2005 Sabre 386 TR
“Liberte”
Toronto, Ontario
Builder: Sabre Yachts
Designer: Jim Taylor
LOA: 38' 6"
LWL: 32' 5"
Beam: 12' 8"
Displacement: 17250
Draft: 6' 10” (Deep Performance Keel)
Ballast: Lead
Engine(s): Yanmar Diesel
Engine(s) HP: 40
Cruising Speed: 7.5
Fuel: 40
Water: 100
Holding: 26
This is a special, custom built Sabre 386, there is no other sistership like this one. Originally built for a Sabre dealer’s personal use in Massachusetts, this model was modified to custom specification and has many upgrades. It has been in fresh water since 2010 in a climate that allows only 5-6 months of use per season. This particular model is designed for someone who appreciates the classic Sabre high-end quality inside and out, but still wants a boat that sails extremely well.
Currently winter stored on the island at RCYC and may be seen with a scheduled appointment for serious inquiries/offers.
Special custom construction features not seen on other Sabre 386 to increase sailing and racing performance:
- No trim ballast in the hull (saves 350 pounds)
- No skeg (mold was blanked off during lay-up)
- Headliner was tabbed and epoxied instead of puttied in place
- Traveler mounting pods were blanked off in the deck mold
- Traveler is mounted in the cockpit with two extra sheet winches
- Rig package is all custom made by Hall Spars & Rigging
- Mast is carbon fiber with white awlgrip above deck level
- Mast is 18” taller than standard
- Standing rigging is SS rod instead of wire
- Hall hi-tech running rigging
- Harken Furler is closer to deck than normal
- Saildrive engine instead of shaft and strut drive
- Pop-up mooring cleats fore and aft
- Deep keel weighs less, much better performance
- Reportedly floats 1.5 inches higher than standard 386
- Yanmar 40HP diesel with custom saildrive installation increases speed under sail, reduces vibration and noise, no stuffing box to leak, no shaft alignment issues. Better reverse. Folding geared prop.
- Cabintop handrails are stainless steel.
- Minimal exterior teak for a Sabre: Just toerails, hatch boards and drink holder at the wheel. All are varnished.
- Oversize Custom steering wheel, Edson airfoil spoke Aluminum Diamond series, white Awlgrip finish with leather cover.
- Carbon Mast has three forward halyards, all of which can be used for headsails, two can be used for spinnaker.
- Symmetrical spinnaker gear with Harken track and adjusting tackle on mast.
- Mainsheet is easily reached from both helm and crew cockpits. Sheet is double-ended so it can be adjusted from either side. Two self-tailing two-speed winches allow for trimming with less effort. Two-part mainsheet allows for quicker ease or trim. Port & Starboard traveler adjusting tackles can be reached from helm. Harken Big-Boat high beam traveler mounted so it does not interfere with seat locker lids.
- Winches:
- 2 #50 2-speed AST Primary sheet winches (jib/spin)
- 2 #40 2-speed AST Mainsheet winches
- 2 #44 2-speed AST cabintop winches for halyards, control lines
- Harken roller furling headstay
- Hall Rod QuickVang with tackle led to cockpit
- Navtec hydraulic backstay adjuster
- Harken full-length adjustable genoa cars with tackles
Sail Inventory:
Ullman #2 140% Genoa, 2010
Ullman Light #1 Carbon Genoa, 2011
Ullman .6 oz. Spinnaker 2012, solid red
Ullman AP #1 Carbon Genoa, 2012
Haarstick #3 Jib, 2013, lightly used
Doyle Pentex 155% #1 racing genoa, 2005
Doyle 120% #2 cruising genoa with UV shield, 2005
Doyle Pentex 100% #3 Jib, 2005
Doyle .75 oz. spinnaker (grey and blue), 2005
Quantum Fusion Mainsail, 2009
Mainsail Cover
Lazy Jack System
Navigation, Electronics & Electrical:
Tacktick Wireless Instruments for speed, depth, wind
3 Tacktick Displays on Mast bracket
1 Tacktick Display at nav station
Ritchie SP5 Compass
ICOMM502 HVF at Nav Station
ICOMRAM at helm
Masthead Windex
Masthead TV Antenna
Furuno GPS/WAAS GP32 at nav station
Clarion CD M335 Stereo
ClarionDVDPlayer VS735
Wema fuel & water tank monitor
XINTEX Fume detector
Xantrex PathfinderBatteryMonitor
Prosine 2.0 2000 Watt Inverter/Charger
Promariner Prosafe 1 Polarity, Ground and Galvanic Monitor
PC Connections at nav station
12 Volt outlet at nav station
Raymarine Below-Deck autopilot, control by helm to starboard
110Volt shore power with cord
Skyworth Flat Screen TV in salon on bracket mount
Electric Bilge Pump
High Water Bilge Alarm
Tank Watch 4 Holding Tank Level Monitor
Master EngineBatterySwitch
Master HouseBatterySwitch
Master InverterBatterySwitch
Hull Construction:
Closed cell Divinycell PVC foam cored, hand-laminated fiberglass of alternate layers of mat knitted biaxial roving.
