Key updates and features include:

• Repowered in 2009 with a new 30hp Westerbeke diesel and new transmission (~470hrs)

• New suite of Ulman sails purchased in 2011: Main, jib and genoa (on Harken roller-furler), and asymmetrical spinnaker. (Older staysail, symmetrical spinnaker, drifter, and storm jib are also included.)

• Robust Pelagic tiller-pilot (2019) will steer the boat all day and night in strong winds and following seas. 

• Flemming wind vane self-steering

• UK Sails lazy-cradle and lazy jacks (2019)

• 300 watts solar and new charge controller (2019)

• Icom SSB

• Watermaker

• Updated electronics, including iPad chartplotter, AIS B, Raymarine wind instrument etc.

• Ideal windlass and 15kg Rocna anchor

• 8.5ft Achilles inflatable dinghy and new (2019) 2.5hp Suzuki outboard.

The Cal 36 is a fast-passage maker with a comfortable sea-kindly motion. Considered to be the “little sister” of the legendary Cal 40, she is stiff and has an easily driven hull form that performs extremely well on all points of sail. She has a good turn of speed and yet is very forgiving. Running downwind, she doesn’t have the same squirrely tendencies of many IOR-era and wide-beam cruising boats and can be easily steered by autopilot in following seas. All in all, she is a pleasure to sail and is confident and sure-footed in rough weather. 

La’i Holokai has been meticulously maintained, refit, and updated over the years. She is outfitted for coastal and offshore cruising, is set up to sail short-handed by one or two people, and has generous storage and secure sea-berths. There are custom features both below decks and on deck and all sail handling systems lead to the generous oversized cockpit. All the proper cruising and safety gear, extensive tools, and spares are aboard for the new owner. 

I purchased La’i Holokai in2021and have spent two years cruising Mexico. She has been a great boat. I looked at many many other boats before purchasing LH, but none had systems so well thought out and well maintained. Her previous owner was a professional mariner who cared for her for 27 years and made countless little improvements (see list of updates and equipment). During the short time that I’ve owned LH, I’ve kept up the tradition of care and made further additions for cruising. Having just been cruised, she is ready to go. It’s only due to a change in life circumstances that I’m selling.

Note that while she looks plain white in many photos, the hull is actually professionally painted in a custom color that has a very subtle green pigment. The spars and deck are painted grey in Epifanes Polyurethane and canvas work is sunbrella silver. She has an elegant appearance that gets many compliments.