1990 Cabo Rico Cutter

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The Cabo Rico story is one of dedication, hard work and unique circumstance that started many years ago with a love for yachting, and flourishes today, because of a constant obsession with quality in true ocean-going yachts. Cabo Rico yachts are fast yet comfortable underway, safe and amazingly easy to sail. Balancing beautifully in light or heavy air, the hands off tracking ability combines with good pointing and a fine turn of speed.

In the popular 80's TV show Miami Vice, a 38 foot Cabo Rico was used in the pilot episode. The boat was called the St. Vitus Dance and it was the home of the main character, Sonny Crockett (Don Johnson) and his pet alligator Elvis.

In the mid 1960s, John Schofield started building sailboats in the corner of a little known British Leyland assembly plant in San Jose, Costa Rico. The location would provide a unique blend of talented craftsmen, superb climatic conditions, and access to the finest raw materials for yacht construction.  In the early 1970s, their first boat was a 36-foot ketch designed by William Crealock. In the late 1970s, the 36-foot design became the infamous Cabo Rico 38. In the mid-1980s, two Canadians, Fraser and Edi Smith purchased the company. Their first new design introduced was the 34’, a smaller sistership to the 38’.  

One of the features that set Cabo Rico yachts apart from mainstream boat builders is the level of craftsmanship involved in each hand-made component and in the assembly of the vessel. It is claimed that they spend more time laying up the hull and deck than most builders spend on their entire completed boat. There are approximately 1800 man hours that go into the interior urethane and hand rubbed furniture finishes alone! There is a pride in workmanship that makes every Cabo Rico product that leaves the factory floor a true piece of art.

Excellence in design, comfort, style and performance, the Cabo Rico 34 provides for ample comfort and safety throughout. She has an uncluttered deck layout, spacious cockpit and stowage space. Inside she is surprisingly spacious with two large cabins, good headroom, a large galley and head. The warmth of the interior cabin is accentuated by outstanding joinery and honey colored plantation grown teak. Her cutter rig and full keel, with cut-a-way forefoot, give good sailing performance and a safe, stiff pointing ability.

This fine quality shorthanded blue water cruiser has everything for cruising the Caribbean or the world. Her secure cockpit provides the ultimate in safety at sea. A solid one piece hull provides ocean going sturdiness and offers excellent accessibility to points beyond. Her galley allows the cook to safely prepare meals at sea. Her berths can accommodate four in comfort. Her cutter rig provides almost limitless sail combinations for any wind condition. Singlehanded, a couple, or two couples- this boat fits all. The Cabo Rico 34 is a world class cruiser that can take you anywhere you desire to go. This classic Bill Crealock design is dry and comfortable offshore and nimble in protected waters. The Cabo Rico 34 will take you quickly and safely anywhere you want to go... and back again.

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When you step inside a Cabo Rico 34 it quickly becomes clear that this is a well built yacht. The space is exceptional for a vessel this size, with two private staterooms, a generous amount of galley space and a saloon area that is comfortable and inviting. Rich honey golden teak is utilized throughout, with louvered doors and hand selected, cross grain matched woodwork. Cabo Rico spends about 1800 man hours on the interior urethane and hand rubbed furniture finish on this boat. The layout is as follows:

Forward stateroom: Forward is double doored access to the anchor locker. The berth is offset and to port, with a changing seat to the right of it. There is storage beneath and behind the changing seat.The hullsides are white with teak staving; fiddled and divided shelves line each hullside. On the starboard hullside  there is a locker with shelves and double louvered doors, with a drop-front door locker beneath that. Ventilation and lighting is provided by an overhead hatch, two opening ports, a Hella fan and a number of reading and overhead lights. A bi-fold louvered door stores neatly out of the way when not providing privacy to the space. Just aft on starboard outside the stateroom is a hanging locker with a pair of shelves inside it.

Head: On port, there is a manual head, with a sink cabinet to the right of that. Storage is beneath the sink and three louvered door lockers are above the sink and behind the head. The sink has a pull-out shower wand. There are towel bars, a mirrored medicine cabinet and a teak shower grate. An overhead hatch, an opening port and a Hella fan provide plenty of ventilation in this space.

