2009 Sabre

Excellent opportunity to buy one of the final sailboats manufactured by Sabre Yacht. This Jim Taylor* design was named the Cruising World Boat of the Year in 2005. "First Sight" was launched and commissioned by Handy Boat in Falmouth, Maine in 2009 and has been exclusively sailed seasonally along the coast of Maine.

The Sabre 386 was deigned by renowned racing boat designer Jim Taylor and built to the highest standards by Sabre Yachts in Raymond, Maine.This particular boat was conceive to put a priority on performance and she is an absolute delight to sail.

Construction included a cored hull and is only one of a handful of 386s with resin-infused vacuum-sealed deck

"First Sight" has been yard maintained since new and stored indoors all but two seasons. Teak toe rails sanded, prepped and varnished every year. Sails and canvas washed and inspected every year. Handy Boat has performed all commissioning and decommissioning requirements every season and all repairs as needed. This is a rare Sabre 386 in turn key condition and is ready for her next adventures.

The current owners will offer a “yacht delivery experience” and orientation to the new owners (pending location).

"First Sight" has been spectacularly well maintained. I can guarantee you will not find a boat of this type and vintage which presents as close to "brand new" as this one. From the flawless gel coat to the perfectly finished cherry joinery to the bilges look like the boat just came out of the mold, this boat is impeccable. Even the keel bolts and back-up plates are perfectly shiny polished stainless steel.

Recent Upgrades

2025 by Handy Boat:

• Garmin GPSMAP 1243 Chart plotter
• Garmin GMR Fantom 18x Radar
• Scanstrut SC20 Radar Mount 34772
• Ti50/i60 Raymarine depth speed wind system pack
• NAVPOD 6P1061
• Three AGM Lifeline Group 31 house batteries 125 amp hours
• One AGM Group 31 starting battery 125 amp hours
• New Pathfinder at helm
• New macerator pump
• New fresh water pump
• New fresh water tank sensors
• 150 feet of anchor chain with 100 feet rode
• Marine cell phone booster
• New starting instrument panel in cockpit

2023 by Handy Boat

• New 3 blade folding prop
• New holding tank sensors

2021 Upgrades by Hallett Canvas and Sails

• New Genoa
• New Main Sail
• New Canvas Mainsail stack pack
• Dodger
• Bimini
• 150 watt flexible solar panel mounted on dodger
• Charger Controller

2017 Upgrades

• Lewmar windlass (V2 windlass lower profile)
• Lewmar stainless anchor (44#)
• Stainless swivel shackle
• Rigid boom vang (original boom vang stored on boat)
• Alexseal paint (Flag Blue)
• Custom cockpit cushions
• Custom varnished pedestal teak cockpit table with sunbrella cover
• Forespar Nova lift

Options and Custom Improvements when boat was built



• Tapered mast
• Contrasting non-skid deck
• 44” comfort grip wheel
• Memory foam mattress
• Custom cherry lockers with fold down doors in forward cabin
• Rail fiddles port and starboard in forward cabin
• Corian counters in galley and forward cabin, with Corian sink covers
• Teak deck on transom steps 
• Additional fiddles in saloon
• Main halyard winch (46 CST) upgrade over standard 40
• Windward sheeting traveler car
• Angled pedestal guard
• 12 volt outlet at helm
• Hella cabin fans (2)
• Navtech hydraulic backstay adjuster
• Clarion AM/FM/CD/MP3 with 4 speakers
• Motor mount on aft rail

Interior

Main Salon

• Warm cherry interior
• Chart table with opening top for documents storage 
• Bench seat at chart table with storage below
• Storage drawers for tools and cabinet for charts
• Faux teak and holly sole
• Cupboards (port and starboard)
• Storage shelves with fiddles
• Port and starboard settees
• Filler to create double berth
• Storage behind seat cushions
• Fold down cherry dining table
• Wine/liquor storage on bulkhead
• Two overhead hatches with screen and shade
• Automatic sump pump in bilge
• Access to water tank inspection under settees 
• Opening ports with screens (port and starboard)

