African Fast Cat 43
VESSEL INFORMATION
$279,000.00 US Dollars
2010
43 ft
24 ft
4ft 5 in
6
2
2
Lombardini LDW1404 80 HP
GRP
Angelo Lavranos
BUILDER
African cat
VESSEL SPECIFICATION
Description:
AFRICAN CATS FAST CAT 445 - “NINA”
Stunning, Performance Oriented African Cats Fast cat 445
Nina is a stunning-looking, 43 ft performance-orientated catamaran, designed by Angelo Lavranos and commissioned in August 2010.
The Fast Cat 445 was designed by Angelo Lavranos based on first principles to be light, strong and fast. With her double-owner layout, she was built with the private owner cruiser in mind, rather than the typical charter market catamaran. She is well equipped to be a safe, fast, passage-making vessel. Her light but strong design facilitates a maximum payload of5 tonnes - a very useful feature when living aboard. The cockpit layout allows her to be sailed without ever needing to leave its safety. Unlike many other production catamarans which are constructed with polyester resin, Nina's deck and hulls are epoxy resin-infused, ensuring she remains osmosis free. She also boasts built-in buoyancy chambers and is constructed with tabbed-in fittings that remain silent under way. One owner since launch, she sailed from Durban in South Africa, round the Cape of Good Hope to Cape Town, then across the South Atlantic to the Caribbean. Due to family commitments the owners have decided to end their cruising days on Nina and now this beautifully maintained and lovingly cared for boat is all ready for her new owners to move aboard and sail away.
CONSTRUCTION:
Nina is both strong and light-weight, ensuring she sails fast and safely. This is achieved by the use of an epoxy vacuumresin infusion construction process (the use of epoxy, the premium boat-building resin, ensures the hulls remain immune from water-absorption and osmosis). The boat was built in two halves using female moulds layered with woven glassfibre mat, a Divinycell core and a final layer of woven mat. The hulls are also reinforced with the Twaron woven mat(similar to Kevlar) for improved impact resistance.
The keels, rudders, mast step and high load elements of the structure are also reinforced with carbon fibre. Many of herinternal furniture fittings are constructed from Nomex honeycomb material - often used in aircraft manufacture (high strength / low weight). The structures then fibre-glassed into position ensuring rigidity and no movement when sailing, making her quiet when under sail - i.e. none of the creaking noises so common to many production catamarans. The structure of the boat includes sufficient Divinycell foam to make the
boat unsinkable. In addition there are 6 (3 in each hull) water-tight buoyancy compartments.
TANKAGE:
Fresh water: 2 at 315 lt. (630 lt. total)
Fuel tanks: 2 at 66 US gals each (500 ltrs total)
Holding tanks: 2 at 14 US gal each (55 ltrs total)
INTERIOR LAYOUT:
Number of double berths: 2 x full king size (220cm x 180cm)
Note: 3 x additional sleeping berths are available
2 x electric heads and 1 x separate showers with electric pumps out
Interior finishes: vinyl foam liner, cherry wood veneer, Wilson Art laminate, and 2 pack Awlcraft paint (shade: off white)
Type of flooring thoughout interior: natural treated cork
Saloon dining table can seat 8 (150cm x 110cm)
Storage space: exceptional internal storage space including 2 x hanging lockers, 26 x cabinets and 5 x drawers and 12 xshelves. Also 1 safe box
lockers, 26 x cabinets and 5 x drawers and 12 x shelves. Also 1 safe box for valuables.
Nav station, including chart storage facility, and galley are up on the bridge deck
Interior lights are all LED including dimming facilities, reading lights, and red lights for night sailing.
Watermaker: 15 gals /hr (60 lts) Schenker. NEW 2020
Hot water tank Isotherm dual spiral 40 lts ( heating from electrical energy and port engine)
Cabin fans x 4
ELECTRONICS:
Garmin GPS Map 5212 chart plotter
Depth sounder, log, wind speed, Direction: Raymarine i70: NEW 2025 wind vane and arrow on mast top
Auto pilot: Raymarine ST70 with X10 smartpilot
Compass, Raymarine fluxgate and Plastimo magnetic
VHF Radio Icom IC-M506
SSB Icom IC-7000
DSP Multimode Pactor Controller
Iridium SatPhone 9555 with installed aerial
Radar Raymarine
Send and receive AIS Easy TRX (signals integrated into chart plotter)
Radio Fusion MS-RA70
Hand held radio Raymarine
Wi-Fi aerial Banten Bullet
TV set with Philips dolby surround
Apple Mac Mini onboard computer and monitor both running on 12V
MECHANICAL and ELECTRICAL
Webasto heater Air Top EVO M
Solar panels 2 x 315 watts (630 watts total)
Victron SmartSolar MPPT 100/50. NEW 2023
Victron Smart Battery Sense
Generator: Stand alone Honda EU 2000 (2 kw)
Inverter Charger Victron Quattro 12 | 3000 | 120 – 50|30 – 230V
Each engine has 1 x 100 amp alternator and 1 x 80 amp alternator (4 alternators total)
Each alternator is controlled by a Sterling smart controller
House batteries Lifeline GPL-4CT 6V 220AH agm 8x (total 880AH). NEW 2022
Engine Batteries Ac Delco BCI 51R470 2x. NEW 2022
In an emergency the house batteries can be switched to start the engines
Battery monitor is via the Victron BMW700
There are 7 x 220 volt sockets and 3 x12 volt sockets
GALLEY
Front-opening Isotherm Inox air-cooled fridge/freezer model
Top-opening air-cooled chiller unit can be switched to either fridge or freezer
2 x stainless steel galley sinks each supplied with hot and cold fresh water as well as salt water. Fresh water faucetHansgrohe new 2024
Moulded Corian work-surfaces and draining recess
Smeg Inox 5 burner stove
Smeg full size oven
Candy aquamatic 3.5 kg washing machine
Full set of cutlery, plates , glasses, cups, cooking utensils, saucepans ,food mixer, blender, electric whisk.
