SPECIFICATION
OVERVIEW
The Morris Ocean Series 38 is an evolution of the very popular Morris Justine 36 and combines the elegant lines and sea kindly sailing characteristics of Chuck Paine’s designs with the meticulous detail and heirloom quality craftsmanship of Morris Yachts.
CATHERINE represents one of the best of these builds and has been carefully maintained by her owners. She is well set up for a couple or small family for extended cruising and the cockpit and sail handling is set up for shorthanded sailing.
She had a major refit 2018-2020 including new standing rigging, new sails and batteries to name a few items and recent improvements including completely new deck caulking, electrical upgrades and new alternator show a pride of ownership and commitment to maintenance.
Don’t miss this beauty. Call now.
ADDITIONAL SPECS, EQUIPMENT AND INFORMATION
- Boat Name: Morris 38 1993
- Designer: Chuck Paine
- Location: Alameda, CA
- Ballast Weight: 6,500 lb
- Displacement Measure: 15,602 lb
- Brand: Yanmar
- Engine Model: 3JH2-E
- Engine Type: Inboard
- Engine/Fuel Type: diesel
- Hours: 2700
- Drive Type: Direct
- Engine Power: 38|horsepower
CONSTRUCTION
Manually consolidated solid glass hull with Hydrex Vinylester resin, built to the highest standards with balsa-cored ribbing and stringers. One piece Baltek ¾” end grain balsa core fiberglass deck. All areas for through deck fastenings are solid laminate. Copper grounding system for standing rigging and engine.
ACCOMODATIONS
CATHERINE is a roomy and well laid out example of the dinette arrangement. She is finished in the classic Herreshoff style with white bulkheads and satin varnished mahogany trim throughout. Vented locker doors, some with carved shearwater design, and a teak and holly cabin sole create a warm and inviting feeling below decks. Overhead handrails, finger rails along the trunk cabin sides provide handholds throughout interior.
The engine is located behind a removable access panel under the companionway, which leads down into the galley/nav. area.
To port of the companionway is a comfortable quarter berth and convenient hanging wet locker. Just forward is the nav. station, with Fusion stereo and computer outlet, Balmar battery monitor and air conditioning controls. The nav station with seat is to port. Aft of the nav station is a storage/wet locker with a louvered panel door.
Opposite the nav. station to starboard is a U-shaped galley with white Formica countertops, mahogany trim, mahogany locker doors and mahogany binocular box aft.
Mid-ships is the main cabin with a modified dinette arrangement. Full size settee to port and starboard.. There are bookshelves and storage lockers over both port and starboard settees.
Farther forward to port are a large hanging locker, smaller storage locker and three drawers.
The head is located on the starboard side forward of the dinette and mast step. The head has a hand-held shower with teak drainage grate to sump, hot and cold pressure water, Raritan PHII marine head with stainless steel holding tank, two lockers, one under the sink and one behind the head and mirror.
The forward cabin is well lit and ventilated by three port lights and an opening deck hatch. A roomy V-berth with filler and port side seat. There is ample storage with a small locker above the seat, hanging locker on the starboard side, four drawers below the berth and shelving on both sides above the berth.
DECK AND HULL
Hull:
- Hand laid solid glass hull with Hydrex Vinylester resin, built to the highest standards with balsa-cored ribbing and stringers.
- Forest green awlgripped hull
- Teak rubrail with stainless steel half oval
Deck:
- One piece fiberglass deck with Baltek ¾? end grain balsa core. All areas for through deck fastenings are solid laminate.
- Sturdy bulwarks integrated into hull/deck joint with varnished teak cap
- Stainless hawsepipes through bulwark for midship cleat docklines
- Stainless steel chocks mounted to toe rail for bow and stern lines
- Herreshoff style stainless steel bow, stern and midship cleats.
- Custom stainless double anchor stem fitting
- Varnished teak handrails, eyebrow, dorade boxes, cockpit coaming cap and lazarette cover
- Stainless steel deck hardware.
- (11) opening port lights.
- (2) opening hatches.
- Stainless steel stanchions with double lifelines and opening gates port and starboard.
- Stainless steel folding swim ladder
- Stainless steel companionway handrails
- Stainless steel dorade guards
- Deck prism
- All exterior brightwork covered
Ground tackle:
- Primary Anchor: Rocna 25
- Chain: 5/16” BBB 175’ Rode: ¾” 125’
- Secondary Anchor: Fortress 16
- Chain: 5/16” 30’ Rode: ¾” 175’
- Dock Lines and Fenders
Misc:
- Dinghy: Achilles 9’ 6” 2018 Cond: Good
- Outboard Crane: Edson
- Outboard: Mercury 4HP 4 Stroke:(2017)
- Windlass: Lewmar 12V Deck Switch
- Boarding Ladder: Yes
Cockpit:
- Teak cockpit table with leaves and canvas cover and varnished teak drink holder
- Spacious cockpit has three large sail lockers with recessed hasps
- Varnished cockpit table
- Edson pedestal wheel steering with integrated engine controls and stainless steel wheel with elkhide cover and wheel lock.
- Stainless steel helm pedestal guard with Nav Pod enclosure for chartplotter
- Ritchie binnacle compass on pedestal
- Canvas instrument pod cover
- New dodger
- New bimini with filler to connect to dodger
- Sliding companionway hatch
- Three companionway drop boards
- Sunbrella sun cover for companionway slide or doors attached to companionway hatch
- Cockpit seat cushions
- Winch pockets in coaming sides with stainless steel trim rings
- Teak cockpit sole
- Cockpit speakers
- Engine control panel behind clear plexiglass cover at helm
MECHANICAL
- 20Gallon holding tank
- 40 Gallon fuel tank
- Wema multi gauge tank monitoring system
- Saltwater deck wash with hose
- Shower sump pump
- Cockpit shower.
