Catalina 36, 36 ft, 1990, Mia Bella

Mia Bella is a spacious 1990 Catalina 36 featuring an open transom with a swim platform. This highly sought-after sailboat is well suited for cruising in shallow waters thanks to its wing keel and 4.5-foot draft. It offers an exceptionally spacious interior with two private cabins and a large salon.

Mia Bella comes with several significant upgrades (navigation instruments, new batteries, a refurbished cooling system), as well as meticulous and documented maintenance since 2019.

The boat was brought from Maryland to Lake Champlain in 2012. We have owned her since 2019 and have sailed exclusively on Lake Champlain with our two young children.

The boat is ready to sail and is currently in the water near North Hero, Vermont.

Since purchasing the boat, we have completed a number of significant upgrades, including a complete Raymarine navigation system mounted on a NavPod at the helm, a new deep-cycle battery bank, new Victron solar controller, a complete rebuild of the engine cooling and exhaust systems, lifeline safety netting, new LED navigation lights (anchor light, steaming light, and deck light), replacement of the mast wiring harness, a new freshwater pump and accumulator tank, as well as many other improvements.

- Length Overall (LOA): 36.33 ft
- Length at Waterline (LWL): 30.25 ft
- Beam: 11.92 ft
- Draft (wing keel): 4.5 ft
- Displacement: 13,500 lb

- Fully battened mainsail (serviced in 2023)
- Lazy jacks
- Furling genoa (serviced in 2023)
- Spare mainsail
- Whisker pole

Engine & Mechanical

- Universal M35 (30 hp)
- Approximately 2,500 hours
- 3-blade propeller
- Complete cooling system overhaul (2024), including new hoses, new thermostat housing, and a reconditioned heat exchanger
- New exhaust hose (2024) and fully rebuilt exhaust riser

Electrical System

- 12V battery bank with 450 Ah capacity consisting of four 6V deep-cycle flooded lead-acid batteries (2024, second season of use)
- 175W solar panel
- 55A onboard battery charger (Iota DLS-55/IQ4)
- Victron 100/20 solar controller (20A)
- BlueSea Systems automatic charge relay with starting isolation (120A ACR SI 7610)

- Raymarine Axiom 9+ multifunction chart-plotter (2026)
- Complete Raymarine i70s instrument package with 4.1-inch multifunction displays, wind, depth, and speed sensors (2026)
- Angled pedestal guard with NavPod (2026)
- Dodger
- Bimini
- Full enclosure (lateral panels + panel between Dodger / Bimini)
- Cockpit lateral / side panels
- Lifeline safety netting (2023)
- Dinghy davits

- 3 double berths 1 single berth
- 2 private cabins
- 6 ft 4 in headroom
- 1 head (marine toilet)
- Teak cabin sole
- Fabric upholstery
- Dinette table

- Registered in Canada, “in-bond”
- Built in the US (California)

The boat is also being sold with a 10-foot Zodiac dinghy (2007) powered by a Yamaha 8 HP outboard that was fully serviced in 2023.