ISO NPG gelcoat.
Below waterline, Sabre technology is utilized, consisting of chopped strand glass and vinylester resin as a back-up for ISO NPG gelcoat.
Internal deck to hull joint.
Molded in double boot and single cove stripes.
Bulkheads, berth faces, shelves and floor stringers laminated to hull providing integral, structural strength.
Step transom
Deck:
Single unit, Resin infused with Airex core for stiffness, and High density PVC core in high stress areas.
The deck is fastened to the hull using stainless steel thru bolts.
3M 5200 Polyurethane sealant in the deck to hull joint.
Propane storage locker in starboard side deck
Deck Hardware:
Custom stainless steel fore, mid-rail and aft corner chocks.
Stainless steel cowl vents (2)
Self-draining foredeck divided (spilt) anchor locker with drain and pad eye for anchor rode.
Pulpit, stern rail and stanchions are custom fabricated of type 316 stainless steel and thru-bolted with backing plates.
Double lifelines stainless steel cable with port and starboard boarding gates with braced stanchions.
All lifeline terminals and turnbuckles are swaged stainless steel.
Solid teak toerails
Stainless steel companionway hand rail and cabin top hand rails
Ventilation and Light:
5 Lewmar polished Ocean Series deck hatches
2 stainless steel dorade vents.
4 main cabin fixed port lights
Custom stainless steel opening ports with screens in salon, aft cabin, fwd cabin, and head.
Acrylic sliding companionway hatch with fiberglass spray hood solid teak hatch boards and screened hatch boards
Steering System:
Ritchie SP5 compass mounted in binnacle
Emergency tiller stored in cockpit locker
Balanced rudder is molded fiberglass bonded to a carbon fiber rudder post passing through a removable UHMW bearing and support tube securely laminated to the hull
Cockpit:
Two deep lazarette storage lockers
Sail locker to starboard
Recessed winch handle pockets
Coamings angled for comfort
Cup holder on pedestal
Two cockpit scuppers to Marelon sea valves
Telescoping transom boarding ladder
Interior Accommodations:
Varnished Teak Interior
Head with shower stall, electric W/C
Galley Countertop in Corian
Double SS sinks with Corian fillers
12 Volt refrigeration
Icebox both top opening and front loading
3 Burner propane stove with oven, cutting board top
Built-In Microwave Oven
All Overhead hatches have roller Skyscreens
Teak Framed Screens for Companionway
Galley has fold-up Corian extension counter
Built-in wastebasket with Corian cover
Double Drop-Leaf bulkhead dining table
Sit-down chart table with removable backrest
Forward cabin has sink and vanity
Opening ports are heavy-duty SS with screens
Island berth forward
Berths are extra-thick, at least 6”
Numerous lockers, drawers, cupboards, racks, etc.
Extra lockers in the V-berth
Colors:
Sport WhiteHull
2 Tone Sport White Deck with Grey Nonskid
Double molded in boot stripes, red and blue
Blue Corian counters in galley, head and forward cabin vanity
Blue Ultrasuede upholstery in salon
Oatmeal colored fabric in fore and aft staterooms
Black anti-fouling bottom paint
White mast & boom
White Mainsail Cover with red & blue stripes
Dark Blue Dodger with SS grab rail on aft side
White Cockpit Cushions
Additional Equipment:
Custom Steel Cradle
Fitted Winter Cover with Frame
Varnished Twin-Leaf Edson Cockpit Table
Aluminum Spinnaker Pole
Docklines and Fenders
Safety Gear
“Liberte” may be viewed with a scheduled appointment. Currently winter stored at RCYC.
Contact RCR Yachts Listing Broker:
Tim Finkle
Cell: 860.917.5416
Buffalo: 716.856.6314 x204
Youngstown: 716.745.3862
timfinkle@rcryachts.com
