2009 Sabre 38' (11.58 m)
Falmouth, Maine, United States
First Sight
IMMACULATE! 2009 Sabre 386
- Cruiser-Racer
- Sail
- Used
- Diesel
- Fiberglass Hull
- HIN/IMO: HWS38291D909
$ 248,000 USD
€ 215,292 Euros
$ 347,665 CAD
£ 184,388 GBP
Description
Excellent opportunity to buy one of the final sailboats manufactured by Sabre Yacht. This Jim Taylor* design was named the Cruising World Boat of the Year in 2005. "First Sight" was launched and commissioned by Handy Boat in Falmouth, Maine in 2009 and has been exclusively sailed seasonally along the coast of Maine.
The Sabre 386 was deigned by renowned racing boat designer Jim Taylor and built to the highest standards by Sabre Yachts in Raymond, Maine.This particular boat was conceive to put a priority on performance and she is an absolute delight to sail.
Construction included a cored hull and is only one of a handful of 386s with resin-infused vacuum-sealed deck
"First Sight" has been yard maintained since new and stored indoors all but two seasons. Teak toe rails sanded, prepped and varnished every year. Sails and canvas washed and inspected every year. Handy Boat has performed all commissioning and decommissioning requirements every season and all repairs as needed. This is a rare Sabre 386 in turn key condition and is ready for her next adventures.
The current owners will offer a “yacht delivery experience” and orientation to the new owners (pending location).
"First Sight" has been spectacularly well maintained. I can guarantee you will not find a boat of this type and vintage which presents as close to "brand new" as this one. From the flawless gel coat to the perfectly finished cherry joinery to the bilges look like the boat just came out of the mold, this boat is impeccable. Even the keel bolts and back-up plates are perfectly shiny polished stainless steel.
Data Sheet
HIN/IMO: HWS38291D909
LOA: 38' 7'' (11.76 Meters)
Type: Sail- Used
Year: 2009
Beam: 12'
LWL: 32' 6''
Draft Max: 6' 10''
Heads: 1
Cruise Speed: 6.5
Fuel Type: Diesel
Hull Material: Fiberglass
Hull Shape: Monohull
Bridge Clearance: 56' 4''
Displacement: 16950
Ballast Weight: 6400 lbs
Dry Weight: 16500
Engines
Engine 1
- Engine Make: Volvo
- Engine Model: D2 40B
- Engine Year: 2009
- Engine Type: Inboard
- Drive Type: Sail
- Power HP: 40.00
- Power KW: 29.83
- Fuel Type: Diesel
- Hours: 1858.00
- Engine Location: Middle
Full Details
Recent Upgrades
2025 by Handy Boat:
- Garmin GPSMAP 1243 Chart plotter
- Garmin GMR Fantom 18x Radar
- Scanstrut SC20 Radar Mount 34772
- Ti50/i60 Raymarine depth speed wind system pack
- NAVPOD 6P1061
- Three AGM Lifeline Group 31 house batteries 125 amp hours
- One AGM Group 31 starting battery 125 amp hours
- New Pathfinder at helm
- New macerator pump
- New fresh water pump
- New fresh water tank sensors
- 150 feet of anchor chain with 100 feet rode
- Marine cell phone booster
- New starting instrument panel in cockpit
2023 by Handy Boat
- New 3 blade folding prop
- New holding tank sensors
2021 Upgrades by Hallett Canvas and Sails
- New Genoa
- New Main Sail
- New Canvas Mainsail stack pack
- Dodger
- Bimini
- 150 watt flexible solar panel mounted on dodger
- Charger Controller
2017 Upgrades
- Lewmar windlass (V2 windlass lower profile)
- Lewmar stainless anchor (44#)
- Stainless swivel shackle
- Rigid boom vang (original boom vang stored on boat)
- Alexseal paint (Flag Blue)
- Custom cockpit cushions
- Custom varnished pedestal teak cockpit table with sunbrella cover
- Forespar Nova lift
Options and Custom Improvements when boat was built
- Tapered mast
- Contrasting non-skid deck
- 44” comfort grip wheel
- Memory foam mattress
- Custom cherry lockers with fold down doors in forward cabin
- Rail fiddles port and starboard in forward cabin
