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S/V OASIS has a home port of Oceanside,California in the Oceanside Harbor Marina (just north of San Diego). Prior owners had her there for the past 10 years or so. Before that,as a guess,she was further up the west coast.
OASIS is a Downeaster 32' made in 1979, hull #128. She is in very good shape both inside &out (prior owners very nice to her),blue trim, typically protected by a lot of blue canvas.
The 2010 survey found her value to be $40,000 although a nearby broker has mentioned several higher offers (verbally of course;$10-20k higher) which I am not entertaining:-D
At time of my purchase in 2010 the broker was listing her (includes goodwill for a very rare transferrable slip) at $59,000 then reduced to $54,900. The goodwill value of the slip was ballparked between $8000 to $10,000 based on the 7- to 10-year wait time for slips in this harbor. The slip is considered a premium as it is a city-owned marina with remarkably low fees and easy access to open ocean. In 2010 there were (and still are) some private marinas further south in San Diego with open slips – likely due to economy – with Oceanside still maintaining a very long waiting list. (Update for 2012:tax collector appraises slip somewhere around $9200 now;have to pay property tax on it.)
A couple small 2010 pictures:
Survey
Builder/Designer
Builder:Down East
Dimensions
LOA:35'6" LWL:25'10" Beam:11'
Displacement:17000 Draft:4'0"
Engines
Engine(s):Universal Engine(s) HP:24 Engine Model:5424
Tankage
Fuel:72 Water:90 Holding:yes
Accommodations
Interior cushions were all recently recovered. All of the teak inside was recently
re-done and shows flawlessly.
Teak and Holly Sole
Quarter Berth aft of Nav Station
V-Berth Forward with New Cushions
Fresh Water System Rebuilt in 2002
Port and Starboard Setees/Berths
Hanging Lockers
Electronics/Navigation Equipment
Raymarine Raychart 425GPS
Signet Depth and Speed
Raymarine C-70 located at the helm with chartplotter and radar on screen
Aurora Plus VHF
Radio
AM/FM/CD Stereo
Electrical System
Four Deep Cycle 31 Batteries
Truecharge 40 amp Battery Charger
2-way PathMaker
Solar Panel
One Deep Cycle 24 Battery
90 amp Altenator
600 Watt Invertor
AirX marine wind generator
Mechanical Equipment/Engine Details
Universal 5425 24Hp Diesel
Dual Racor Filters
All Engine instruments replaced in 2001
Most of the Electrical (AC and DC) Rewired with
New Circuit Breaker Panels in (2001/2002)
Transmission Rebuilt in
2000
Heat Exchanger Replaced
in 2001
All New Steering Cables
Installed in 2001
Wheel Steering
Deck Equipment
New Canvas covering on:teak rails,sunshade canvas,eyebrow cover,hatch cover and
outboard cover for dinghy engine.
All New Lifelines and Stancions
Bow Pulpit has been Rebuilt
Staysail Powder Coated with New
Hardware in 2002
43# Anchor
Cockpit cushions
Stern Anchor
Two Carbon Dioxide detectors,1 fore
and 1 aft
Two fire extinguishers
10'Zodiac Tender with 6hp merc
outboard
All Teak just Stripped and Varnished
All Deck Canvas Replaced with
Dodger in 2002
Ancor Windlass Power Coated and
Rebuilt in 2002
Galley
Three Burner with Oven (LPG)
Two Insulated Ice Chest Located under the
Salon Seats
U-Shaped Galley
Adler/Barbour Refrigerator with
Freezer
Double Stainless Sink
Plenty of Storage and Counter
Space
Sails
One Main
One Yankee Jib
All New Lines for Stays and Main Reefing in 2003
Two Stays
One Genoa
Additional
Most all Systems have been Rebuilt or
Replaced
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Mainsail has 2 reefing points. Is this the original Downeaster 32 insignia?
http://88proof.com/sail/oasis/.....heet1s.jpg
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"You've got a beautiful boat!" passers-by frequently say. I'm next to a lot of Catalina's and they're not getting those remarks, so the Downeaster magic is still working. A long timer on the dock recently quipped that it'd be nicer if she'd leave since Oasis steals all the attention 😀 Some lookie-loos mistake it for a custom wooden boat and recently a sailor claimed I owned an old pirate ship, so Avast! I bellowed to him. 😀 Now of course beauty isn't everything, though I'll take it!
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Valkyr looks like she is diseased she has so much gel coat missing on deck and still gets more comments than any other boat at the dock. 🙂 I'm scared to think how good she will look if we get the deck painting project done this spring the way we want to. These boats just have a classic appeal and beautiful lines.
Scott
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Folks in the Northeast seem to appreciate the lines of the Downeast 38 as well. I often get compliments when out sailing, and when going in/out on the launch (we keep Perelandra on a mooring).
Kind of a funny story - We were on our way out on the launch one day last summer, and the launch driver was new. I think he was a little embarrassed that he wasn't sure of our mooring location, so instead of asking me, he put a call out to the other launch on the VHF, asking for the location. The response was "It's the one near daymark #2, that sort of looks like a big Victorian house, except it's a boat."
I guess the design is fairly unique!
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I know of a fair number of other boats that have the same general look but none made in the last 20 or 30 years. It's just to expensive to build boats like these any more. If you hired a yard to build you a copy today with all the same materials it would cost you over half a million dollars. the interior alone is beyond anything anyone is doing nowadays. All that quality teak is expensive if buying nowadays.
Scott
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