hulls
2 manual high capacity safety bilge pump located in cockpit close to helm stations
2 * 20 liters (5.3 gal.) water heater by 220V (800W) or by engine heat exchangers or by central heating exchangers
2 Eberspacher D4W (4 kW/h, fuel) water circuit central heating:
4 radiators on port side and 3 radiators on starboard side
Water maker
12 V Sea Recovery water maker (desalinisator), 27 liter/h – 7 gal/h (250 hours):
20 galons dedicated tank and circuit for fresh water or biocide mixture (eases periodical rinsing cycles)
Charcoal filter on 20 gal. tank filling circuit (removes chloride)
Filter on seacock intake
High power LP feed pump (instant priming) and modified fiber-glass housing for easy access to serviceable parts (HP pump, …)
Electrics
Northern Light M643K (1500 tpm , 3,5 kW/h, 220V,) power generator in soundproof cannister housed under the cockpit table (450 hours)
4 * 50W NESTE solar pannels in two independant groups with two NAPS regulation units
Pannels are housed in an aluminium frame with tilting mecanism mounted between dinghy davits
2 * 60 A alternators and repartitors on propulsion engines
Battery charger 50A (boost, bulk and floating) fed by generator or shore power
220V 800W inverter fed by house batteries
2 * 115 Ah SONNENSCHEIN (maintenance free) starting batteries
6 * 120 Ah Exide Gel (maintenance free) house batteries
1 battery low alarm buzzer
1 * 65 Ah SONNENSCHEIN (maintenance free) power generator starting battery
SIRTEC electric control system with central pannel for all electrical fonctions aboard (12 Volts and 220 Volts)
Remote power breakers and circuit protection housed in electrical waterproof boxes scattered all over the ship (to minimize cable length and reduce weight)
12V and 220V circuits protection by current limited breakers or magnetothermic teleprotect modules
Water tanks and fuel tank levels
Digital voltmeter and ampmeter (2 engine shunts, 1 house shunt)
Water meters for each tank
Waterproof power socket on stern of hull and 25 meters (83 ft) power cord to shore
Numerous 220V outlets inside:
10 with shore or generator power
2 with inverter power
1 * 12 V outlets at chart table
Electronics
Navigation electronic
RAYTHEON ST50 instrumentation
Functions: Loch, wind speed, depth, alarms, vane, anemometer, VMG, sea temperature, …
1 multifonction display unit above charts table
1 multifonction and 1 speed display unit in the cockpit, above salon entrance
1 multifonction display unit with autopilot control unit at portside helm station
2 wind direction and speed displays (true and apparent wind) on the main entrance sides, facing helm stations
1 extra electronic speed and temperature transducer, no paddle wheel (foul free)
SeaTalk – NMEA converter and multiplexor:
Shares informations originating from Raytheon equipments (SeaTalk) and other (NMEA)
NMEA to USB converter:
All informations generated by SeaTalk or NMEA equipements are made available to a computer and its navigation software through USB or DB9 connector
PILOT
RAYTHEON ST6000 auto pilot and CC300 course computer:
Control unit above charts table, at starboard side helm station and handheld unit at port side helm station (5 meters cable)
ST 6000 type 1 linear drive unit
Fonctions: on, stand by, +1 -1, +10 -10, automatic tacking, connected to gyrocompas and wind transducer ,...
GPS
MLR 2008 and differential receiver DF300
Connected to VHF (DSC distress call includes ship position) and to the radar (screen displays GPS position)
Radar
Radar FURUNO M821
LCD screen
EBL, EVRM, echo trails, guard zone alarm, watch mode, zoom
24 M range, interfaced with MLR GPS
Radio
VHF SHIPMATE RS 8300 by SIMRAD
25 W, 55 channels, double watch, DSC call
Get ship position from GPS unit
Dialing handset available at chart table and starboard side steering wheel station
Loudspeaker both at the charts and at the starboard side helm station (water proof)
VHF, HF and GSM antennas on mast top
Call ID: FW7007
BEACON
KANNAD S406 EPIRB, Copar – Sarsat system
Operating on 406 MHz and 121,5 MHz
MMSI: 227 525 730
Navtex
FURUNO FX300 Pro
Safety equipments
Complete safety equipment for 8 persons
1st category (high seas) Zodiac MPLS 8 liferatf for 8 person
Compulsory safety equipment per French regulations
Numerous fire extinguishers
Emergency hull repair kit
Others
Folding alumimnium gangway, teck slattered, 2,50 meters (8 ft)
Numerous maintenance kits and spare parts:
Catana
Volvo MD 2040
Sea Recovery water maker
Nortthern Light power generator
Zodiac dignhy and Yamaha outboard
Harken
shackles, gears, head pumps, porhole handles, …
Documentation, manuals, drawings, track records, bills, … in pdf on CD (along with paper version)
Up to date of every improvement made (water and electricity circuits, …)
Updated: 01/2008-022