We are selling Mindelo - Norman Cross 42 for sale

Trimaran Norman Cross 42 »MINDELO« for sale by owners. Currently located in Bundberg (AUS) with plans to head to Brisbane.

Mindelo is an extremely well-built ketch rigged Norman Cross MK2 Trimaran (single aft cabin design) with three double berths in total. He is equipped for off-grid liveaboard, with 550W of solar and a watermaker.

The current owners sailed more than 11’000nm in which Mindelo proved its safety and performance in various conditions, hosting up to six people in total for several weeks and on one occasion 20 people for a day-trip.
Mindelo can be sailed single-handed easily and is a fast cruising boat, but not a high performance trimaran. The current owners usually sail with a cruising speed between 6 to 8 knots and a top speed of 12 knots. The performance in light wind is very good, reaching 3.5 knots in 5 knots of true wind. A fin keel keeps the boat on track and results in minimal drift tacking against wind.

Mindelo (previous Cherokee) was built in 1983 to Norman Cross standards, double diagonal marine plywood planks were cold molded in West System Epoxy and glass. Last survey made in 2023 in California.

Excellent running 50HP Perkins 4.108 with 2000 working hours, straight drive line and folding propeller. Newer sails and running rigging, main mast has new Dynema Rigging (2024). Stack Pack sail covers with lazy jacks, jiffy reefing mainsail, rolling fuller Genoa with UV Cover.
New 400Ah AGM Batteries (2024) and 550W of Solar (2023), 12V Katadyn watermaker (2023), radar, autopilot, wind vane (2023) and Raymarine navigation Instruments.
Comes with two Dinghies (12’ westmarine inflatable and Sabot sailing dinghy). Amas (floaters) offer massive storage but shouldn’t be loaded with too much weight to avoid loss in performance.

The current owners sailed Mindelo for two years, from California via Panama to French Polynesia. See „Exploratio-mundi“ on youtube for several videos of the journey. The owners are now selling as they come to the end of their sabbatical period and will resume work.
The previous owners had Mindelo in a marina in Long Beach California for 13 years and had a lot of professional work done. They used the boat for weekend trips to the Catalina islands and some longer trips to north of Mexico.

Mindelo is ready to cross oceans, but to look sharp again he needs fresh paint on the hulls above waterline (currently 10 years old AWL GRIP failing on several spots)