RECENT UPGRADES & MAINTENANCE

DRAGONFLY's maintenance history is one of her strongest selling points.

2026

• Four Duracell 6V house batteries installed
• Engine raw-water pump impeller replaced

2025

• Bottom painted September 2025
• Hull cleaned and waxed
• New LP Bottle
• Maintenance notes indicate additional paint work in late 2025

2024

• Fuel tank cleaned and rebuilt as required
• Inspection/access plates added to fuel tank
• Dodger clear-vinyl windows replaced

2021

• Dedicated starting battery installed
• Fire extinguishers updated

2020

• Electric bilge pump replaced

2018

• Garmin echoMAP CHIRP 74-series chartplotter
• Standard Horizon Matrix AIS/GPS GX2200-series VHF
• RAM remote-station microphone
• Raymarine i50 depth instrument

2015

• Full-batten mainsail replaced
• Forward V-berth mattress replaced with memory-foam-topped mattress
• Captain's cockpit cushion replaced

Earlier documented maintenance

• Fuel pump replaced — 2011
• Lifelines replaced — 2009
• Major canvas package replaced — 2009

The cumulative picture is more important than any individual upgrade: this boat has received steady care across mechanical, electrical, sail, canvas and cosmetic systems.

DESIGN & SPECIFICATIONS

Builder: Catalina Yachts

Model: Catalina 36 MkII

Year: 1996

Hull: Fiberglass

Rig: Tall Rig masthead sloop

Keel: Shoal-draft wing keel

LOA: 36'4"

Approx. overall length: 37'9"

LWL: 30'3"

Beam: 11'11"

Draft: approximately 4'5"

Displacement: approximately 14,100 lb

Ballast: approximately 6,600 lb

Bridge Clearance: approximately 53'

Fuel: approximately 25 gallons

Fresh Water: approximately 83 gallons per owner information

Holding: approximately 17 gallons

Catalina's original MkII documentation lists the wing-keel version at 14,100 lb displacement, 6,600 lb ballast and 4'5" draft.

ENGINE & PROPULSION

DRAGONFLY is powered by the proven Universal M35 four-cylinder freshwater-cooled diesel, a very common and well-supported installation in Catalina cruising boats of this era.

• Universal M35 diesel
• Approximately 30 hp
• Approximately 2,000 engine hours
• Freshwater cooling with heat exchanger
• Direct-drive transmission
• PYI Max-Prop auto-feathering 3-blade propeller
• Balmar high-output alternator and regulator
• Dripless stuffing box
• Cockpit engine controls
• Engine/electric hot-water heating
• Spare original alternator
• Manual and electric bilge pumps
• Bilge exhaust blower

The Max-Prop is a meaningful cruising upgrade, reducing drag under sail while retaining excellent maneuvering characteristics under power.

SAILS & RIGGING

DRAGONFLY is equipped with the desirable Tall Rig, offering more sail area than the standard rig and particularly useful performance in the lighter-air conditions frequently encountered on the Chesapeake and sounds of North Carolina.

• Aluminum keel-stepped mast
• Tall Rig
• 2015 full-batten mainsail
• Multiple reef points
• Schaefer 2000 headsail furling system
• Genoa
• Inboard and outboard genoa tracks
• Halyards led aft
• Rope clutches
• Garhauer solid boom vang
• Adjustable spring-line/genoa-track hardware
• Single-line mainsail reefing led aft
• Lewmar 30ST halyard/sheet winches
• Lewmar 48ST primary genoa winches

The Catalina factory tall-rig specification increased rated sail area from approximately 555 sq. ft. to 601 sq. ft.

ELECTRONICS & NAVIGATION

DRAGONFLY carries a practical navigation package suitable for coastal and ICW cruising.

• Garmin echoMAP CHIRP 74-series chartplotter
• Standard Horizon Matrix GX2200-series VHF
• Integrated AIS/GPS capability
• RAM remote microphone
• Autopilot with corded remote control
• Raymarine/Raytheon wind instrumentation
• Raymarine/Raytheon speed/log instrumentation
• Raymarine i50 depth gauge
• Pedestal-mounted Ritchie compass
• Sony stereo
• Four speakers
• Atomic clock

Some legacy instruments remain aboard in addition to the newer electronics.

ELECTRICAL

A substantial house battery bank and high-output charging system make DRAGONFLY well suited to cruising.

• 12V DC / 115V AC electrical system
• 30-amp shore-power service
• Four 6V Duracell house batteries — 2026
• Series/parallel house-bank configuration
• Dedicated starting battery
• Balmar 90-amp alternator
• Balmar voltage regulator
• Heart Freedom inverter/charger
• Two shore-power cords
• Cabin lighting
• Reading lights
• Cabin fans

AIR CONDITIONING & COMFORT

A particularly valuable feature for a North Carolina boat is DRAGONFLY's Dometic EnviroComfort reverse-cycle heat pump, installed in 2013.

