Skylark - 1985 36' 1" CAPE DORY 36 Cutter
Bristol Rhode Island United States
$59,500 USD
This Cape Dory is truly Amazing!
If you are looking for a TURNKEY, comfortable, cruiser that needs nothing (but water) you have landed on the right page. Cape Dory is synonymous with top quality in cruising yachts. Solidly built In
New England from top-shelf materials and gear, they are designed for comfort, practicality and safety at sea.
She has been treated very well by her owners featuring upgraded MOST EVERYTHING!
Highlights: SAILS/FURLERS, WINCHES, ELECTRONICS, ELECTRICAL (solar), CANVAS, including full enclosure, MECHANICAL SYSTEMS, SALON CUSHIONS and much, much more. Also, Espar diesel heating system with a full enclosure for the cockpit (2023) combination to extend your season up north.
All that and she is immaculate!
Read through the listing details – you will be amazed as well!
Currently on the hard and located in Bristol, RI
FULL SPECIFICATIONS
Overview and Updates
EQUIPMENT and TIMELINE by year
(new or upgrade, replace, refit or repair)
SAILS AND RIGGING
2018
- Standing Rigging SS 316, turnbuckles
- Rope clutches added to mast for halyards – main, yankee and staysail
- Reconditioned mast step
- Refinished and re-bedded mast deck collar
2019
- MainSail – Precision 500 4 full battens Batten Pocket Closure Offshore Reinforcement pack
- Staysail – Precision 500 luff padding Sunbrella UV strip offshore reinforcement pack
- Jib – Precision 500 luff padding Sunbrella UV strip offshore reinforcement pack
- Harken MK IV staysail furler
- Harken MK IV yankee furler
- Rebuilt Monitor windvane self steering
- Replaced Monitor windvane paddle (spare onboard)
2020
- Installed sleeve for Internal Mast Wires – Bristol Yacht Rigging
- Main sheet bronze Lewmar winch 16 self-tailing
- Staysail bronze Lewmar winch 16 self-tailing (2)
2021
- Garhauer custom made mainsheet traveler
- Garhauer Mainsheet all blocks
- New England Ropes VPC halyards
- New England Ropes running rigging sheets and reef lines
2022
- 2 speed Lewmar 16 self-tailing on mast for main sail (with rope clutch + others 2019)
- Lewmar D2 double rope clutches for yankee and staysail roller furling lines
- Spreader boots
- Mesh bag to hold halyards hangs from boom
2023
- Tides Marine Track
- Mainsail third reef added with webbing loop dog bones – Quantum Sails
- Lewmar DC2 triple rope clutch on boom for reefing
- ATN spinnaker sleeve
OTHER
- Spinnaker recut by owner to appropriate luff length
- Adjustable spinnaker pole and chocks on deck
- Separate track on mast for Trysail
ELECTRICAL
2018
- LED masthead tri-color OGM with strobe
- LED mast lighting
- Mast Wiring
- Balmar MC614 MultiStage external regulator
2019
- LED cabin lighting
- LED engine room lighting
- GPL-2400T AGM engine start battery
- GPL-31XT 125AH house batteries (2x for 225AH total)
- Magnum Energy ME Series Power 2000 W inverter charger with ME remote battery system monitor
2020
- 2 – 100 Watt 12 V Monocrystalline solar panels on custom SS frame on Bimini
- 2 – 50 Watt 12 V Renogy Solar on adjustable frames on pushpit
- Go Power 30 amp dual bank solar controller
- Custom solar panel storage bags
- Added USB and 12V charging sockets at Navstation
- LED bow navigation light
2023
- High output alternator 105A Delco Remy Marine alternator
- Xantrex 15A battery to battery charger for starter bank
- LED stern navigation light
ELECTRONICS
2018
- B&G Wind Sensor
2019
- SIMRAD NSS9 Evo 3 Chartplotter/Radar
- SIMRAD 4G Radar (Also spare SIMRAD 4G radar dome)
- Raymarine i70s Multifunction Display
- SIMRAD DST800 Thru-hull Tri-ducer
- SIMRAD NAIS 500 AIS transceiver
2020
- Navpod installed for Chartplotter
- Second Raymarine I70 multifunction display added to Navpod
2021
- Peplink Max Transit – Cellular WIFI router with dual sim card slots
- Wilson 4G Wide Band Omni-Directional Marine Antenna
- WeBoost Drive Reach – Cell Phone Signal Booster | 5G & 4G LTE | Boosts All U.S. Carriers – Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile
- Custom Stainless steel antenna mount
2023
- VHF radio Standard Horizon, GX2400, with GPS, AIS and foghorn
- New Standard Horizon RAM 4 mic mounted in cockpit
- Pelagic electronic controller with remotes for autopilot with wind interface via Quark NMEA bi-directional WIFI gateway
- Note: Older Alpha System autopilot controller and compass still installed but disconnected and used as backup (operational)
OTHER:
- SSB ICOM
- Speedometer: GPS Speed over ground
ON-DECK and COCKPIT
2015
- Simpson Lawrence manual anchor windlass
- Custom reinforced bow sprit -w/ SS backing plate
2018
- Leather wrapped wheel
