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TakeFive
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Initially Posted - 06/11/2016 : 19:43:31

Hi everyone - As I've mentioned elsewhere, we'll soon be taking posession of our new (to us) Catalina 34MkII, requiring a bittersweet sale of Take Five. I have pulled together an initial listing that I will continue to tweak and soon post on multiple sites. This site is getting first notice, so if you know anyone who might be interested, please put them in touch with me:

"Take Five": 1998 Catalina 250 Wing Keel

"Take Five" is a fully equipped pocket cruiser that has been meticulously maintained and continuously upgraded by a knowledgeable and mechanically skilled owner. She is gently sailed in fresh water at least once a week during the season, and stored fully covered on land in winter. She is in sail-away condition, immediately ready for you to take possession. The boat is currently docked on the Delaware River near Philadelphia and can be viewed there by appointment. After purchase, the owner can help you transport the boat by water to a point of your choosing on the Delaware or upper Chesapeake Bay.

This boat is the popular wing keel version, which provides outstanding stability and handling as well as excellent headroom and roominess in the cabin. She has the full package of Catalina supplied accessories (furling headsail, walk-through transom with swim ladder, "catbird" transom seats, self-tailing cabintop winches, all lines led aft, boom vang, galley with large cooler, forward and aft berths). In addition, she has many extra accessories that make her an extraordinary value:

Engine/Drivetrain
� 15 HP Honda outboard motor with extra long shaft
� Electric start with alternator
� 12v Group 24 dual purpose battery
� Guest twin stage battery charger
� Edson pedestal steering with compass
� Edson stainless steel pedestal guard rail for mounting accessories
� 3rd generation balanced rudder upgrade (new 2010) - provides superior helm balance
� Hard link between rudder and outboard - allows boat to "turn on a dime" in slow speed docking maneuvers
� Nylon outboard motor coverTorlon

Electrical
� 120v 30 amp shore power system with three 120v circuits; shore power cable with LED indicator
� Two GFCI 120v outlets
� Portable companionway air conditioner for those hot nights at the dock
� Two 12v outlets in cockpit
� Two 12v outlets in cabin
� Full navigation lights
� Energy-saving LED anchor light with new mastnead fixture (2013)
� Internal cabin dome lights replaced with red/white LED fixtures (2011)
� Dinette spotlights upgraded to low energy LED bulbs (2015)Torlon

Deck and cockpit
� Custom Sunbrella bimini top with full standing headroom (re-stitched 2014)
� Clear window in bimini top for viewing masthead (replaced and enlarged 2014)
� Custom storage cover for bimini top
� Full cockpit cushions - settees, perch seats, helm seat
� Fold-down cockpit table (new 2010)
� Binnacle organizer/drink holder (new 2010)
� New lifelines (2014)
� Custom made Sunbrella pedestal cover (new 2011)
� Sunbrella companionway cover, winch covers
� Dock lines and fendersTorlon

Electronics
� Raymarine ST-4000+ auto pilot
� Raymarine ST-30 depth sounder
� Standard Horizon Eclipse+ VHF Radio with masthead antenna
� Marine stereo system with speakers in cabin and cockpit
� New stereo speakers in cabin (2014)Torlon

Galley/cabin
� Raritan II marine head with holding tank - much better than a Porta-Potty
� Shur-flo on-demand pressurized water system in galley
� Custom cherry veneer dinette table with two drop leaves for easy access to storage (fabricated 2012)
� Custom 6-place drink holder over dinette table (new 2012)
� Pop-top enclosure with screens and plastic panels - provides 7' headroom at the base of companionway
� Wall mirrors in cabin, head
� Custom hinged cover over V-berth storage - can access on one side at a time (new 2012)
� LP gas cooktop with safety solenoidTorlon

Mechanical
� Automatic electric bilge pump (new 2011)
� Manual Whale bilge pump in cockpit
� Pettit Ultima SR-40 bottom paint (Full bottom 2015, touched up 2016)
Torlon