Galley

Three burner propane stove and oven 

Two propane tanks stored in ventilated locker (accessed via weather sealed hatch on starboard deck)

Two propane safety monitors

Ice box design refrigeration with two heavily insulated and hinged lids

Seafrost refrigeration (last inspected and rebuilt in 2023)

Double stainless sink

Fresh water hand pump

Refrigeration pump 

Forward Cabin

Queen mattress with deep storage compartments below with four access hatches

Two drawers under berth

Two drop down doors for storage under berth

Custom cabinets and fiddles (port and starboard)

Cedar lined hanging closet (starboard)

Cabinet with storage (port)

Sink with cabinet below for access to through hulls

Mirror

Overhead hatch with screen and shade

Opening ports with screens (port and starboard)

Head

Vaccuflush fresh water toilet (2021 repaired and updated)

Separate shower with bifold teak and glass door

Sink and mirror

Storage above and below sink

Overhead hatch with screen and shade

Aft Cabin

Double berth

Cedar lined hanging closet

Bench seating with storage below

Storage under berth

Shelves

Two overhead hatches with screen and shade

Opening port with screen 

Additional Features

Engine Access

• Companionway stairs lifts to create access to engine
• Aft cabin cabinet easily removed to access engine

Cockpit Storage

• Locker under starboard seat
• Two large lockers on port and starboard (easy access to steering gear)

Anchor Locker

• Divided locker for anchor and deck gear
• Chain stowed forward 
• Fender compartment aft (4 fenders with blue covers)

Additional 



• Custom Cockpit Cushions (port, starboard, aft and additional 4 matching back rest cushions)
• Original cockpit snap-on cockpit cushions (port and starboard)
• Switlock MOM (mounted to stern rails)
• Sunbrella winch and compass covers
• Sunbrella hatch board bag
• Three piece screens for companion way with zippered case
• Stainless steel dorades (2)
• Stainless handrails on deck (port and starboard)
• Hot and cold cockpit shower (cockpit)
• Salt water washdown (deck)
• Original blue sail cover
• Whisker pole mounted on deck (starboard) and slide mount on mast
• Spinnaker halyard
• Reef lines
• Main halyard
• Jib halyard
• Outhaul line
• All halyards and sheets lead to cockpit
• Line clutches (port and starboard) under dodger
• Companion way sliding glass hatch
• 2 blade folding prop (spare)

Sail Area

Total Sail Area : 763 sq ft

• I : 51.83 ft
• J : 15.00 ft
• P : 45.33 ft
• E : 16.42 ft

Builder's Description

Sabre's attention to detail is well known. Whether it be the style and grace of her shear, the intricate details of a deck tooling blending comfort, safety and good looks, or the details found in the hand crafted interior joinery, Sabre Yachts stands alone in quality and reputation.

The Sabre 386 embraces the standards which have put Sabre's name atop the quality spectrum of boatbuilding for the last 35 years. Current Sabre owners and those who have followed the brand over time, will see details here which make it feel familiar. Details which make sense, which add to comfort, security and well being. Logical details that, above all, make each Sabre design a great, safe and beautiful sailboat. 

But details from the past are just part of the story. Keeping up with technology has to go hand in hand with our desire to build the finest possible sailing yachts for our clients. The Sabre 386 hull is built using vacuum bagged, closed cell, cross linked PVC Divinycell foam and structural E Glass, which gives her one of the strongest, lightest, most durable structures available today. Her deck is also cored with Divinycell. 

Hull lines, underwater appendages and rigs were drawn by Jim Taylor Yacht Design. The deck, deck styling and interior were accomplished by the Sabre Design Team. The result is a yacht which, like her siblings, will establish a benchmark in sailing that will endure for many years to come.

Excluded

• AB dinghy
• Dinghy seat
• Life jackets
• Miscellaneous safety gear
• Personal items

Disclaimer

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.

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