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SV Malihini is for Sale!

As much as we loved sailing around the San Francisco area, down to Mexico and around Mexico aboard our Shuttleworth35 performance cruiser/racer Catamaran SV Malihini, our deep monohull roots got the best of us and we are back to monohull cruising life. After finally completing our move off of Malihini and onto Luana we can officially put Malihini on the market. We were super torn about selling her, but owning two boats just isn’t what we need right now, so we’re hoping to find new owners for our catamaran, to keep her adventurous spirit alive and going.

Click here for the YouTube video of Malihini.

Malihini upgrades

◦ Re-rigged 2022

◦ New tangs and compression on mast

◦ LP paint haul and decks with new non-skid 2024/25

◦ New thru hulls

◦ New Levac toilets x2

◦ New cushions throughout

◦ New Palagic autopilot w/ 2 remote controls

◦ New engine 9.9 Yamaha high thrust

◦ 1000watts of solar

◦ Arch with solar and dinghy davits

◦ New LP 3 Bruner stove

◦ Bbq (Dickenson)

◦ Cockpit cushions

◦ Ais receiver

◦ New vhf with antenna and cable up the mast

◦ New bottom paint

◦ Cockpit table

◦ Dodger

◦ New 1000w elec windless 2024

◦ New hi-test 135’ chain

◦ New 44lb Mantus anchor

◦ Aluminum 20lb fortress anchor

◦ Spectra Watermaker (needs installing)

◦ Main table replaced with foam/glass for weight

◦ New battery in EPERB

◦ Replaced 5 port lenses

◦ Replace all 4 rudder bearings

◦ New shore charger

◦ USB charger throughout installed

◦ New LED lighting throughout

◦ Low draw 12v fans intsalled throughout

◦ Super low draw 12v Engel frig/freezer

◦ Jordan series drogue w 350’ of line

◦ 15’ sea anchor

Main full batten: great

Storm sail: near new

Stay sail: good

90% : good

120%: great

150%: fair

Drifter 170%: fair

Spinnaker and asymmetrical both great

Earth day in Mexico, a nearly forgotten post.

I forgot to post about Earth Day in La Cruz! 
This will be a short one, as it it mostly pictures. 
Catrina, the La Cruz Kids Club director and activity director for Marina La Cruz, set up a beach clean up in the morning on Earth Day. We made it to shore by 10 am that day in order to participate. There were a few other kid boats participating (SV Pickles, Riki Tiki Tavi, Ceilydh) and few non-kid boats. We found 14 large trash bags worth of trash within a 1/2 mile from the harbor.


Afterward a few boats participated in the “Drag Net” Rally. SVs Ceilydh took a bunch of kids on their catamaran, Riki Tiki Tavi took a few extra kids and myself as crew, Mike and Catrina took their little 24 ft boat and Scuba Ninja had a few on as crew. The idea was to sail out in Banderas Bay and pick up trash floating in the water as we sailed by. As one can imagine, pickup trash under sail ads quite the challenge to the task. Plus the wind had picked up to 15-20 knots, which made for spotting the trash, quite difficult. Although we weren’t very successful in collecting trash, it was nice to go out for just a few hours and sail. Christian was out of town, so crewing on a different boat and with Sara as a female captain on Riki Tiki Tavi was a really awesome experience for me. Thanks Sara and Pete! Scuba Ninja Sailing like a boss!

Just a quick reminder; we saw most of the ocean trash in the Marina. If you’re out there in a slip, Earth Day can be everyday, please pick out the trash in the water. Every little bit helps.

We also had a “farewell” party on SV Ceilydh for their last day on their boat. They finished there circumnavigation with their daughter, Maia, and are now returning to land lubbing life for the time being. You can look at their blog here. And just in case you are in the market for a circumnavigation ready boat, their boat is for sale