Principle Dimensions and Information

Designer: William Tripp, Jr. / 1969

Builder: Bristol Boat Company / 1970

Total Restoration: Brooklin Boat Yard / 2008

LOA: 48’, 1 ¼”

LWL: 32’, 0”

Beam: 13’, 6 ¼”

Minimum Draft: 4’, 7”

Maximum Draft: 11’, 0”

Displacement: 34,900 lbs.

Rig Type: Masthead Sloop

Auxiliary Propulsion: 2008 Nanni model 4.5 / 47.5 Horsepower /4-cylinder / freshwater-cooled diesel

Engine Hours: 1,111 Hours as of August 2025

Fuel Capacity: 80 Gallons

Fresh Water Capacity: 300 Gallons

Gray Water Capacity: 25 Gallons

Black Water Capacity: 50 Gallons (never used)

Hull and Deck Construction

Katrinka underwent a major / complete / total restoration in 2008. Her decks were removed (for repair) and to provide complete access to the hull interior. The hull interior was completely gutted with all / everything in the way of equipment, accommodations and structural components removed to make way for a complete new interior.

The hull interior then received an interior layer of closed cell foam and glass that worked to strengthen the hull structure but also provided insulative qualities to deaden the hollow sound of early fiberglass boats along with keeping the boat cooler in southern climes and warmer in the early spring and late fall of New England waters.

Once this improvement of the hull integrity was completed new floors, frames, bulkheads, partitions, systems and equipment were installed just as what would be done in the construction of a brand new boat.

Meanwhile the deck was also being completely restored. Wet balsa coring was removed and replaced with closed cell foam for the large expanses of the deck with solid composite blocking installed in areas where deck hardware would be installed.

The deck was joined to the hull by bedding and bolting the deck to a sizable sheer clamp and this joint was further strengthened by Teak toe rails also through-bolted to sheer clamp.

Once the cored fiberglass deck construction was in place the working deck areas were overlaid with a traditional teak deck was laid in the more modern fashion of vacuum-bagged & glued epoxy.

This reconstruction of the hull and deck of Katrinka combined with the rest of the restoration project has produced essentially a new vessel that can easily be sailing and providing owners with pride and joy for decades to come.

Interior Layout and Accommodations

The interior of Katrinka is designed to be a comfortable and highly usable space both for offshore passages or for quiet times at anchor in a secluded cove.

Special attention has been made to assure the spaces down below are light and airy with a white painted color scheme (trimmed in Teak) reflecting natural light from hull ports, overhead hatches and numerous deck prisms along with ventilation provided by opening hatches, well-placed dorades and fans in every cabin. Well-ventilated for keeping cool, Katrinka is also equipped with diesel-fired hot air heating allowing her owners comfortable cruises to higher latitudes extended use into the shoulders of the New England sailing season.

Safety and comfort is also a special consideration to the below decks areas as the current (and hopefully future) owner has kept up Katrinka’s reputation as a competitive ocean racing and long range cruising boat. To this end the interior design maximizes comfort for long term use (a rested sailor is a good sailor) and safety with features like ease of access to critical equipment, thru-hulls, etc. and positive locking mechanisms making sure that locker doors, drawers and cabin soles stay in place in the roughest of weather,

Forward Cabin

Access to chain locker through louvered doors in forward bulkhead

Next aft is forward sleeping cabin

Berthing space for two (2) persons in a V-berth configuration

Storage locker and drawers above and below vanity aft of starboard berth

Overhead, bulkheads and joinery fronts are painted White with varnished Teak trim

Interior hull sides are finished in varnished Teak sheathing

Natural light and ventilation by way of opening overhead hatch (with screen)

Artificial light provided by reading lights at the head of each berth and a general overhead light.

Floor level courtesy light.

Artificial ventilation by way of two well-placed fans

Cabin sole is Varnished Teak and Holly

Passageway Aft

Immediately aft of the forward cabin is a passageway aft to the main saloon.

Cabin sole in passageway is varnished Teak and Holly

To port of the passageway is the forward head and opposite (to starboard) is a hanging locker with the door to this locker doing double-duty as a privacy door for the forward cabin.

