Seawind 850

FOR SALE – Seawind 850 Catamaran

One Crowded Hour | Carnarvon, WA

If you’ve been looking for an affordable cruising catamaran with genuine upgrades already done, One Crowded Hour is worth a close look.

This Seawind 850 is set up for coastal cruising and liveaboard use, with key items already replaced or upgraded — including new mainsail, new winches, near-new engines and a Rainman watermaker.

We’re only selling as we’re upgrading to a larger boat.

Current price reflects works still underway and will increase as they’re completed.

Key Features

• Easily sailed short-handed

• Furling headsail & stack-pack main with lazy jacks

• Cruises comfortably at 6.5–8 knots

• Engines only 2 years old

• Rainman petrol watermaker (~$10k value)

• Starlink installed

• Strong liveaboard potential

Specifications

• Length: 8.5m (28ft)

• Beam: 5.67m

• Draft: 0.84m

• Keels: Fixed mini keels

• Displacement: 2,177kg

Sail Inventory

• Barracuda mainsail – NEW (May 2025)

• Furling Barracuda headsail

• Asymmetric spinnaker

• New boom bag

Deck Gear

• 2 × Hutton 40ST 2-speed self-tailing winches – NEW (May 2024)

Tender & Outboard

• 2.5m Sirocco inflatable

• Yamaha 10hp 4-stroke (2023)

Electronics & Navigation

• Raymarine Autopilot

• B&G Vulcan 7 chartplotter (SailSteer & ForwardScan)

• Raymarine wind instrument

• AIS

• VHF radio

Electrical & Power

• 12V system

• 2 × house batteries

• 1 × engine battery

• Solar panels on davits + auxiliary panel

• Wind generator

• Enerdrive charger & inverter

• Portable generator

Fuel & Water

• 2 × 40L stainless fuel tanks

• Approx. 200L water capacity

Condition Overview

Strengths

• Well equipped for cruising

• Major sail upgrades completed

• Watermaker included

• Engines near-new

Works Remaining

• Mast foot replacement required

• Interior painting partly complete

• Windows need resealing

• Bridgedeck requires attention

Location: Carnarvon, WA (currently on hardstand)
Price: Once-off opportunity — will rise as works continue

This is a practical WA cruising platform with the expensive gear already onboard. Finish the remaining jobs and you’ll have a capable coastal catamaran ready for Shark Bay, Dirk Hartog or extended liveaboard use.