- Corian counters in galley and forward cabin, with Corian sink covers
- Teak deck on transom steps
- Additional fiddles in saloon
- Main halyard winch (46 CST) upgrade over standard 40
- Windward sheeting traveler car
- Angled pedestal guard
- 12 volt outlet at helm
- Hella cabin fans (2)
- Navtech hydraulic backstay adjuster
- Clarion AM/FM/CD/MP3 with 4 speakers
- Motor mount on aft rail
Interior
Main Salon
- Warm cherry interior
- Chart table with opening top for documents storage
- Bench seat at chart table with storage below
- Storage drawers for tools and cabinet for charts
- Faux teak and holly sole
- Cupboards (port and starboard)
- Storage shelves with fiddles
- Port and starboard settees
- Filler to create double berth
- Storage behind seat cushions
- Fold down cherry dining table
- Wine/liquor storage on bulkhead
- Two overhead hatches with screen and shade
- Automatic sump pump in bilge
- Access to water tank inspection under settees
- Opening ports with screens (port and starboard)
Galley
Three burner propane stove and oven
Two propane tanks stored in ventilated locker (accessed via weather sealed hatch on starboard deck)
Two propane safety monitors
Ice box design refrigeration with two heavily insulated and hinged lids
Seafrost refrigeration (last inspected and rebuilt in 2023)
Double stainless sink
Fresh water hand pump
Refrigeration pump
Forward Cabin
Queen mattress with deep storage compartments below with four access hatches
Two drawers under berth
Two drop down doors for storage under berth
Custom cabinets and fiddles (port and starboard)
Cedar lined hanging closet (starboard)
Cabinet with storage (port)
Sink with cabinet below for access to through hulls
Mirror
Overhead hatch with screen and shade
Opening ports with screens (port and starboard)
Head
Vaccuflush fresh water toilet (2021 repaired and updated)
Separate shower with bifold teak and glass door
Sink and mirror
Storage above and below sink
Overhead hatch with screen and shade
Aft Cabin
Double berth
Cedar lined hanging closet
Bench seating with storage below
Storage under berth
Shelves
Two overhead hatches with screen and shade
Opening port with screen
Additional Features
Engine Access
- Companionway stairs lifts to create access to engine
- Aft cabin cabinet easily removed to access engine
Cockpit Storage
- Locker under starboard seat
- Two large lockers on port and starboard (easy access to steering gear)
Anchor Locker
- Divided locker for anchor and deck gear
- Chain stowed forward
- Fender compartment aft (4 fenders with blue covers)
Additional
- Custom Cockpit Cushions (port, starboard, aft and additional 4 matching back rest cushions)
- Original cockpit snap-on cockpit cushions (port and starboard)
- Switlock MOM (mounted to stern rails)
- Sunbrella winch and compass covers
- Sunbrella hatch board bag
- Three piece screens for companion way with zippered case
- Stainless steel dorades (2)
- Stainless handrails on deck (port and starboard)
- Hot and cold cockpit shower (cockpit)
- Salt water washdown (deck)
- Original blue sail cover
- Whisker pole mounted on deck (starboard) and slide mount on mast
- Spinnaker halyard
- Reef lines
- Main halyard
- Jib halyard
- Outhaul line
- All halyards and sheets lead to cockpit
- Line clutches (port and starboard) under dodger
- Companion way sliding glass hatch
- 2 blade folding prop (spare)
Sail Area
Total Sail Area : 763 sq ft
- I : 51.83 ft
- J : 15.00 ft
- P : 45.33 ft
- E : 16.42 ft
Builder's Description
Sabre's attention to detail is well known. Whether it be the style and grace of her shear, the intricate details of a deck tooling blending comfort, safety and good looks, or the details found in the hand crafted interior joinery, Sabre Yachts stands alone in quality and reputation.
