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
Vessel Name: Skylark
Builder: CAPE DORY
Model: 36 Cutter
Model Year: 1985
Year Built: 1985
Category: Cruising Sailboat
Country: United States
MLS #: 406346
Heads: 1
Staterooms: 1
Length: 36.0833 (11m)
Draft: 5' (1.52m)
Beam: 10' 8" (3.25m)
Water Capacity: 70 Gal
Holding Tank: 26 Gal
Manufacturer: Perkins
Model: 4-108
Engine Type: Inboard
Fuel Type: Diesel
Horsepower: 50
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