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1981 Cape George 36' Cutter

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$110,000 USD
$154,346 CAD
Shoreacres, Texas, United States

01Overview

This is a very rare find proven world cruiser! The Cape George 36 Cutter is a traditional, heavy-displacement offshore cruising sailboat built by Cecil Lange & Son. This is a particularly good blue water sailboat. In 2023, South African sailor, Kirsten Neuschäfer, won the Golden Globe race around

02Highlights

  • Hull and deck Painted
  • Harvest Moon 1st Place Winner
  • 9 Sails
  • Air Conditioning
  • New bottom 2024

03Specifications

Length36′ LOA
Beam10
Draft5 4"
Year1981
TypeSail
HullFiberglass
FuelDiesel
Cabins2
Heads1
Fuel capacity60 gal
Water capacity150 gal

04Description

The Cape George 36 was designed primarily for offshore passagemaking and heavy-weather cruising. Its long Full keel provides excellent tracking, directional stability, and a comfortable motion at sea. It is known for being exceptionally seaworthy, forgiving, and capable of carrying heavy cruising loads. It is widely considered one of the classic Pacific Northwest-built cruising sailboats and remains sought after by sailors looking for a serious offshore cutter.

Galley

  • Propane range with 3 cooktops. Two propane tanks in cockpit
  • Double sink, with hot and cold water
  • Refrigerator/freezer
  • Storage cabinets, stocked with plates, large and medium bowls, mixing bowl, cutting boarts, sauce pans, coffee pots, skillet, utensils, trays

Accommodations

  • Sleeps 5 – two bench seats in main cabin, aft berth, V-berth, all cushioned
  • Large cabin table w/fold-down leafs
  • Air conditioned cabin when on shore power.
  • Heavy gauge bronze porthole windows
  • Bronze dorade air vents, changeable to lower profile plastimo dorade vents
  • Head with toilet, showerhead with hot and cold water

Sails and Rigging

Staysail boom – attacheable – enables tacking without re-trimming the sheets

 Nine Sails:

  •  Main
  • Jibs
  •  No. 1 (North) – 17 ½’ foot
  •  Yankee (Banks) – Med-heavy weight 22’ foot
  • Reacher / Drifter (North) light weight 28 ‘ foot
  • Storm jib 13’ foot
  • Jib top sail 15 ½’ foot
  • Staysail (De Witt) (for cutter-rigged sailing) 13’ foot, staysail
  • Spinnakers
  • Symmetrical 24’ foot
  • Asymmetrical (Quantum 2015) 30’ foot, girth 28.93
  • 18’ carbon fibre spinnaker pole
  • Telescoping whisker/spinnaker with piston fitting at both ends
  • Self-steering windvane – in storage can be attached when needed
  • Cutter rigged, with easily removable inner forestay to enable sailing as a sloop.

Racing

  • Maintained GBCA PHRF Certificate : 2025 Spinnaker Rating 189, Non-Spinnaker: 208
  • Several top three finishes in Houston Yacht Club PHRF races
  • LYC Galveston – Pensacola Race – First Place (Pre-2008)
  • LYC Harvest Moon Regatta
  • Cruising Non-Spinnaker Class – First Place 2013
  • PHRF Bacardi Fleet (27 boats) 13th place 2012
  • PHRF Spinnaker Division – 3rd Place 2011

Additional

·       Anchors: Two anchors, each with own line, including one CQR plow anchor with 200’ chain.

·       Marine CB radio, Garmin GPS and radar, AIS transponder, AM- FM Receiver, Depth sounder

·       Dual cockpit compasses

·       Cockpit canvas bimini canopy and foreward acryllic dodger

·       Air conditioned cabin when on shore power.

·       Heavy gauge bronze porthole windows

·       Bronze dorade air vents, changeable to lower profile plastimo dorade vents

·       Canvas:

  • Cockpit bimini and dodger
  • Covers for main, skylight, bowsprit, forward hatch and dorade boxes

·       Cutter rigged, with easily removable inner forestay to enable sailing as a sloop.

·       Dyer fiberglass dinghy, 8’ long, 4’ beam, mounts on cabin top rack, has 7 ½’’ mast and sail and rudder

·       Self-steering windvane – can be attached

·       Varnished 6’ boat hook

·       Mosquito screens for companionway and forward hatch

·       Safety

  • 4 Fire Extinguishers
  • First aid kits
  • Tossable bouy, life ring and 5 seat cushion throwable floats
  • Life preserevers/vests: 5 offshore inflatable LP’s with recharge bottles + 7 orange LP’s
  • Emergency ditch bag with: Ssignal flares, floating electic signal flashing light, orange flag, horn, whistles
  • Floating safety flag

·       Spotlight – plug in

·       Flag pole –aft mount

·       Flag pole –backstay mount

·       6 fenders

·       Stainless BBQ pit – mounts on stern railing

·       Oil lanterns for in-cabin use

·       Built in charcoal heater in cabin

·       Long string of colored pennants – runs from bow to masthead to stern

·       Bosun’s chair/seat

·       Shroud tension guage

·       Bins with spare blocks, stainless steel misc screws, pins, light bulbs, fuel filter, oil filter, spare belts, etc

·       Bottom cleaned, including through hull openings cleared and zincs checked/replaced every 90 days

·       Repairs

  • 2014 Meeh Boatyard haul out, full boat fiberglass inspection/repair, paint topside and hull
  • 2018: Batteries, power monitor, alternator, power cords
  • 2023 Estevan’s / True North Marine – haulout - complete bottom job/repaint entire exterior, various mechanical refurbishes

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