The forward head area features Raritan manually operated marine toilet, storage areas above / outboard and below stainless steel counter tops with Teak fiddles, Teal trimmed mirror, stainless steel sink basin, handheld faucet / shower head, Teak and Holly cabin sole and Teak shower grate. Natural light provided to head area by deck prism along with artificial light from two (2) dome lights.

Main Saloon

Varnished Teak drop-leaf table with drawer storage on centerline of main saloon. Table is flanked by straight settee to starboard and L-shaped settee to port with pilot berths above and outboard of the settees both port and starboard and bin storage space outboard of the pilot berths. Additional storage space in deep drawers and locker under and forward of the pilot berths. Port and starboard under the pilot berths (aft end) are stainless steel Vitrifrigo drawer-style refrigerators.

Overhead hatch, fixed hull ports and deck prisms provide an amazing amount of natural light with reading and dome lights for after the sun goes down. Natural and artificial ventilation of the main saloon is more than adequately provided by dorade vents, opening hatch (with screen) and well-placed fans.

Main Companionway

Main Companionway is located starboard aft in the Main saloon. Exit / Entrance to the below decks area is by way of a companionway ladder with varnished teak rails and bare teak steps. The companionway ladder lands on the sound-insulated engine box with one more step down to the main saloon cabin sole.

Outboard of the companionway is a wet locker, courtesy lights at base of ladder and EPIRB mounted within reach of the upper companionway opening.

Galley Area

Galley is located aft of the main saloon and to port. This area is extremely well lighted with 3 deck prisms, 3 overhead dome lights, a fixed hull port light and an opening hatch directly above. Generous storage for dry goods, china, glasses, etc. in lockers, drawers and glass racks above and below the counter tops. Counter tops are of stainless steel with high teak fiddles to keep everything in its place. Cooking is done with a gimbaled Force Ten 3-burner stove and oven. Cold food storage is under-counter with large well-insulated, stainless steel ice box kept cool with Seafrost refrigeration. Single stainless steel sink basin supplied with hot and cold pressure water and manually provided (foot-pump) salt water.

Aft Head Area

The aft head compartment is located opposite of the galley and aft of the main companionway. Like all the interior spaces, the aft head is very well lighted with 2 deck prisms overhead, a fixed hull port light and electrical lighting. Joinery fronts are white painted with varnished teak trim, counter tops are stainless steel and underfoot the cabin soles is Teak and Holly with a teak shower grate. Hot and cold pressure water provided by way of hand-held faucet / shower head and Raritan manually operated marine toilet.

Generous storage in lockers above and outboard of the toilet along with additional lockers and drawers under counter. Handy access to ft end of the engine compartment by way of sound-insulated doors under counter.

Passageway to Aft cabin

There are hanging lockers located to port and starboard of the passageway to the aft sleeping cabin. Very handy for storage of foul-weather gear these also house electrical and plumbing equipment and make for easy access to key components for maintenance purposes.

Aft Sleeping Cabin

As often mentioned in this description Katrinka’s interior spaces the aft sleeping cabin is quite well lighted by way of fixed hull portlights both port and starboard, opening port on center line (facing forward), an overhead opening hatch along with well-placed electrical lighting. The aft cabin is also well ventilated with the above mentioned opening port and hatch along with well-placed electrical fans and for cooler nights the aft cabin is heated as a zone of the diesel hot air heating system.

There is a true double berth (Pullman-style) to starboard with storage drawers under berth, storage lockers located forward and outboard and the fixed hull port right at eye level for early morning wake-up light. Opposite (to port) is a forward-facing navigation station / office space with full size chart desk with drawer storage under, navigational electronics displays forward, bookshelf for reference materials and an under-counter locker dedicated to storage of ship’s information and equipment manuals. Seating at the nav station is provided as a part of an L-shaped settee that wraps around the aft end of the cabin providing a perfect spot for quiet reading or donning a new dry pair of socks.

