Footloose is the desirable owner’s version with a hardtop, carbon mast with an aluminum boom, and bowsprit. She has been lovingly cared for and is a proven passagemaker.
Like all of the Catana 471s, she has many innovations including total mainsail management from the safety of the cockpit via a two speed electric winch, wide clean flat decks with all sail controls lead aft under the deck, and no lines or hatches to trip over. Along with that, Catana’s “ocean view” port lights provide excellent ventilation and incredible views.
In addition to the long list of Catana’s standard equipment, Footloose was upgraded with a carbon mast, and Harken winches and deck hardware. Her main winch and primaries are electric. She underwent a refit in 2016 that included standing and running rigging, mast and boom paint, Hydranet mainsail and genoa, symmetrical spinnaker, new furler and foil, two air conditioning units, refrigeration and freezer, stove, electronics, and lithium batteries.
Her second refit in 2022 included hull painted with LPU, all new teak treads on the transom, teak toe rails, teak cockpit locker tops, stainless steel handrails, teak bow seats and two new hot water heaters.
This second owner has cruised Footloose and regularly upgraded her as needed.
| Name of vessel | Footloose |
| Model | Catana 471 |
| Year | 2001 |
| Builder | |
| Designer | Christophe Barreau |
| Price | $449,000 USD |
| Location | Hilton Head, SC |
| Length (feet) | 46 |
| Beam (feet) | 25.25 |
| Draft (feet) | 2.6 |
| Displacement (pounds) | 22046 |
| Ballast (pounds) | |
| Engine model | Twin Volvo MD-22P |
| Engine horsepower | 58hp each |
| Engine hours | 4025 |
| Fuel tank capacity (gallons) | |
| Water tank capacity (gallons) | |
| Holding tank capacity (gallons) |
Accommodations
Footloose is the popular owner’s version with cockpit bulkhead galley, forward facing nav station, custom storage, port aft stateroom that converts from twin bunks to a double berth, ample cold storage, and a beautiful ash veneer interior with wood overhead panels and leather upholstery.
Galley
There is an outlet in the galley for testing the water from the watermaker and the ability to direct output to port or starboard tanks.
The watermaker remote system that can be started from the galley
Force 10 Stove (2016)
Frigoboat top loading refrigeration, keel cooled (2016)
Frigoboat front loading freezer, keel cooled (2016)
Electronics
Raymarine e80 chart plotter at nav station
Raymarine a9 chart plotter at the starboard helm
Raymarine digital 48 mile radar
Raymarine fish finder
Lecomble & Schmidtt hydraulic ram system for both autopilots
Raymarine 7000 autopilot with controls at port helm and nav station
Raymarine type 100-300 course computer
Raymarine wireless remote Smart Controller for the autopilot
(3) Raymarine I70 displays in the cockpit
(2) Raymarine I70 displays in the nav station
Vesper Marine AIS xb6000 transceiver which interfaces with the Raymarine plotters.