SAILS (ALL SAILS ARE NORTH SAIL)
Fully battened main sail 3 reefs 69 sq mt. NEW 2025
Furling genoa 41.5 sq mt Harken roller furler. NEW 2025
Gennaker with sock 95 sq mt (mint conditions, always on dry storage)
Gennaker with sock 140 sq mt (mint conditions, always on dry storage)
Storm jib
Mast: Southern Spars
Bow-sprit: Southern Spars 1.5 mt
ON DECK
2 x lockers forward (very large) and 4 x cockpit lockers
3 x composite gas storage tanks. New 2022
Winches:
powered primary winch (most sheets and halyards can be fed to this winch)
Harken 46
2 x Harken 44 winches for main sheet control
2 x Harken 53 winches for genoa sheets / gennaker sheets
12 x rope clutches
10 x docking cleats
2 x Bow pulpit seats
2 x Stern seats
Retractable Swim ladder (retracts inside sugar scoop)
Dinghy: Highfield Aluminium 310 mt
Outboard: Yamaha E8DMHS. NEW 2021
Twin helm seat
Cockpit seating for 7 persons
Cockpit table converts to double bed / sun lounger
Cockpit has LED lights including, red for night sailing, table lights, spreader light, sugar scoop lights
Cockpit has fresh water hot/cold shower and salt water shower
Salt water deck wash / anchor chain wash
Large carbon fibre rigid bimini
Cockpit enclosure awnings
Standing rigging: Compact Strand (Dyform) 8/10mm. ALL NEW 2018
All running rigging is Dyneema
Stack pack with lazy jacks. NEW 2025
Primary anchor: Rocna 88lbs (40 kgs) on 300ft of Stainless steel 8 mm
high test calibrated anchor chain (breaking load 7 tonnes)
Secondary anchors: 2x Rocna 35 lbs (16 kgs) with chain and lead weighted line
Windlass Muir Storm 2200 SS 12v 1200W. NEW 2022
Dyneema netting Trampoline
Bumpers (fenders) x 10
Dock lines x 8
Carbon fibre davits
Hatches Moonlight x 12
Portholes Moonlight x 12
Fishing rod /reel and lures
Diving Tank 20 lt Steel with GAV
SAFETY
A key safety feature of the boat is that she was designed to be sailed single-handed without the need to leave thecockpit. Both the fullybattened main sail and the roller-furling genoa can be deployed, lowered and reefed (single linereefing) from within the safety of the cockpit.
Life raft: 6 man Zodiac
Life vests: 8 x inflatable Plastimo Pilot 165
Safety harnesses x 1
Epirb
Fire extinguishers x 3
Automatic engine fire extinguishers in engine room x 2
Fire blankets
Automatic gas detection shut off and alarm
Floating anchor
Hydraulic steering with Octopus hydraulic-powered autopilot
Back up auto pilot steering using a linear actuator
Emergency tiller bar deployed from starboard sugar scoop
12 x electric bilge pumps
Mast-mounted remote operation spotlight and hand-held 1 million candle
power search light
Ship's barometer, clock, air temperature and humidity gauge
Additional Specs, Equipment and Information:
Lombardini LDW1404 (Engine 1)
Engine Type: Inboard
Fuel Type: Diesel
Engine Hours: 1600
Drive Type: Sail Drive
Power: 80 hp
Propeller Type: 3 Blade
Propeller Material: Bronze
Lombardini LDW1404 (Engine 2)
Engine Type: Inboard
Fuel Type: Diesel
Engine Hours: 1600
Drive Type: Sail Drive
Power: 80 hp
Propeller Type: 3 Blade
Propeller Material: Bronze
Dimensions
LOA: 43 ft
Beam: 24 ft
Max Draft: 4 ft 5 in
Weights
Dry Weight: 14,991 lb
Other
Hull Shape: Catamaran
Designer: Angelo Lavranos
Builder: African Cats
Electronics
-Autopilot: Raymarine St70
-Compass: Raymarine fluxgate and Plastimo magnetic
-Computer: Apple Mac Mini
-Depthsounder: Raymarine i70
-Flat Screen TV
-Plotter: Garmin 5212
-Radar: Raymarine
-Radio: Fusion MS-RA70
-VHF: Icom IC_ M506
-Wi-Fi: aerial Banten Bullet
-Wind Speed and Direction: Raymarine
Disclaimer
Lighthouse Yachting Ltd. offers the details of this vessel in good faith and has tried to verify all details as much as possible but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. As a buyer you should instruct your agent or surveyor to investigate and validate such details as you desire. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.