Brand: Catalac 12M

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The 12M Catalac 41 is a limited production cruising catamaran designed for live aboard cruisers and perfect for passage making. These boats offer a seven berth layout in spacious style with furnishing and trimmings to match. Designed for living in style Full standing 6′ 5″ headroom in both hulls and wheelhouse, and of course plenty of room when you sit down to your meal in the main saloon making entertaining on the Catalac an absolute pleasure. The galley is located in the port hull and offers hot and cold pressurized water, a refrigerator, a four burner hob, oven and stainless steel sink with integral draining board. The central saloon area with its octagonal table has permanent seating for five in luxury on 6 inch thick cushions, with more than ample elbow room. Everywhere you’ll discover masses of locker space.

These boats have the reputation of being a very well built, seaworthy boat and have been called the best live aboard cruising catamaran ever made. The interior steering position is just aft of the saloon. Full instrumentation and dual controls for the twin diesels, plus all the desirable navigational aids are standard. Space is also available for a radar display. The helmsman’s built-in seat provides a high degree of comfort for any watches spent at the wheel, in the company of those relaxing in the saloon.

These boats have another great feature common to all Catalacs which are the cabin windows. They actually open. The first position is 1/2 open which allows airflow in rain storms without allowing water in the boat. The 2nd position is completely removed, and window screens can be fitted into the window openings. This is a perfect example of the thought that went into the cabin design. Airflow remains constant leaving the cabin comfortable in tropical climates. All windows in a Catalac are tempered glass and look as good today as the day they were installed 25 years ago. Yes, this is a rare and rather expensive feature when compared to the plastic windows in most cruising catamarans, yet it’s entirely worth it as it’s another reason why these boats seem to age gracefully.

Specifications
Make:Catalac
Model:12M
Length:41
Builder:Catalac Catamarans LTD
Designer:Tom Lack
Construction:solid fiberglass hull; cored deck / doghouse except where equipment is through bolted
Build Start:1983
Build End:1987
Number Built:Production started 1983: 27 manufactured: 14 located America.
Loa:40'10" ft (12 meters)
Lwl:36'
Beam:17' 6"
Headroom:6'5" (hulls) 6' 1" bridge deck
Draft:3' 1"
Displacement:18,500 lbs dry
Mast Height:48' Above water
Mfg Engines:2xYanmar 3HM35 diesel coupled to propeller shafts.
Mfg Accommodations:
  • Factory made some semi-custom interiors
  • 1-double cabin forward starboard hull
  • 1-double cabin forward port hull
  • 1-single cabin mid port hull
  • 1-double cabin mid starboard hull
  • 1-head located mid port hull
  • 1-head located mid starboard hull

Catalac 12M Hurricane Damage

I was going through my photo archive and came across these boat damage photos caused by hurricane Wilma in 2005. This boat in this photo is a Catalac 12M and was owned by Stephen and Janet Metcalf.  As to what happened … the Down Easter monohull pictured below lost it’s mooring during Hurricane Wilma due to poor anchoring techniques. As she lost her mooring at the height of the storm, hurricane winds drove her into a very heavy Ferro cement boat. The rigging of the two boats became tangled and eventually the Ferro cement boat lost her mooring as well. The DownEaster and the Ferro Cement boats were then driven into the Catalac pictured in the upper photo. The collision damaged her port side and knocked her from her double helical screw mooring. Unfortunately, the wind speed was greater than 80 mph and the Catalac 12M was driven onto the rocky […]

Catalac 12M Information

Sold as Catalac 12M or Catalac 41 The 12M Catalac 41 is considered a limited production cruising catamaran designed for live aboard cruisers and perfect for passage making. The S/V Angel Louise, pictured above, completed an Atlantic crossing in July 2011 and back across again in 2014. Ed and Sue Kelly began the crossing from Brunswick Georgia and traveled to England via Bermuda and the Azores. These boats offer a seven berth layout in spacious style with furnishing and trimmings to match. Designed for living in style Full standing 6′ 5″ headroom in both hulls and wheelhouse, and of course plenty of room when you sit down to your meal in the main saloon  making entertaining on the Catalac an absolute pleasure. The galley is located in the port hull and offers hot and cold pressurized water, a refrigerator, a four burner hob, oven and stainless steel sink with integral […]

Catalac 12M Sales Brochure

Step aboard a 12m Catalac 41 and you know immediately that this is a most luxurious seven berth cruising catamaran. Everything is designed for safety, ease and comfort, whether you are sailing at 10 knots on a passage or have made your landfall and dropped your hook at that idyllic anchorage. Perhaps as that onshore breeze changes to an offshore one as evening approaches bringing with it the heat from the land, your Catalac becomes the focal point for a drink and a chat with friends or if you are cruising in company — an impromptu party or barbecue.