Icom ICM710 SSB with Pactor modem
Icom M506 VHF at nav station with AIS
Remote ICOM mic at starboard helm
Iridium GO with mounted antenna (2016)
Fusion 750 sound system with amplifier
Fusion speakers in the cockpit
Stereophile speakers in the saloon
Electrical
12v DC electrical system
120v AC electrical system
120v shore power
220v shore power (current owner has never tested)
Northern Lights generator with new motor (2005) 2705 hours
Generator complete service (2022)
Smartplug 120v. 30amp shore power cord
220v charger in the starboard engine room (never tested)
120v Mastervolt Combi 3000w inverter charger (2022)
(2) 400 amp hour Lithium battery banks
(2) Willard start batteries (2023)
(1) Optima generator start battery (2018)
Mastervolt Easyview battery monitor
Mastervolt Smart shunt
Acme 5 KVA 220v isolation transformer
Acme 10 KVA 120v isolation transformer
(8) 100w Siemens polycrystalline panels (4 on each side of hardtop)
(2) MPPT solar controllers
Manzanita Micro BMS
(2) Balmar alternators with external regulators
Balmar Centerfielder for twin alternator balancing
Ipad charging station at the nav station
Fusion 750 Stereo and speakers in salon and cockpit
Dell monitor
Ships 12v computer
Rig and Rigging
Carbon mast fully serviced and painted (2016)
Stainless steel rod rigging replaced (2016)
Harken Unit 4 furler (2016)
Facnor furler for gennaker
3 to 1 mainsheet system
Running rigging replaced as needed
Sails
Doyle Hydranet tri-radial main on Harken Batt cars (2016)
Doyle Hydranet tri-radial genoa (2016)
Doyle masthead asymmetrical spinnaker (2016)
Gennaker on the aluminum bowsprit with a Facnor furler
Fractional symmetrical spinnaker
Mechanical
Twin Volvo MD-22P sail drives, 58hp each, with approx 4025 hours
Engines have had regular oil and filter changes
Injectors serviced (2023)
Heat exchangers serviced (2021)
Racor Fuel filters serviced (2021)
Exhaust elbows replaced (2018)
Hull gaskets for the sail drives replaced (2018)
Fluid changed in sail drive and seals replaced at every haulout, most recent (2023)
Flex-o-fold props (2017)
5 Kw Northern Lights generator with total 2705 hours, new motor (2005)
Generator serviced (2022)
(2) Dometics16,000 BTU air conditioning units (2016)
Frigoboat top loading refrigeration, seawater cooled (2016)
Frigoboat front loading freezer, seawater cooled (2016)
Plumbing
Hot and cold pressure watermaker
(2) Spectra Catalina 300 watermaker with remote starts at the galley
Both Clark high pressure pumps rebuilt by Spectra (2016)
Both water makers rewired with larger gauge wiring (2018)
(2) Quick hot water heaters 5.3 gal each replaced (2022)
Both watermaker membranes replaced (2016)
Port water tank reserved for dinking and cooking water only
Starboard water tank used for water onshore
(2) Vacuflush fresh water heads
(2) holding tanks replaced (2015)
All sanitation hose were removed and replaced with a combination of PVC and Trident hose (2015)
Deck and Hull
Footloose was built with two outer hull molds and one deck mold that were vacuum bagged using vinylester resin and cored with PVC closed cell foam with unidirectional cloth for outer laminate and aramid cloth for inner laminate over the entire hull. The daggerboard trunks were over engineered to be seven times stronger than the daggerboards. All of the structural bulkheads were cored with Nidacore honeycomb core with carbon fiber on both sides. Each hull is equipped with two watertight compartments in the front and in the stern.
Stainless steel Vulcan 40kg with 300’ stainless steel chain
Fortress with chain and rode
Spare navy anchor
Quick Windlass (2016)
Wired windlass remote (2019)
Wireless windlass remote
New LPU hull paint (2022)
New teak treads on the transom (2022)
New teak toerails (2022)
New teak cockpit locker tops (2022)
Stainless steel handrails (2022)
Custom stainless steel rub strakes for chafe protection (2022)
New teak bow seats (2022)
Cockpit table top (2019)
(1) Harken 54main winch in aft center of the cockpit
(2) Harken 48 mainsheet winches in aft cockpit
(2) Harken 54ST primary winches
(2) Harken 44 electric secondary winches
(1) Harken 44 halyard winch on the mast
Safety
Viking 6 man liferaft re-certified (11/22)
(6) MOB 1 AIS personal beacons
G-EPIRB (currently expired)
Jordan Drogue
(6) mustang vests
Several Mustang deck suits in Various sizes
Forespar StaPlug soft foam cone-shaped emergency plug
Battery operated flare
Several expired flares
Miscellaneous
AB AL10 Hypalon rib with aluminum floor (2020)
Yamaha 15 Enduro outboard (2020)
Navisafe dinghy running lights
Hookahmax hookah compressor
Galley equipment
Numerous spares