Saloon: Moving aft into the saloon, there is a straight settee on starboard and an L-shaped dinette settee on port. The bulkhead mounted teak dinette table folds down and can also open up to serve either one or both settees. There is great storage behind it, with many compartments for assorted sizes of dishes, a utensil drawer, etc. Solid teak and holly cabin soles and varnished teak cabin sides compliment the white overhead. Five opening ports and two hatches, along with numerous overhead and reading lights, make this space truly bright and spacious feeling- as well as nicely ventilated. 

On the port side, the L shaped dinette has storage behind the back cushions along the hullside. The settee seat slides out to form a 6'2" long double berth. Above and behind the settee is a fiddled shelf, with double louvered door lockers on either side of that.

On starboard there is a straight settee, which also serves as the aft-facing navigation seat. A slide out can be pulled out to fill the space beneath the nav top to make this settee into a 6'8" long single berth. Beneath the settee there are two drop-front louvered door lockers and there is storage behind the back cushion as well. Above that there is a fiddled shelf in the center, with louvered door lockers on either side of that.     

Nav station: Aft facing, there is a varnished nav table top with storage inside of that. Beneath is a louvered door locker with storage shelves inside. Electrical and electronics are located along the hullside and on the aft bulkhead behind the desk top.

Galley: Located at the base of the companionway on port, the galley is U-shaped and quite substantial for a vessel this size. As you face into it, the icebox is on the aft end of the space and the stove along the hullside. The countertop coming out from the hullside towards centerline has a large food storage bin cabinet with a teak cover, then a deep double stainless steel sink and then a fiberglass waste bin recessed into the countertop. Beneath the countertop is a stack of drawers and a locker. Above the icebox and along the hullsides is a generous amount of shelved storage space, with plexiglass sliding doors. All in all a very seaworthy galley, well laid out and with good counter space for food prep.

Aft stateroom: Entry to the aft stateroom is at the base of the companionway on the starboard quarter. As you enter, there is a cedar lined hanging locker along the hull side with a shelf above that. A changing seat is next and then a 6'8" long double berth. Along the hull sides there are two lockers. The cabin is lit and ventilated by one hatch, two opening ports, a Hella fan, a pair of reading lights and an overhead light. .

• Hella fans throughout (6)

• ABI stainless steel port lights w/screens (10)

• Deck hatches (5)

• Teak hinged screens for all hatches

• Honey colored teak interior

• Louvered doors throughout

• Varnished teak and holly cabin sole

• Interior cushions reupholstered

• 6 cubic foot icebox w/drain
• Double stainless steel sink w/varnished teak covers
• Single lever SS H/C water mixer
• Origo 2 burner alcohol stove w/oven & safety bar
• Spare Tasco 3 burner LPG stove with oven (not installed)
• Propane locker will hold two 10lb. LPG bottles (none there now)
• Teak spice racks

• Wilcox/ Crittenden manual head
• Huge 35 gallon holding tank
• Flo-Jet macerator pump 
• Y valve for overboard discharge
• Teak shower grate
• Jabsco 2.8GPM electric shower sump pump
• Single stainless steel sink
• Pull-out H/C pressure sink/ shower wand mixer
• Wrap-around shower curtain track
• Mirrored medicine cabinet
• Towel bars (2)

• Hot & cold pressure water
• Jabsco 3GPM fresh water pump
• Par accumulator tank
• Raritan 6 gallon 110V hot water heater
• Engine heat exchanger
• Anchor washdown
• H/C cockpit shower
• Electric bilge pump
• Henderson manual bilge pump
• Starnalarm high water alarm
• Tanks are fiberglass, finished w/gelcoat, baffled and with inspection and cleanout ports
• Solid bronze thru-hulls

