SOLD - 43' Columbia 43 Sloop (1971) - OCEANUS

It’s been more than 10 years since my wife and I purchased Oceanus, our classic Columbia 43. The time has come for us to sell her. We are too old to take her to sea and she needs a new steward to take her on more epic voyages.
Oceanus is a 1971 Columbia 43, one of the last great CCA designs created by the great Bill Tripp, Jr. We sailed her more than 10,000 nautical miles in the open ocean; sailing from Newport, Ore., to Southern California, the wild West coast of Mexico’s Baja peninsula into the Sea of Cortez. Then to Hawaii, 27,500 nautical miles in 21 days. We spent 13 months exploring the Hawaiian archipelago. We then sailed to her new home in Olympia Washington.
Oceanus was the perfect vessel for the job. Of all Columbia 43s, Oceanus is unique because the interior was gutted and, after strengthening the hull with full length stringers and new bulkheads the previous owner optimized the interior for a cruising couple or small family. The interior design is strong, beautiful and comfortable. It features a large comfortable main saloon, large U-shaped galley with a front-loading refrigerator and top-loading freezer (both 12-volt), an owner’s cabin with a double berth and a reading chair, a head with a tub/shower and a composting head, over/under bunks in the forepeak with the top bunk perfect as a workbench (which is how we used it), literally tons of storage everywhere.
On deck she has a new main and genoa (2016), Lofrans windless and 55-lb Rockna anchor and 300-feet of G7 chain. The large cockpit is a joy at sea, at anchor, or in the marina and the two benches are long enough for me to sleep on (I’m 6’4″). Real steps (not a ladder) in the companionway (great for dogs).
Between the previous owner and us we spent seven years and more than $90,000 on the rebuild and refit. Each piece of gear we bought was absolutely the best we could find. Everything inside the boat, wiring, plumbing, water tanks, fuel tanks, fuel lines, furnishings, upholstery, instruments, batteries was new in2016, except the engine, which was rebuilt just before we bought it in 2014. On deck we bought new sails, new running rigging, dodger, bimini, enclosure, cockpit cushions, anchor, chain, and windless.
During a 6-and-a-half-week, $10,000, haulout we worked from dawn into the night every day to the point of exhaustion. In addition to days and days of sanding and fairing, we installed new through hulls, prop, sandblasted the bottom and applied three coats of epoxy primer and two coats of Pettit Trinidad giving her a smooth racing bottom. We hired the best painter on the Oregon coast to spray a coat of Alcraft 2000 (improved Algrip). We also pulled the mast and inspected and updated the rig.
I hired expert help with the engine, wiring and installation of our Hydrovane windvane steering.
Since the 2015-2016 rebuild we have replaced the 11-gallon water heater, pressure water pump, and all six of our deep-cycle batteries. We also replaced the bow pulpit, the lifelines, and replaced the canvas Bimini with a hardtop. We also replaced her prop with a Flexofold 3-Blade Propeller – Folding Propeller, in 2021
We hope to sell Oceanus to someone who will take her into the second half of her life and love and care for her as we have. We know we will not recover a fraction of what we have invested in her but we need to make enough money to buy a newer used Toyota sedan so we can do some more traveling. For this reason we are asking $37,500 cash only.
In many ways Oceanus is better than new, but she has her faults. They can all be fixed, but not by us. We are selling her as is, where is.
If you are looking for a classic CCA beauty like sailboats built by Pearson, Erickson, Cal, Hinkley, Catalina, or Islander Oceanus could be your next boat.
Do not contact me about whether the boat is still available: AS SOON AS IT SELLS, I WILL TAKE THIS AD DOWN. If you are reading this ad, Oceanus is still for sale.

Ballast: 9,500 pounds
Sail Area: 806 square feet
Sail Area/Displacement: 18.24
Ballast/Displacement: 50.26 percent
Displacement/Length: 257.49
Theoretical Hull Speed: 7.5 knots
Vertical Clearance: 58 feet 4 inches
PHRF number: 102
Diesel motor: Perkins 4-107 rebuilt in 2015
Flexofold 3-Blade Propeller – Folding Propeller, new in 2021
Diesel fuel in two 55-gallon tanks for 110 gallons total
Drinking water two tanks with 135 gallons total
Inverter – 1800-watt Xantrex Pro Inverter is fully integrated into the Blue Seas AC panel
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