- Kiwi Grip deck paint
- Replaced entire portside teak rub rail
- Replaced all bronze rub rail coping with stainless
- Re-bedded all deck hardware
- Replaced freshwater tank access ports
- Replaced holding tank access port
2019
- Dodger with handrails
- Bimini and connector with skylight
2020
- Edson Stainless pedestal guard replaced with taller guard for Navpod
- Sunbrella wheel cover
- Sunbrella covers for yankee & staysail furler drum, mainsheet traveler, coach handrails, dodger windscreen
- Sunbrella hatch covers
- Sunbrella dorade box covers
- Sunbrella hatch board cover
- Sunbrella lee cloths for port and starboard berths
- Rocna 20 kg (44 lb) anchor – 170′ galvanized chain plus 150′ nylon rode
2021
- Sunbrella stackpack and lazy jacks for mainsail
- Replaced stern dorade cowl vents
- Swing lift for dinghy motor
- SS Uncovered wire lifelines with turnbuckles and gates on both sides – Bristol Yacht Rigging
2022
- Sunbrella cockpit cushions
- Sundrella rainfly for forward cabin
- Dorade cowl vents painted
- Spartite – polyurethane mast deck plug installed
- Life Sling
2023
- Sunbrella cockpit enclosure
- Rainfly for main salon
- SS pad eyes with ss backing plates with Dyneema attachments for crew tethers – port and starboard
- Custom fabricated wider starboard steps for boarding ladder
OTHER
- 5″ Ritchie navigator compass
- Manual windlass
- Salt water anchor washdown
- 44 lb Bruce anchor W/ 10′ chain, 150′ nylon rode
- Nylon Anchor bridle with chain hook
- Teak bow platform with Spartan Marine bronze dual anchor rollers
- Swimming Ladder: Mystic Stainless Steel folding ladder (new rungs 2023)
BELOW – INSIDE
GALLEY
2019
- Refinished Galley Stove
2020
- Frigoboat keel cooled refrigerator freezer
- Affinity automatic ventilation system enhances Frigoboat cooling
- Camfro Sirocco galley fan
2023
- Galley seacock 2023
OTHER
- Carbon water filter Seagull
SALON
2019
- All Salon cushions – new foam, new upholstery
2020
- Removed portlights, replaced glass and re-bedded
- Camfro Bora main salon fan
- Custom portlight sun/privacy shades
2023
- Stainless steel folding drink holders (4) main salon
OTHER
- ESPAR Diesel Heater
- Origo stove and oven
- Portlight frames polished
- LED lights red/white
HEAD
2019
- Jabsco Twist & Lock Head Pump
2023
- Head shower curtain retainer
ENGINE and DRIVING GEAR
2011
- Engine Rebuilt
- Hoses replaced
2015
- Injector Pump rebuilt
- Exhaust Riser fabricated in SS
- Throttle and transmission cables replaced
2017
- Cutlass bearing replaced
- Packing replaced
- SS prop shaft installed
- Motor mounts replaced
- Brunton Sigma-Drive flex coupling installed
- Muffler and exhaust hoses replaced
- FeatherStream feathering prop
2019
- Perkins Engine heat exchanger cleaned, tested and installed
- Manual vacuum pump oil changer
2020
- Fuel polishing system with Walbro lift pump
- Fuel tank professionally cleaned and inspected
- Injectors removed, cleaned, tested
- Removed injection pump and tested
- Tested and adjusted valve timing
2022
- Rudder packing replaced with PTFE flax packing
2023
- Fireport added to engine cover
- Zincs (October)
MECHANICAL
2018
- Replaced all Potable Water Lines
2019
- Access to Diesel Tank (Bronze deck plate on saloon floor)
2020
- Tank level monitor for water tanks and gray water (excluding flexible water tank)
2023
- Manual 12V Whale macerator pump system for offshore discharge
- Spartan bronze seacock and thru hull replaced at galley sink
- Seacocks lubricated 2023
- Fuel, water, and holding tank vents replaced
- Flexible water bladder 35 gallons
OTHER
2020
- Custom Fairclough Cover (Mast Up)
2023
- Bilge painted – Total Boat Bilge
- Storage areas painted
- Pettit Trinidad 75 Bottom Paint 2 coats by Bristol Marine
OTHER
- Manual windlass
- Salt water Anchor Washdown
- Manual and electric bilge pumps
- Life jackets
- Dock Lines and fenders
- Lee cloths for port and starboard berths
- Teak stern flag staff with US flag
- Telescopic boat poles
INVENTORY ITEMS
- Perkin 4.108 (spare injector, top end rebuild gasket kit, oil and fuel filters, water pump, raw water pump (new 2023), impellers, belts, thermostat, sealing washers, raw water pump rebuild tool
- Manual Whale bilge pump (new)
- 12V spare bilge pump (new)
- Spare Raritan head piston pump assembly (new)
- Spare Monitor windvane parts
AVAILABLE UNDER SEPARATE CONSIDERATION
Dinghy and Engine
- Azzaro 9’6″ PVC inflatable dinghy with high pressure air floor 2020
- Replacement dinghy chaps (2023) never used
- Tohatsu 5 hp propane outboard 2020
- Propane tank 17 lb 2020
- Mantus 45lb anchor (2023) never used
- Dometic CFX65 DZ Portable Fridge/Freezer 2019