Vessel Name: Rambler VIII
Builder: MJM YACHTS
Model: 36z Downeast
Model Year: 2013
Year Built: 2013
Category: Motor Yacht
Country: United States
MLS #: 415488
Staterooms: 2
Length: 39.4166 (12.01m)
Draft: 2' 6" (0.76m)
Beam: 11' (3.35m)
Cruise Speed: 25 Knots
Max Speed: 31 Knots
Water Capacity: 100 Gal
Manufacturer: Volvo Penta
Model: D3
Engine Hours: 651
Engine Type: Inboard
Fuel Type: Diesel
Horsepower: 220
Manufacturer: Volvo Penta
Model: D3
Engine Hours: 651
Engine Type: Inboard
Fuel Type: Diesel
Horsepower: 220
Settee/Berth:
- Large wrap-around lounge, which converts to a 7' long berth
- Satin-varnished cherry planked hull siding
- Forward bulkhead with bookshelves
- Storage shelf
- Two-leaf table (removable)
- Teak and holly cabin sole varnished high-gloss
- Dedicated cabin air conditioner
- Deluxe cherry trim interior group
- Double berth insert w/ dedicated filler cushions to convert dinette into berth
- Entertainment center w/ Vizio Razor LED Flat Screen TV
- Entertainment Center Storage w/ Samsung DVD player
- Cherry bureau with satin finish
- (2) 12v fans
Galley to port featuring:
- Corian counter top
- Top-loading and sliding drawer refrigeration access
- 12v DC Seafrost refrigeration
- Kenyon single burner ceramic cooktop
- Seagull water purifier
- Frigidaire Microwave oven
- 120v outlets
- Brew Express built in coffee maker
Private head:
- Privacy door
- Fresh water electric vacuflush head
- Dometic TankWatch holding tank monitoring system
- Sink vanity w/ hot/cold water pressure
- Storage outboard and underneath vanity
- Electric sump pump for showers
- 120v outlets
- Opening window port w/ shade
- Screened/Shaded Overhead Deck Hatch
- Air conditioned
- Downeast model with large roll-up side windows to fully open the pilothouse and allows the helmsmen to access the spring cleat while standing at the helm
- Deluxe trim pilot house group (OPTIONAL)
- Dual Stidd 500N Admiral Recliner Piloting Seats that lower and swivel 360 degrees for living room seating
- Teak storage drawers below, Removable single leaf teak dinning table
- Dual pilothouse settees that convert 6'5" berths
- Dedicated 16000 BTU air conditioner in pilothouse (CUSTOM)
- Teak decking in pilothouse
- Ultra-leather cushions
- Volvo Joystick docking system
- Volvo engine displays
- Garmin GPSMAP
- Raymarine 218 VHF
- Garmin Autopilot
- Garmin Speed/Deoth
- (2) Electric Opening Forward Windows
- Windshiled wipers
- Horn
- Remote anchor windlass control at helm
- Fresh water anchor wash down system
- Bow thruster (OPTIONAL)
- Jabsco Spotlight mounted on bow rail with remote at helm
- Clarion stereo
- Full set of window covers
- Northern Light generator in sound shield: 5KW w/ 354 hours
- (2) 16000 BTU AC units. One in pilothouse, one in cabin
- 12v electrical panel with volt and amp meter
- 120v electrical panel
- Inverter/charging unit, Mastervolt
- (2) 30 amp shore power inlets
- (2) 4D house batteries
- (2) group 31 engine start batteries
- Group 27 generator start battery
Volvo D3 220A-FPS 220 HP in-line 5 Cly Common-Rail w/Electronic EVC Display
Volvo OceanX Stern Drives w/Titanium-Ceramic coating
Dual Counter Rotating F Series SS Props
Volvo-Penta Joystick Controls
Dual-lever Volvo-penta electronic shift and throttle
Sea trainers were enlarged with Groco filters with glass reservoir and separate through-hull fittings
Racor filters for each engine
Engine fire suppression system
- Digital engine display
MJM’s goal for all its models has been threefold:
(1) Create boats that can be easily operated by one person, meaning husband or wife, in the most demanding situations such as when docking or handling in rough seas.
(2) Be sure that the boat is as comfortable for 2-person cruising for its size as possible AND fun to use with friends (e.g. 2-3 other couples) on a daily, spur-of-the-moment basis to, for example, go out to dinner, go on a short sunset cruise, watch the local sailboat races, or to take the kids to a secluded beach or island. Boats that remain tied up to a dock except for 3-4 trips a year are not very practical unless they replace one’s year-round home.
(3) Be easy to own, e.g. minimal maintenance, operating issues and few restraints when docking, mooring or shipping by truck between residences..
The 36z admirably fulfills all these goals: (1) Handling with a combination of a natural-response destroyer wheel in seas and it’s IPS-like joystick control with twin engines at idling speeds around docks. (2) Welcoming for all ages with side-opening doors and single-level cockpit/ pilothouse that seats 12 comfortably on a good day, 6 in any-weather. (3) Ease of Ownership? We know of no other boat that combines the 36z benefits of: Having no exposed wood to maintain on deck; Sterndrives that bounce up, then back down, when striking an underwater object, which when raised are reachable from the swim platform to clear props without going swimming, which can be raised part way for shoal water navigation or all the way for mooring in 17” of water or beaching the boat; Having height dimensions to fit under all 21 bridges (under 9.5 feet) between Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale; Having height and width (12 feet or less) to be trucked without need of chase cars and alternate routing at the price of a 30 footer.