- Electric bilge pumps
- Manual bilge pump at helm
- Hot water tank
- Main Engine: Yanmar 3JH2-E SER#:00648
- Hours: 2700
- Gearbox: Kanzaki KM3A
- Propeller: 3 Blade Max Prop
- Exhaust: Fresh/Sea Exchanger FRP Cannister
- Controls: Edson Dual Lever
- Fuel Filter: Racor 500
- Shaft Seal: PSS
- Shaft: SSteel 1″
- Cutlass Bearing: Bronze
- Panel and Gauges: Yanmar Cockpit
- Alternator: 170 AMP Balmar
ELECTRICAL
- Four (4) 30H marine batteries
- Dedicated start battery
- Flexible solar panel
- 110V system with outlets, panel and 20 amp charger and shore power cord
- Copper bonding system
- 12V outlets in cockpit, nav station and forward cabin.
- Primary: 30 Amp Marinco Socket 30 Amp Marine Shore Power Cord
- Fuses/Breakers/Switches/Panels: Marine Grade
- Wiring: Marine Grade Properly Secured/Terminated
- Battery Charger: Mastervolt 100AMP
- Charge Monitor: Mastervolt
- GFI: Yes
- Voltage Monitor: Mastervolt/Victron
- Starting Battery Charger: Mastervolt
DC
- Primary: 12V w Master Switches
- Switching: Marine Grade
- House Bank: 6x K2 Energy Lithium (2019)
- Starting: US Battery GR27
- Inverter: Mastervolt 2500 Combi
- Battery Monitor: Mastervolt/Victron
- Panels: Marine Grade
- Wiring: Marine Grade Properly Secured/Terminated
- Breakers/Fuses: Marine Grade in Panel
- Alternator: Balmar 170 Plus (2022)
- Alternator Regulator: Balmar 618 (2022)
- Solar Panels: 3 Flexible
- Solar Controller: 2x MPPT
- Wind Generator: Superwind
- Bonding System: Yes
- Galvanic Isolator: Guest
ELECTRONICS
- ICOM M-502 VHF
- Raymarine i60 wind, speed & depth instruments
- Raymarine e127 color GPS Charplotter in NavPod at helm
- Autohelm ST-6000+ autopilot.
SAFETY EQUIPMENT
- MOB: Throw Cushions, Ladder, Life Sling
- PFDs: 3 Adult Inflatable Type V
- Radar Reflector: Yes
- Firefighting: 3 ABC Charged
- Horn: Yes
- Flares: Current
- Bilge Pump: 12V Rule 2500, 12V Rule 3000
- Bilge Pump: Manual Whale Gusher Cockpit
- Deck Guards: SSteel Bow and Stern Pulpits, Stanchions, Hard Lifelines w 2 Gates
- Navigation Lights: 12V Nav, Steaming, Stern, Anchor, Deck, Tri Color All Working
- CO2/Gas Detector: Yes
- Navigation Rules: Yes
- EPIRB: ARC 406 Battery: 2023
- Registration, Oil, Waste Placards: Yes
- Jacklines and Tethers: Yes
- Life Raft: Viking 4 Man Current
- High Water Alarm: Yes
- Boarding Ladder: Yes
- Firefighting Built In: Sea Fire Charged
SPARS, RIGGING and SAILS
- Mast: Carbon Fiber Mast Furling
- Boom, Spreaders: Aluminum
- Standing Rigging: Rod SSteel (2018)
- Running Rigging: Yacht Braid Cond: Good
- Turnbuckles: Open Chrome Bronze
- ChainPlates: SSteel Condition: Very Good
- Furler: Harken Cond: Good
- Vang: Quick Vang
- Traveller: Harken
- Spinnaker Pole: Yes
- GooseNeck: SSteel Cond: Good
- Winches Mast: Lewmar 30ST, Lew30
- Winches Cockpit: Lew 2X 48ST, 40ST Electric
- Mast Step: Keel Cond: Good
- Winches Cockpit: Lew 3X 30ST
- Sails: 110 Jib North (2019) Cond: Very Good
- Sails: Main Sail North (2019) Cond: Very Good
- Spinnaker: Asymmetrical (2020) Cond: V Good
- Sails: Small Jib (2020) Cond: Very Good
- Other Canvas: Winch, Hatch, Coaming Covers
- Other Canvas: Dodger/Bimini Cond: Very Good
OTHER EQUIPMENT
- Pressure Water: 12V Whale
- Wind Generator: Superwind
- Hot Water Heater: Atlantic 6 Gallon
- Fridge: Frigomatic Capri 35F
- Toilet: Dometic Vaccuflush
- Stove: Electric Toaster Oven
- Fans: 4 12V
- Stereo: Sony Marine
- Stereo Speakers: Phase Linear Graphite
- Cockpit Cushions: Yes
- Cockpit Table: Yes
- Tank Tender: Fuel
- Boat Cover: Yes
- TV: TCL
- WiFi: Weboost
- Outboard: Mercury 4HP SER#: 0R023021
- Cooktop: Duxtop Induction
- Outboard Crane: Edson
- Heater: Espar Diesel
- Generator: Honda Portable
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
