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Post edited 8:47 pm –February 5,2012 by Jonathan Cline

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

Post edited 12:42 am –February 5,2012 by Jonathan Cline

"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:-D   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.:-D  Now of course beauty isn't everything,though I'll take it!

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!