Cabo Rico 38

Motivated vendors, A stunning and well kept example of a Cabo Rico 38, a timeless design and built to last this yacht offers an incredibly well documented history and detailed inventory. If you are looking to buy a stunning cruising yacht ready to sail you cant look past this SV Venture Cabo 38, below is a detailed inventory and attached in PDF form is everything you will need to know about the vessel.

During a test sail of the Cabo Rico 38 we found the boat to be well mannered, with few vices. With a bit of wind, she moves nicely. Again, she wasn't designed to drift around buoys but to strut her stuff in offshore conditions. The moderately heavy displacement makes the 38 feel secure in the water; it doesn't jump around like lighter-displacement boats. And the full keel gives it good directional stability; that is, it enables the boat to steer a straight line without a lot of attention to the helm.

The hull and deck of the 38 are, of course, fiberglass, and both are cored with end-grain balsa wood. (The larger Cabo Ricos are cored with Airex and/or Corecell. ) Interestingly, the hull core is not cantered between the two skins, but added inside to what is basically a solid fiberglass hull, then covered with a thin interior skin. Fraser Smith said the balsa is not needed structurally, but is added for insulation purposes.

This particular Cabo Rico 38 as she is today in 2024 is a stunning example that's survived the test of time, ready to sail the world again. There is a lot of information available on this yacht as her owners of the years have kept great records. Please see attached files for download or contact us to recive this informaiton.

SV Venture - Inventory (as at June 2024)

Aft Lazarette
- ShadeTree boat covers (in two bags)
- Bosuns chair
- Wind scoop
- Gaff hook
- Horseshoe life ring and Burke retrieval sling (fit to port rail when sailing)
- Spare power cord and a few other useful bits and pieces in plastic tub!
- Emergency tiller (fits onto top of rudder stock through round hatch in front of aft lazarette hatch)
- Spare mainsail (battens are under mattress in V-berth)
- Spare winch handles
- Assorted spare ropes
- Engine oil containers (need these to put old oil into during oil change - there is a bit of oil in one container)
- Magma BBQ
- Ecowash manual washing tumbler
- Access to 110/240V transformer (select which input you want, output is 110V to charger / inverter in port lazarette)
- Access to autohelm controller / compass and HF ariel tuner

Port Cockpit Lazarette
- Black storage tub with teak (and deck) maintenance equipment and supplies
- Assorted spares / tools in other smaller boxes
- Spare AGM battery
- Folding trolley
- Fire extinguisher
- Access to Spectra water maker / filters
- Access to Victron charger / inverter
- Access to A/C unit
- Access to refrigeration unit
- Access to raw water inlet strainer and Y-valve (to select A/C or Water maker)
- Access to rear of engine / gearbox / bilge area / muffler / polyflex coupling / PSS seal (need to remove muffler first)

Starboard cockpit locker (doubles as ice chest with drain!)
- Lifejackets (x2)
- Whale pump handle
- Anchor remote control
- Cockpit winch handles (x2)

Quarter berth shelving
- Various AUS charts
- Companionway washboards (with flyscreen fitted)
- Spare winch handles

Quarter berth aft locker (under mattress)
- Spare exhaust riser (old but repaired and in good working order - new one is on engine)
- Spare fridge thermostat (brand new)
- Spare raw water pump (and impeller) for engine - needs assembly
- Access to fresh water pump and accumulator

Quarter berth fwd locker (under mattress)
- Access to house batteries (x4), starter battery (x1) and solar / wind power management panel / fuses
- Access to other breakers / fuses (as labelled)

Quarter berth draw
- Spare engine fan belts
- Assorted repair tapes
- Electrical wire shrink wrap

Wet locker
- Access to 240V transformer (for quarter berth power board)
- Access to AIS transponder (and VHF splitter)
- Access to HF radio equipment
- Flares
- Boat equipment manuals / documentation
- Jacklines

Curved settee aft floor locker
- Tools (timber saw, hacksaw and blades, portable vice)

Curved settee centre floor locker
- Spares (electrical)
- Spares (hardware)
- Bag of various tools
- 110V hot air gun

Sea-berth settee floor locker - fwd
- Assorted spares (nuts / bolts / screws / hose clamps / zip ties etc)

V-berth midships locker (under mattress)
- Spare filters (including engine oil and fuel filters)
- Full set of spare engine hoses
- Spare propeller anodes

V-berth starboard locker (under mattress)
- Access to valves to control head / holding tank flows (manual pump-out using whale pump under mattress)
- Spare hoses

Foredeck locker (under grate)
- Fortress kedge
- Various anchor snubbers
- Sea anchor / drogue
- Spare anchor rode (10m x 10mm chain + 50m 14mm DB)
- Heavy duty towing line

Dockside locker
- 20ltr diesel fuel containers (x4)
- Barge board


Hull Type: Long Keel
Rigging Type: Cutter
LOA: 41.00 ft / 12.50 m
LWL: 29.25 ft / 8.92 m
S. A. (reported): 969.00 ft² / 90.02 m²
Beam: 11.50 ft / 3.51 m
Displacement: 21,000.00 lb / 9,525 kg
Ballast: 7,800.00 lb / 3,538 kg
Max Draft: 5.00 ft / 1.52 m
Construction: FG
Built: 200
Builder: Cabo Rico Custom Yachts, Inc. (CR)
Designer: W. I. B. Crealock/Dennis Garrett

Adelaide Boat Sales offers the information on this vessel including condition, in good faith as provided by the Owner/Vendor. While confident about the accuracy we cannot Guarantee or warrant it. All information is to be verified and checked during the purchase process, this includes inspections, sea trials and surveys.

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