• Constructed in San Jose, Coast Rico
• Teak bowsprit with double stainless steel anchor rollers
• 35# CQR anchor w/ 50' of 5/16" chain & 150' of nylon rode
• 35# Bruce anchor w/5/16" chain
• Maxwell 800 electric windlass w/up foot switch
• Foredeck anchor locker w/teak grate hatches
• Hand laid one piece fiberglass construction
• Vinylester hull layup in the last four layers
• Barrier coated (06)
• Full keel w/ cutaway forefoot
• Encapsulated keel- no external cracking!
• Skeg hung rudder
• Raised bulwark w/ teak caprail
• Molded in rubstrakes with SS rub rails
• Six chromed bronze hawse pipes in bulwarks
• Six chromed bronze cleats mounted on bulwarks
• Cream colored topsides w/green stripes
• White deck with contrasting beige non-skid
• Nice, wide unobstructed side decks
• Raised removable fiberglass helmsman's seat
• Extra high 32" lifeline stanchions side mounted on the bulwarks
• Double vinyl covered lifelines
• Stern rail gate at swim ladder
• Port & starboard lifeline gates
• Double stainless steel bow and stern rails
• Teak grab rails
• Teak stern rail seats
• Dodger & bimini frames w/old canvas for patterns

• Harken roller furling
• Cutter rigged w/Isomat club footed boom & removable stay
• Schaefer staysail boom traveler track w/single line self tending control
• Running backstays
• Isomat keel stepped aluminum mast & boom
• Raised fiberglass and aluminum compression structure keeps the mast base out of the bilge and helps to avoid mast base corrosion
• Mast steps
• Flag halyard
• External heavy duty SS chain plates
• 1 x 19 SS wire rigging
• Schafer mainsheet traveler
• Mechanical boom vang
• Barient 2SP21ST boom vang winch
• 3 Barient 2SP17ST winches on mast
• Barient 10 reefing winch on mast
• Barient 2SP27ST primary winches
• 130% Genoa
• Yankee (good)
• Staysail (good)
• Full battened mainsail w/2 reef points (servicible)
• Doyle Stack Pack
• Asymetrical spinnaker (almost new)
• Sail area= 588 sq. ft.
• Sail area/displacement ratio= 15.9

• Universal M-35 engine with 2265 hours
• Lead insulated engine room compartment
• 12v engine room ventilation system
• Racor 500 fuel filter
• Throttle cable replaced
• Starter motor replaced (11)
• Spare starter motor
• Engine hoses replaced (06)
• Engine access is good- three sided and located beneath the dinette seat
• Electric oil change pump
• Electric fuel gauge
• Integral fiberglass fuel tank located in the bilge to keep the weight down low
• Vernalift muffler
• Fully enclosed propeller aperture
• 1 1/4" Aquamet solid SS prop shaft
• 3 blade fixed propeller
• Edson steering pedestal
• Single lever engine control
• Teak & stainless steel wheel
• Ritchie compass

Electrical:

• 120V and 12v electrical panels
• !20V amp & voltage meters
• 12v amp and voltage meters
• 30A shore power connection
• 30A shore power cord  
• 120V GFCI receptacles throughout
• C-Charger 60A battery charger
• DieHard 27M Group 27 gel starting battery
• Duracell 34M Group 34 gel house batteries (2)
• 95 amp alternator (11)
• spare alternator
• Perco battery selector switch
• Guest battery condition monitor 
• NoCo 15W portable solar panel
• 12v outlets at nav and in the cockpit
• Spreader deck lights
• Navigation lights

Electronics:

• Autohelm ST7000 autopilot
• Garmin 176C color chart plotter
• Maine to Chesapeake Blue Chart chip
• ICOM IC-M600 SSB radio
• ICOM AT-120 auto tuner
• Insulated backstay antenna
• Autohelm wind/speed
• Autohelm depth
• Autohelm speed/log
• Vigil RT-80 VHF radio w/speaker at helm
• Maxxima AM/FM/cassette stereo w/speakers 
• Firdell "Blipper" radar reflector

• Sea Eagle "Yacht Tender" 4 person 8' roll-up dinghy (10)
• 2.5HP Evinrude outboard motor
• Lifesling
• MOB pole
• Emergency tiller
• Stainless steel swim ladder
• Mountain Marine folding SS davits
• Teak cockpit table
• Teak cockpit grate
• Cockpit cushions (beige)
• Pedestal cover
• Boathook

Owner’s personal effects and any items not detailed in this listing.