The Sabre 386 embraces the standards which have put Sabre's name atop the quality spectrum of boatbuilding for the last 35 years. Current Sabre owners and those who have followed the brand over time, will see details here which make it feel familiar. Details which make sense, which add to comfort, security and well being. Logical details that, above all, make each Sabre design a great, safe and beautiful sailboat.
But details from the past are just part of the story. Keeping up with technology has to go hand in hand with our desire to build the finest possible sailing yachts for our clients. The Sabre 386 hull is built using vacuum bagged, closed cell, cross linked PVC Divinycell foam and structural E Glass, which gives her one of the strongest, lightest, most durable structures available today. Her deck is also cored with Divinycell.
Hull lines, underwater appendages and rigs were drawn by Jim Taylor Yacht Design. The deck, deck styling and interior were accomplished by the Sabre Design Team. The result is a yacht which, like her siblings, will establish a benchmark in sailing that will endure for many years to come.
Excluded
- AB dinghy
- Dinghy seat
- Life jackets
- Miscellaneous safety gear
- Personal items
Disclaimer
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.
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Contact Us
For more information about this yacht please contact Sean Fawcett.
We look forward to working with you!
East Coast Yacht Sales
17 Ashland Avenue
Manchester MA 01944 USA
Phone: 978-526-3001
Email: yachts@ecys.com
Website: https://www.ecys.com/manchester-office/
East Coast Yacht Sales is a high quality dealership and brokerage firm with a charismatic team of experienced yacht consultants, service technicians, and support staff who all have a passion for people, boats, and the water. Dealers for Axopar, Targa, Sirena, Boston BoatWorks, & J Boats.
With almost 40 years in the business, East Coast Yacht Sales has grown to eight offices throughout the northeast. You can find ECYS in the same Yarmouth, ME flagship location that was its birthplace, in addition to: Camden and Belfast, ME, Manchester, MA, Newport, RI, Mystic, CT, Long Island, NY, Atlantic Highlands, NJ and Annapolis, MD.
Sean Fawcett
Yacht Broker
East Coast Yacht Sales
17 Ashland Avenue
Manchester MA 01944 USA
Office: 1-978-526-3001
Cell: 1-617-901-2874
Email: sfawcett@ecys.com
Sean Fawcett joins ECYS after four decades in the yachting industry. Sean has held positions as a yacht captain, boatbuilder, yacht designer, yacht charter broker and educator and is excited to bring his experience to the ECYS team.
EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION
Growing up in Manchester, Mass. and summering on Penobscot Bay in Maine, Sean learned to sail at an early age, was a summer sailing instructor at the Camden Yacht Club and always had his eye on a career in boating.
Sean graduated from The University of Pennsylvania where he was on the lightweight crew and was captain of the Penn Sailing team. Summer jobs often included running offshore racing yachts, as well as commissioning and delivering yachts up and down the eastern seaboard.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
After college, Sean began his yacht design career with Pedrick Yacht Designs in Newport, RI where he contributed to such notable designs as Stars and Stripes ’87 for the America’s Cup and the IOR Maxi boats “Sovereign” and “Drumbeat”. After ten years, he continued his design career with his own company, Fawcett Designs where he was part of the technology team for the America3 Americas Cup campaign.
Sean is joining us after ten years at The Landing School where he was Yacht Design Instructor, Director of Education and, most recently, President.
As a designer, Sean learned that it is imperative to understand how the performance of the boat matches the objectives of the owner. As such, Sean has raced or cruised with clients in almost every ocean in the world including competing in multiple SORC’s, Bermuda Races, Halifax Races, Kenwood Cups and Fastnet Races. Sean brings these same analytical skills to Yacht Brokerage, assuring that the boat matches the mission of the client.
Sean is excited to share his knowledge and passion for the sea with you on your journey in boating.
