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Rubicon is loaded with gear and unique upgrades and options!  The boat has been customized on many levels, to make life on board more convenient and cruising friendly.  The current owners have just returned from winter in the Bahamas and had a blast!

The interior of the Moorings 38 is the fabulous Beneteau ‘art nouveau’ styling of the late 1980’s to early 1990’s, with rounded cabinets and soft edges juxtaposed with simple straight lines. The M38 is unusual for a 38 foot boat in that it has 2 (composting) heads, so is ideal for a family or 2 couples.  Designed originally as a racer-cruiser, the M38 performs well in both light air and heavy air conditions. 

Some interesting/recent upgrades and customizations are:

• Evolution Fully Battened Mainsail (2023)
• Evolution Genoa (2023)
• Garmin Chartplotter (2023)
• Garmin Radar (2023 – not installed)
• Rudder rebuilt & bearing replaced (2023)
• Zodiac 9.5′ Inflatable (2023)
• Tohatsu 8HP Outboard motor (2023)
• EPIRB (2023)
• Bottom sand blasted, epoxy coated & bottom painted (6/2023)
• Cockpit cushions (2022)
• Lead keel (most Beneteaus have cast iron keels)
• 2-Cabin, 2-head layout
• Custom Retractable Davits
• Custom mounts for Solar Panels
• Wind Generator
• ROCNA 44lb primary anchor w/ 100′ chain & 100’ rode
• Anchor washdown (Fresh or Salt water)
• 2 Composting heads
• WIFI booster
• Emtrak Class B AIS (Transceiver)
• Full Enclosure
• Custom sheaves on boom &  winches on mast for sail raising
• Wooden hull liner strips throughout
  … and a lot more.

Rubicon is ready for her next trip!

ACCOMMODATIONS:

This boat is classic  late-80’s-early 90’s Beneteau. Rounded corners to cabinets & vertical rounded windows at the rear of the salon give it an ‘Art Nouveau’ feel. The galley is to port of the companionway with double sink, storage, stove  and ‘marble’ counter tops and custom anodized aluminum trim.  Above counter level is a custom storage shelf, complete with custom ‘stanchion and lifeline’ fiddle & custom lighting.
The aft cabin is behind the galley – with double bunk, cedar strip hull liner and plentiful storage. Foam Mattress pad and Wolf Den anti moisture system (2023).
To starboard is the aft head with composting head, vanity, pull out shower & shower curtain.
Forward of the head is a cabinet-cum-countertop-cum-chart table which houses the huge freezer and fridge. They have separate lids and extra insulation. Behind the counter top is the electrical panel and some electronics.

The salon consists of 2 straight settees with a centrally positioned table that has leaves that open up and extend to each settee. Custom cushions w/ velour upholstery are in excellent condition.  The original hull liner has been replaced with mahogany slats. There is a Smart TV (2023) on the port, forward bulkhead and clock and barometer on the starboard bulkhead with a magazine holder below.  Storage above and below the settees.
The forward cabin has an extended  v-berth in the bow.  It has a memory foam mattress with Froli System beneath to stop condensation.  TV on forward bulkhead, mahogany slatted hull liners and storage to starboard.  Head compartment with composting head and basin, to port.

GALLEY:

• Tasco 2-burner Propane stove w/ oven
• 2 x S/S sinks
• Pressurized hot and cold water
• Foot pump  (fresh water)
• Custom dish rack/draining board fits into right hand sink
• Custom, removable cutting board adjacent to sink
• Pull-out storage cabinet below counter
• Storage cabinets 
• Custom polycarbonate  shelf w/ S/S support & ‘stanchion & lifeline’ fiddles above counter.
• Dometic (air cooled) chest Fridge w/ Freezer,  separate lids, added insulation (starboard)

ELECTRICAL:

• 110V/12 V system
• 1 x Shorepower outlet
• 2 x 30 A shorepower cables (50′ & 30′)
• AirMarine Wind Generator
• 4 x solar panels (total 380 W)
• MPPT Solar controller (w/ spare PWM controller) 
• 2 x D4 SLA House batteries
• 2 x 12V Start Battery (5/23)
• 2 x 12V House Batteries (11/23)
• MasterVolt ChargeMaster 50 A Battery Charger (new-not installed)
• 6 Gal water heater
• LED lights throughout – some switch to red 
• Custom galley lighting
• Motion sensor lights in heads & galley 
• 12 V fans

ENGINE & MECHANICAL:

• 3GM30 Yanmar engine w/ 2100 hours
• Rudder bearing replaced (2023)
• Motor mounts (2018)
• Prop shaft (2018)
• Cutlass bearing (2018)
• PSS dripless Shaft Seal (2018)
• Sigma Drive (2018 – aligns shaft & eliminates vibration)
• 85A Balmar Alternator w/ digital Duo Charge
• 55A Yanmar Alternator (original = spare)

SAILS & RIGGING:

• Evolution Fully Battened Mainsail (2023)
• 120% Evolution Genoa (2023)
• New Halyards (2023)
• Battcars on mast track for raising mainsail
• Goiot Genoa Furler
• Code 0
• Doyle Stack Pack w/ lazy jacks (2016)
• Standing rigging replaced 2002/3
• Custom winches on mast for topping lift and genoa halyard (2019)
• Custom Sheaves on boom (2019)
  

HULL, DECK & COCKPIT:

• Hull sand blasted (no blisters), epoxy coated & bottom painted (6/2023)
• ROCNA  20kg anchor w/ 100′ chain (2020) & 100’ rode
• Bruce 33lb w/ 100′ Chain & 100’ rode
• Lewmar electric windlass 
• Anchor washdown (fresh or salt water)
• Anchor locker
• Aluminum toe rails
• Granny bars at mast
• Dodger (new eisenglas 2019/20)
• Bimini (2020)
• Full enclosure (2020)
• Cockpit cushions (2022)
• Wheel w/ leather cover
• Pedestal for chartplotter
• Fixed cockpit table w/ cherry insert in leaves
• 2 x Lewmar ST 46 Primary winches (cockpit forward)
• 2 x Lewmar ST30 Secondary winches on coachroof
• 1 x Lewmar ST30  winch (cocpit port aft)
• Cockpit lazarettes port, starboard and aft
• Propane locker w/ 2 x 10lb  Aluminum tanks
• Cockpit shower (cold) on transom
• Custom retractable davits (can hold up to 200lbs)
• Custom frame for solar panels 
• Radar pole
• Custom outboard motor lift
• Transom w/ 2 steps
• Storage in transom step
  
  

SAFETY & ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT:

• Zodiac 9.5′ Inflatable (2023)
• Tohatsu 8HP Outboard motor (2023)
• EPIRB (2023)
• LifeJackets
• Throwable horseshoe buoy
• Paratech Sea anchor (unused)
• Docklines
• Fenders (numerous)
• Miscellaneous spares
• 2 x 100 gram Polyethylene water tanks under salon settees
• Full Deck Awning

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.