Deck Hardware and Features

Teak Decking Systems Teak decks

Varnished Teak taff and toe rails

Varnished Teak dorade box with cowl center line aft

Varnished Teak dorade boxes port and starboard of mast

Dorade cowl (no box) centerline forward

Polished stainless steel stern rail

Polished ensign staff socket center line aft

Polished stainless steel lifeline stanchions

Polished stainless steel bow pulpit

Vectran  (upper and lower) soft lifelines with opening gates port and starboard

Polished stainless steel chocks and  cleats port and starboard aft

Below decks vented propane locker aft to port

Below decks storage locker aft to starboard

Painted aluminum radar post and deck shower (shower mixing valve in dorade box)

Under deck storage lockers port and starboard of radar post

Deck prisms with stainless steel covers

Varnished Teak opening hatches above aft and forward cabins

Varnished Teak skylight above main cabin

Varnished Teak companionway hatch

Stainless steel dorade guards port and starboard of mast

Stainless steel deck fills for water, waste and diesel port and starboard

Washdown hose bib port forward

Stainless steel spinnaker pole storage chocks starboard forward

Dorade vent on centerline above chain locker

Lemar low-profile windlass on centerline above chain locker

Polished stainless steel bow cleats and chocks

Custom double and anchor bow roller

Cockpit Hardware and Features

Teak Decking Systems cockpit sole and locker tops.

Canvas and isinglass cockpit dodger with elk hide covered grab bar and stainless steel bows

Varnished Teak cockpit coaming

Varnished Teak sliding companionway hatch

Varnished Teak and glass opening hatch above galley

Centerboard winch to port of companionway opening

Harken primary sheet winches port and starboard cockpit coamings

Deck prisms with polished stainless steel covers

Helm compasses (2ea) port and starboard with stainless steel guards

Polished stainless steel guard for helm pod with electronics and engine ignition panel

Winch handle holders port and starboard

Adjustable 3-postion steering pedestal with elk hide covered stainless steel wheel

Small storage / seat lockers port and starboard helm

Spars and Rigging

Masthead sloop rig configuration

GMT Composites carbon fiber, single-spreader mast

GMT Composites carbon fiber boom

GMT Composites carbon fiber spinnaker pole

Stainless steel mast step

Stainless steel mast partners

Stainless steel chain plates & backstay tang

Staysail stay chain plate and tack fitting

Headstay fitting integral with custom stem iron / anchor roller

1x19 Stainless steel standing rigging (upper and lower shrouds, headstay, backstay and staysail stay

Removable stainless steel wire inner-forestay

Stainless steel turnbuckle adjusters

Running rigging (sheets and halyard all modern low-stretch line

Stainless steel threaded lead block deck plates port and starboard forward of mast

Sail Handling and Sail Trim Equipment

Harken roller-furling headstay

Manually adjustable backstay

Harken vang

Mainsail lazy-jacks

Harken adjustable main sheet traveler with sheet lock-offs

Harken spinnaker pole adjustable car / track system on mast

Harken stainless steel double foot / turning blocks port and starboard

Stainless steel tracks for Genoa, jib and staysail with Schaefer stainless steel with adjustable cars and turning blocks

Jib-furling line fairleads at port stanchion bases

Harken fore guy stand-up block forward on center line

Stem iron drilled for asymmetrical spinnaker tack line fairlead

Stainless steel winch handles (4ea)

Lewmar Titan floating winch handle (1ea)

Primary Sheet Winches: Harken stainless stee, 2-speed, self-tailing #70.2 (1 pr. / outboard aft cabin)

Secondary Sheet Winches: Harken stainless steel, 2-speed, self-tailing #48 (1 pr. / cockpit)

Main Sheet Winches: Harken stainless steel, 2-speed, self-tailing #48 (1 pr. / aft cabin top

Reefing Winch: Harken stainless steel, 2-speed, self-tailing #40 (1ea / mast)

Halyard Winches: Harken stainless steel, 2-speed, self-tailing #44 (2ea / port and starboard mast)

Lewmar halyard rope clutches port and starboard on mast

Halyard cleats (4ea. mast)

