CAL Cal 48
US $129,000US
Classic Cal-48 sailboat offered by San Diego Veteran Broker located in San Diego, CA. "SALACIA" is a long time cruiser, having sailed all over the Pacific Ocean, including the Transpac race to Hawaii and was privileged to be the Flag-Ship for both the Newport Harbor Yacht Club and San Diego Yacht Club over the years, and most recently being owned by a world-renowned sailing/yachting/racing family.
Recent upgrades include all New Standing and running Rigging and many other upgrades. Full list and details coming soon.
Please contact Broker for full details and a time to get onboard. Hope to hear from you soon.
Recent upgrades:
-New Standing Rigging (2024)
-New Running Rigging Replaced (2024)
-New Engine Raw Water Pump (2025)
-New Electronics (2024)
-New Bottom Paint (2024)
- Use of CATALINA ISLAND Cherry-Cove Mooring, C-2 Through Dec. 31st, 2026!!
Sail Inventory
Main and #2 jib (on roller furler) are on board- all the other sails are stored off site
1999 Full batten main (2 reef points)
1999 Mylar/Dacron AP #1 Race Genoa 155%
1999 #2 Jib NorDac 140% (with UV cover leech and foot)
1999 Spinnaker Code 2S .75 Norlon
1999 1.5oz True Radial Ex Gennaker (with snuffer)
Two RV solar panels wired to power boat (on the mooring in Catalina, we never need to run the engine),
Ship’s clock and barometer, misc. spares and tools.
Covers for all brightwork plus full covers for the entire boat
Six Lifeline 6volt GPL-4CT-AGM Batteries
Misc. life jackets, MOM, Flares, Nav lights
Two 35lb. CQR Anchors with 3/8-inch chain and 3/4inch line, bow roller. Electric windlass
White Bimini for over boom with sunshade that attaches for aft cockpit
Two New Heads (2024) and New Holding Tanks (2024)
-Upgraded Engine to a Perkins 4-108 Diesel
-Reportedly less than 300 hours
-Serviced by Todd at Endurance Marine
-Recent service included Oil, Filters, hoses, belts, and injectors changed/serviced
-New Raw Water Pump 2025
-New Standing Rigging (2024)
-New Running Rigging (2024)
-New Boom Vang (2024)
-Mast pulled and inspected (2024)
-New Spreader Lights (2024)
-New Electronics 2024
-Garmin AIS Transponder and Multifunction Display
-NMEA 2000 Back Bone
-B&G System
-New Depth Sounder
History of the Cal 48 Sloop Salacia
Designer – Bill Lapworth
Builder – Jensen Marine
Hull #2, built in 1966
Original name still in place. Salacia was the goddess of saltwater and the sea. She was the wife of King Neptune and Triton’s mother.
Ownership History:
1. Tom Corkett (Newport Harbor YC)
2. Joe & Jane DeMeter (Richmond YC)
3. Salacia has been owned by the Fetter Family since 1977 when Tom & Jane Fetter purchased her as the family cruising boat and spent weeks every summer on her mooring C2 at Cherry Cove. Their son Trevor Fetter owned her in the early 2000s and sailed her out of Santa Barbara YC. Since 2006, she has been owned by their youngest daughter JJ Fetter and kept at San Diego YC with occasional cruises to the Channel Islands and along the Southern California coast.
Racing and Notable History:
Tom Corkett raced the boat extensively. Notable results include:
- Los Angeles – Mazatlan Race in 1966 – First in class, Second overall
- Tahiti Race (San Pedro to Papeete) in 1968 in 20:13:57:19. Second overall
- Ensenada Race in 1969 –First Overall and first in Class A
- Transpac Race in 1969 – First in class (Division B)
The DeMeter family also raced the boat extensively in the San Francisco Bay area and competed with Salacia in several races to Hawaii (both the Pacific Cup and Transpac in ‘73).
Salacia was the flagship for San Diego Yacht Club in 1994 when Tom Fetter was Commodore.
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.
Specifications
- Boat NameSALACIA
- BuilderJenson Marine
- ModelCal 48
- Model Year1966
- LOA48 ft
- Beam13 ft
- Engines Total Power50 hp
- Number of Engines1
- Engine BrandPerkins
- Engine Model4-108
- Engine Power50|horsepower
- Engine Fuel Typediesel