Sails&Rigging
� Catalina fully battened mainsail with cringles for two reef points (restitched/bolt rope reset 2013, cleaned and re-resined 2015)
� Sunbrella sail cover with C250 logo (re-stitched 2015)
� Doyle Annapolis 110 Genoa with Sunbrella UV protective strip (new 2011)
� CDI headsail furler
� Torlon ball bearing upgrade kit for reduced furler friction (new 2013)
� New internal halyard for CDI furler (2016)
� Furler drum line replaced (2014)
� Main halyard replaced with ultra low stretch New England Ropes VPC 5/16" (2014)
� First reef line replaced (2015)
� Upgraded low-friction single line reefing system (2013)
� Masthead sheaves replaced (2013)
� Internal boom sheaves upgraded with ball bearings (2012)
� Danforth anchor with chain and nylon rodeTorlon

This outstanding pocket cruiser is offered at a purchase price of $13,995.

Please message me through this website, or email at TakeFiveForSale at ricksonntag dot com

Rick S., Swarthmore, PA
PO of Take Five, 1998 Catalina 250WK #348 (relocated to Baltimore's Inner Harbor)
New owner of 2001 Catalina 34MkII #1535 Breakin' Away (at Rock Hall Landing Marina)

Edited by - TakeFive on 07/02/2016 04:46:35

TakeFive
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Response Posted - 06/12/2016 : 13:03:07

I posted additional pictures that I took today. All but the last picture were taken in the past two weeks.

Rick S., Swarthmore, PA
PO of Take Five, 1998 Catalina 250WK #348 (relocated to Baltimore's Inner Harbor)
New owner of 2001 Catalina 34MkII #1535 Breakin' Away (at Rock Hall Landing Marina)

Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 06/12/2016 : 20:13:30

Lookers: You cannot go wrong with this beauty! Rick has been a participant in this organization who has demonstrated a passion for this vessel. I have no special connection to him, but if I were in the market for a boat like this with what I know now as a long-time participant here, I would be all over this!

Dave Bristle
Association "Port Captain" for Mystic/Stonington CT
PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage, USCG "sixpack" (expired),
Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge

Edited by - Stinkpotter on 06/12/2016 20:14:34

Sam001
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Response Posted - 06/15/2016 : 07:19:32

Agree: An excellent boat in great shape.

Capt Sam, USCG Master Near Coastal
Isle of Hope, GA. Charleston,SC. Lake Murray, SC.
Aboard Bobbin - 1982 Standard Rig-Swing Keel #2963 Dinette Model
"On a powerboat you are going somewhere....On a Sailboat you are Already There!" Capt Sam

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TakeFive
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Response Posted - 06/23/2016 : 03:15:28

The boat is now listed on sailboatlistings.com:

http://www.sailboatlistings.com/view/58944

Rick S., Swarthmore, PA
PO of Take Five, 1998 Catalina 250WK #348 (relocated to Baltimore's Inner Harbor)
New owner of 2001 Catalina 34MkII #1535 Breakin' Away (at Rock Hall Landing Marina)

TakeFive
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Response Posted - 06/30/2016 : 08:30:19

FYI, Take Five sold this week - two days after putting her on Craigslist. The first people who visited the boat bought her on the spot. The new owners had a Catalina 250 that they sold a few years ago, which they have regretted ever since. So they were thrilled to find another one. They sailed her away yesterday, relocating her to Baltimore's Inner Harbor, a short daysail away from my new C34 in Rock Hall. So I look forward to seeing her out on the water!

Now I just need to cash the $100,000 Nigerian money order, and wire the excess funds back to the overseas buyer.

Rick S., Swarthmore, PA
PO of Take Five, 1998 Catalina 250WK #348 (relocated to Baltimore's Inner Harbor)
New owner of 2001 Catalina 34MkII #1535 Breakin' Away (at Rock Hall Landing Marina)

Edited by - TakeFive on 06/30/2016 08:37:34

shnool
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Response Posted - 07/01/2016 : 06:27:12

LIKE :)

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