• 16,000 BTU air conditioning
• Reverse-cycle heat
• Shore-powered climate control
• Cabin fans
• Hot-and-cold pressure water
• Engine/electric hot-water system

This makes her equally comfortable for summer weekends aboard, shoulder-season cruising or use as a marina-based getaway.

ACCOMMODATIONS

One of the reasons the Catalina 36 remains popular is its unusually useful interior.

DRAGONFLY features a two-stateroom layout with a large salon, allowing a couple to cruise very comfortably while retaining excellent accommodations for guests.

Forward Cabin

The spacious V-berth includes:

• Large double berth
• Memory-foam-topped mattress replaced in 2015
• Hanging locker
• Storage
• Private access to the head

Salon

The salon provides excellent gathering and dining space.

• Large U-shaped convertible dinette to port
• Extensive storage beneath
• Starboard settee
• Convertible game/coffee table
• Abundant cabinetry
• Navigation station
• Swivel nav seat
• Excellent natural light and ventilation

Aft Cabin

Aft of the navigation area is a private stateroom featuring:

• Large double berth
• Privacy door
• Standing headroom near the entry
• Hanging locker
• Storage

HEAD

The head compartment is located forward and provides convenient access from both the main cabin and forward stateroom.

• Manual marine toilet
• Holding tank
• Deck pump-out
• Vanity
• Corian sink and countertops
• Hot-and-cold pressure water
• Shower wand on sink faucet
• Storage cabinetry

GALLEY

The large L-shaped galley is positioned conveniently at the foot of the companionway—a particularly good arrangement underway because the cook remains connected to both cockpit and salon.

Equipment includes:

• Adler Barbour 12V refrigerator/freezer
• Two-burner propane stove with oven
• Corian-style molded countertop
• Double stainless-steel sinks
• Hot-and-cold pressure water
• Foot pump for icebox discharge
• Large dry-storage locker
• Microwave oven
• Extensive cabinetry and storage
• Good task lighting

COCKPIT & CANVAS

The MkII cockpit is one of the design's most useful improvements, with good seating, a walk-through transom and excellent access to the water.

DRAGONFLY's Persian Green canvas package includes:

• Bimini
• Dodger
• Connector
• Mainsail cover
• Headsail UV cover
• Wheel/pedestal cover
• Custom cockpit sunshade
• White side curtains
• Cockpit cushions
• Two reclining cockpit cushions
• Dodger side rails and aft grabrail
• Clear-vinyl dodger windows replaced in 2024

The cockpit also includes:

• Folding leather-wrapped wheel
• Teak cockpit table
• Magma stainless-steel propane grill
• Stern rail seating
• Walk-through transom
• Swim platform
• Transom hot/cold shower
• Outboard motor bracket

DECK & GROUND TACKLE

• White fiberglass hull
• White fiberglass deck with molded nonskid
• Bow pulpit
• Stern rails with catbird seats
• Walk-through transom
• Swim platform
• Electric anchor windlass
• Bruce anchor with chain and rode
• Danforth secondary anchor with chain and rode
• Dock lines
• Fenders
• Adjustable boat hooks

Owner intake notes indicate approximately 90 feet of chain plus 100 feet of rode associated with the primary ground tackle; prospective buyers should verify exact inventory during inspection.

ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT

• Magma stainless-steel gas grill
• Teak cockpit table
• Cabin window shades
• Cabin fans
• Reading lights
• Folding helm wheel
• Stove cover/counter board
• Fire extinguishers
• Flares
• Dock lines
• Fenders
• Boat hooks

OWNERSHIP & CONDITION

The current owner has reportedly cared for DRAGONFLY since approximately 2012.

Most importantly, the boat's condition supports the maintenance records. She has the appearance of a vessel that has been routinely cleaned, serviced and attended to rather than allowed to decline between major refits.

Owner intake information reports:

• No collision history
• No fire history
• No flooding/sinking history
• No lightning strike
• No lien/mortgage reported
• State titled

The boat has primarily cruised North Carolina waters.

A CLEAN CATALINA THAT DESERVES A LOOK

There are plenty of Catalina 36s on the brokerage market, but condition varies enormously after thirty years.

DRAGONFLY's advantage is straightforward: she has been cared for.

The combination of her clean interior, maintained systems, Tall Rig, shoal-draft wing keel, Max-Prop, reverse-cycle air conditioning, upgraded electronics, newer house batteries, recent bottom service and extensive maintenance history creates a particularly attractive package for a sailor looking for a capable cruising boat without immediately facing a long refit list.

For cruising North Carolina, the Chesapeake, ICW, Florida or Bahamas, the Catalina 36 MkII remains a very difficult combination of comfort, sailing ability, shallow draft, parts support and value to beat.

DRAGONFLY is clean, well equipped, thoughtfully maintained and ready for her next owner.

Engine and generator hours are as of the date of the original listing and are a representation of what the listing broker is told by the owner and/or actual reading of the engine hour meters. The broker cannot guarantee the true hours. It is the responsibility of the purchaser and/or his agent to verify engine hours, warranties implied or otherwise and major overhauls as well as all other representations noted on the listing brochure.

The company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change or withdrawal without notice.

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