1977 Sailcraft 44 Apache

Accommodations

• Two aft staterooms
• King size bed areas with lower locker
• Three large hanging lockers
• 12-volt tv, DVD
• Ac/ heat
• Salon With day bed
• galley down
• stand up shower
• Nav station
• chart table
• forward extra-large storage lockers
• port fwd. is an engineering station with water maker.
• Stbd forward is pantry, Ice maker, freshwater pump, storage area.

Sails & Rigging

• Cutter sail plan
• Large sail wardrobe provide options for any wind conditions
• 3 reef point mainsail with Tides Track and flaking bag new 2022
• 120% roller furling genoa new weather wrap 2020
• Staysail
• Storm yankee
• Storm tri-sail
• 2 symmetrical spinnakers with snuffer socks for downwind work.

Electrical

• Blue seas marine grade wiring and fasteners.
• Circuit breaker protected ac and dc circuits throughout. including high voltage propulsion and charging circuits.
• 2000 watts of solar generation capability
• 2000-watt pure sinewave inverter
• 9 Kw diesel generator
• upwards of 7 amps per motor as propellers drag when sails are up.
• Two Wind generators
• Redundant digital battery chargers powered from shore or generator power.
• New Dec 2022 8 group 31 Fullriver storage batteries, House Loads
• New Dec 2022 and 24 Fullriver group 31 traction batteries (Propulsion)
• All batteries stored below the floors in individual holders.

Navigation Equipment

• Raymarine sail package: wind speed direction depth
• Forward looking sonar
• Radar
• Auto pilot
• Chart plotter
• GPS
• Course computer
• 2 Vhf's
• Star link
• Garmin 9sv (2022)
• Richie light up compass
• Nav lights, spotlight

Deck & Hull

• Solid decks, Strong fittings,
• Standing rigging is robust
• Slip resistant deck coating
• Bottom painted, bonded, insulated, zinc protected.
• New solar screens 2022
• On deck is Diesel generator fill, and pump out,
• Water fill is inside for safety.
• Dingy on chocks aft and tied down.
• Under arch is room to hang10 fishing poles.

Specifications

Catamaran Name:

S/V Retreat Time

Model:

Apache

Year Built:

1977

Builder:

Sailcraft (England)

Designer:

Rod McAlpine-Downey

Construction:

Fin keel, skeg hung rudder. Beachable, resting on keels.

Loa:

12.5m (44FT 0 inches)

Lwl:

10.97m (39.5FT 0 inches)

Beam:

6.1m (19FT 11 inch)

Headroom:

2m (6FT 8 inches)

Draft:

1.1m (3 ft 6 in) board's removed

Displacement:

7250kg (16,000lbs)

Mast Height:

15.8m (52FT 0 inches)

Bridgedeck Clearance:

57 feet

Speed:

8 knots sail 5 knots motor

Fuel Tanks:

50 gal generator diesel

Water Tanks:

2/75 gal each forward hull

Holding Tanks:

30 gal

Cabins:

2 possibly 4

Heads:

1

Galley Location:

Down

Engines:

Thunderstruck 18 KW 72 volt x2 liquid cooled

Engine Hours:

5

Sails:

3 reef main
Hank on stay
Storm tri
Genoa on Furler
Two spinnakers in socks

Salon

• Daybed and salon cushions as well as the stateroom seating have been replaced with new high-end upholstery and foam.
• New 40 in tv. with star link installed.
• Blue LED walkway lighting
• Red and white interior lighting LED throughout.

Galley

• Full-size double-bowl sink
• Electric fridge and freezer
• Microwave oven
• Induction cooktop
• Multi-function countertop portable oven,
• Magma high wind grill is aft on the arch.

Cockpit

• Centered helm allows for excellent views of all four corners
• Overhead window to see aloft.
• Helm is lockable and burglar proof
• All the exterior lockers lock from inside.
• Folding entry door with heavy SS hasp type latch,
• 50 Amp or 2-30 Amp Shore power hook ups
• All necessary sail rigging is available in the cockpit for single handling.

Engines & Mechanical

• Twin electric 18 Kw propulsion system's designed by Thunder Struck EV New 2022
• Max feathering props. New 2022
• Utilizes standard off-the-shelf components, that are simple and efficient
• Recharges its batteries while sailing.
• The electric propulsion provides quiet, powerful and precise maneuvering in close quarters.
• Added in 2018 a Fischer Panda generator, (145 hrs) that runs all the ships loads.

Tender/arch launch system

• Sea Shea Center Console 
• 20 HP Merc Pull Electric start 1 hr on it
• Honda 25 hp

Safety

• Jack lines
• Lanyards
• Many hand holds
• Lifelines all around
• Life raft (expired)
• MOB throw and lighted strobe buoy.
• Emergency steering.
• EPIRB

Anchor & Docking

• 8 anchors Total
• 70 pound Luke Fisherman
• 60 pound Danforth
• two aluminum Fortress
• two CQR’s,
• Delta 55 and
• Bruce plow.
• Electric windlass on the port bow
• Manual windlass on the starboard.
• Each bow anchor locker contains 100’ of 5/16” HT chain
• Ample selection of rope ground tackle.
• Very easy to dock.
• Anchor bridle makes mooring/ anchoring a breeze.

Miscellaneous

• Although I personally have not beached this cat, they are known to do so.
• Skeg hung rudders and full steel rails running 80 % of the water line allow for this feature.
• Spares parts for nearly every component including motor controller
• Pumps filters and impellers, water maker, zincs.

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice. Hours on motors and generators cannot be guaranteed and what is listed may change.

A minimum of $595.00 closing fee will be added to the final total price of the vessel. Please ask your selling agent for a complete closing statement as they can change with every sale. Coast Guard Documentation, State Registration, and other fees are not included in the price of the vessel.