36 Sabre 1998 Boat for Sale

Raindance Boat | 36' Sabre 1998

Sabre Yachts are a hallmark of downeast styling and are well known for their quality of build, design, and sea keeping abilities. The Sabreline 36 (Fast Trawler) is a double-cabin cruiser that combines traditional trawler styling with well-appointed accommodations and spirited performance. The interior features teak joinery, an expansive salon and galley, twin sliding salon deck doors, large cabin windows, and a lower helm station. 

Powered by twin 315HP Caterpillar 3116 diesels with underwater exhaust Raindance can cruise comfortably at 2100 RPM at 16 knots while burning 11 GPH. Top end is 2800 rpms at 24 knots. This boat exhibits

Key Features:

• Twin Caterpillar Turbo Charged 3116 engines with only 900 hours. Professionally serviced and refreshed by Caterpillar service technicians in 2021
• Racor Dual Fuel Filters for each engine
• NEW 2021 Bimini Top 
• NEW 2024 Cockpit cover
• NEW 2024 Window covers
• NEW 2020 Master Stateroom mattress 
• NEW 2020 Flybridge, main cabin and forward cushions 
• Northern Lights 6KW Generator with 915 hours 
• Bottom painted in 2024
• NEW 2020 Electric Heads
• Corinthia Blue Allgrip 2020
• All electronics updated in 2020
• New interior upholstery in 2020
• New Raymarine electronics at upper and lower helms; completely interfaced
• NEW 2020 Aft Cabin door
• NEW 2021 Windlass with 200’ chain rode
• NEW 2020 fiberglass swim platform and SS boarding ladder 

Interior Accommodations:

Raindance has sleeping for six, two in the aft stateroom on an island double, two at the convertible dinette in the salon, and two in the forward stateroom. Each stateroom includes its own private head. The main deck features a mid-ship galley and salon with large dinette with seating on both the port and starboard sides. There are sliding side deck entrance doors on both port and starboard. The flybridge comfortably seats up to eight guests with plenty of shade provided by a newer bimini top. 

Galley

A large, pullman-style galley is at salon level to port with plenty of counter space and storage in drawers and cabinetry. A larger size Norcold refrigerator and freezer stores plenty of provisions, yet is out of the way of galley and salon traffic. 

• Spacious galley counter
• Double Stainless-Steel sink
• Built-in waste basket
• Large refrigerator/freezer 12V/110V
• Range and oven (one burner not working)
• Drawers and storage lockers below counter
• Overhead Storage for glasses and plates
• Microwave oven
• Pots, pans, dishes and silverware

Electronics: 

Lower Helm:

• Raymarine Chartplotter w/radar
• VHF radio
• Auto Pilot 
• Remote searchlight controls
• Ritchie Compass
• AM/FM/CD with Bluetooth/MP3 

Upper Helm:

• Raymarine Chartplotter w/radar
• Auto Pilot
• VHF radio
• AM/FM/CD with Bluetooth/MP3 
• 7” Ritchie compass

Electrical:

• 6 Kw Northern Lights Generator 
• 60-amp C-Charles 5000 Solid Power automatic battery charger
• Additional trickle charger, genset battery
• (2) 30A/125V 50FT AC shore power service with shore cord
• All galley and head outlets are GFI protected
• Illuminated main distribution panel
• Three House batteries
• One Engine Starter battery
• Galvanic battery isolator
• Battery condition meter gauge
• 12V lighting system 2-way switch controlled at each stairway
• 4 Perko battery selector switches in aft cabin

 Engines:

• Caterpillar 3116TA Turbo Charged engines 
• ZF IRM gears, 2.04:1
• 24 X 26 three-blade bronze props
• Dripless shaft logs
• Glendenning engine synchronizers
• Fireboy engine room automatic fire extinguisher system w/remote shut-off at fly bridge helm
• Two Racor 75500MAX Fuel Filter/Water Sep for main engines w/pressure gauges
• Oil changing system
• Spurs® on shaft
• Racor 1000MAX secondary fuel filter
• Racor 500FG Fuel Filter/Water separator for Generator
• Diesel fuel bronze selector valve
• Two 6” Jabsco engine room blowers
• Two Groco ARG-2000 bronze raw water sea strainers for main engines
• Two Groco ARG-750 bronze raw water sea strainer for generator

Mechanical:

• CruiseAir® 16000 BTU Reverse Cycle Air Conditioner for salon and forward cabin NEW 2020
• CruiseAir® 12000 BTU Reverse Cycle Air Conditioner for aft cabin 
• Electric toilets in both heads
• Sealand 30 Gal holding tank for master head and a 25 Gallon for Guest head
• Sealand Sani Gard Holding Tank vent filter
• ARID® Multi-Zone Dry Bilge System
• Rule 1100 g/p/m mid bilge pump w/float switch
• Rule 1100 g/p/m aft bilge pump w/float switch
• Rule 2000 g/p/m aft bilge pump w/float switch
• Tankwatch clean/gray/wastewater monitor system
• All bronze thru-hulls are properly bonded
• Jabsco Par-Max 3.8 g/p/m freshwater pressure pump
• Jabsco Par-Max4 4.2 g/p/m freshwater circulation pump
• Two Jabsco macerator pumps
• Johnson Pumps high water alarm monitor system
• Two Rule auto/man bilge monitor panels
• Jabsco Pressurized accumulator tank
• Two Raw water sea strainers for A/C
• Bennett Trim Tabs
• Two 75 gallon and one 55 gallon plastic water tanks
• Tank tender tank level gauge for fuel and water 

Hull and Deck 

Deck Equipment:

• Freshwater washdown for anchor (bow locker)
• NEW 2020 Windless and 200 FT chain
• Hot and Cold Transom Shower
• Freshwater wash down system
• Heavy duty double stainless-steel handrails and bow/stern pulpits with boarding gates

Hull:

• NEW 2020 Corinthia Blue Awl-Grip 
• Dinghy Davits at swim platform
• NEW 2020 Folding stainless steel swim ladder at platform 

This vessel exhibits some non-structural gelcoat cracking as a result of thicker, less flexible gelcoat applied during construction, and is priced accordingly.

Raindance is a well-appointed trawler-style vessel that is ready to be your next home away from home or Great Loop chariot. Contact broker Patrick Kelly directly at (440) 554-7547 or patrick@rcryachts with any questions or to schedule a time to get aboard.

Denison Yacht Sales offers the details of this yacht in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of this boat for sale. A yacht buyer should instruct his yacht broker, or his boat surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This yacht for sale is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice. This boat may be listed with another yacht broker.