Sails and Canvas

Mainsail: North Sails Ldi / 2023

Genoa 112%: North Sails Ldi / 2023

Working Jib 110%: Doyle Sailmakers / 2012

Staysail : Doyle Sailmakers / 2018

Staysail: Doyle Sailmakers / 2008

Drifter 150%: Doyle Sailmakers / 2010

Genoa Staysail: Doyle Sailmakers / 2012

Asymmetrical Spinnaker: Doyle Sailmakers / 2012

Symmetrical / Triradial Spinnaker: Doyle Sailmakers / 2011

Jib Top (high cut genoa): Doyle Sailmakers / 2008

Yankee (high cut genoa): Doyle Sailmakers / 2012

Blade Jib (high cut): Doyle Sailmakers / 2009

Storm Jib: Doyle Sailmakers / 2009

Storm Trysail: Doyle Sailmakers / 2009

Mainsail cover

Cockpit dodger

Hatch covers

Compass overs

Engine panel and electronics pod cover

Custom “Katrinka” pillows and blankets

Interior cushions

Electronics and Navigational Equipment

Danforth Constellation helm compasses (2ea) port and starboard helm station locations

Wheems and Plath Ship’s Clock

Wheems and Plath Barometer

Icom IC-M506 VHF radio (navigation station location

Icom Command Mic remote VHF radio mic (helm station location)

B&G sailing instrument displays at navigation station (2ea) and helm location (3ea)

B&G GPS chart plotter / radar multi-function displays (E80 / navigation station and E120 / helm locations)

Note: B&G 4G Broadband Radome mounted on past with Questus self-leveling bracket

B&G Autopilot (helm location)

Auxiliary Propulsion and Fuel Systems

2008 Nanni 4-cylinder/ freshwater-cooled / 47.5 horse power / diesel engine

Engine Hours: 1,111 hours as of August 2025

Nanni ignition panel with Tachometer and engine status gauges

Teleflex engine control (throttle and transmission)

Stainless steel 1” propellor shaft

Aqua-Drive coupling

Shaft pillow bearing

PSS shaft seal

4-Blade feathering propellor

Groco raw water strainer

Parker / Racor Fuel Filter

Steering and Boat Handling Equipment

Elk hide covered Edson stainless steel destroyer wheel

Custom adjustable 3-position (port, starboard and center line) steering pedestal

Chain and cable steering linkage

Edson bronze steering quadrant

Stainless steel rudder post and FRP rudder fabrication

Max-Power bow thruster

B&G Autopilot

Emergency tiller

Electrical Systems and Equipment

12-Volt DC ship’s systems

Lifeline AGM GPL 8DL marine batteries

Separate battery banks for ship’s lighting and engine start

Rotary style battery selector switches for lighting and engine start

DC main switch on circuit panel

MMES Custom Panels circuit panel for 12-Volt DC and 110-Volt AC systems

110-Volt DC shore power and generator systems

Blue Seas main AC selector switch

AC circuits controlled at MMES Custom Panels circuit

Northern Lights generator

Northern Lights ignition and status panel

Generator Hours: 420 Hours as of August 2025

30 Amp shore power cord

Victron Energy Isolation Transformer

Freshwater Plumbing and Sanitation Systems

Freshwater Capacity: 300 Gallons

Pressure hot and cold water supplied to galley and head areas

Manual saltwater at galley

Engine supplied and electrically supplied hot water

Stainless steel sink basins in galley and head areas

Shower capabilities in head areas

On deck “rinse-off” hot and cold pressure water shower on aft deck

Raritan manually operated marine toilets in head areas

Marine toilets plumbed for discharge directly overboard, discharge to blackwater tanks, deck pump out and pump out from blackwater tanks overboard in permitted waters

Black Water Capacity: 25 Gallons (never used)

Gray Water Capacity: 25 Gallons

Ground Tackle Systems and Equipment

Double-roller stainless steel bow anchor roller

Bruce anchor with appropriate chain and rode

Lewmar low profile windlass with foot controls

Pressure salt water anchor wash-down plumbing

Dewatering Equipment

Whale Gusher manual bilge pump and handle (cockpit)

Edson high capacity manual bilge pump and handle (below galley cabin sole)

Electric / automatic bilge pumps

Safety Equipment

Fire Extinguisher 1 forward cabin

Bolt cutters

Thru-hull plugs

ACR signal lights (2)

MOM-8 man-over-board modules on stern rail port and starboard

Type IV PFD / life ring (1ea) aft cockpit locker

Vented propane locker aft

Webbing jack-lines

MOB throw rope

Emergency tiller

Additional Equipment

Dock lines and fenders

Telescoping aluminum boat hook

Rope and Teak boarding ladder

Buckets and brushes

Misc. cleaning supplies

Webasto diesel fired hot air cabin heater