38' Morris

COMMENTS: "LA NICHE" is for sale by a knowledgeable world wide sailor. She has crossed the Atlantic and is equipped for extended off shore sailing. She is in immaculate condition and has many upgrades, such as a full canvas cover, new electronics, a new dodger, and new mainsail.

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.

ACCOMMODATIONS: The interior is finished in white Formica with cherry cabin sides, overhead handrails, trim overhead sheathing, and vented locker doors. Cabin sole is teak and holly.

The mid-ship main cabin has two pullout settee berths, a large centerline dinette table with two generous fold up leaves with storage drawers, a pilot berth on the port side and book shelf on the starboard side. There are three hanging lockers, three storage lockers and several drawers in addition to the galley storage areas. The forward cabin has a v-berth with filler, a port side seat and four storage lockers and drawers.

The engine is located behind a removable access panel under the companionway, which leads down into the galley and navigational station. The nav. station is outboard facing on the port side, while the galley is located opposite on the starboard side. The galley is equipped with a Sea Frost refrigerator, three burner stove with oven, double sinks with hot and cold pressure fresh water with manual back-up and a salt water faucet with foot pump.

The head is located on the starboard side forward of the dinette. It has a hand-held shower, hot and cold pressure water, manual back-up pump, Raritan PHII marine head with Y-Valve, alum.holding tank, and macerator. Vessel also has a Tank Tender system.

DECK AND HULL: Flag blue Awlgripped hull, ivory cabin sides and oyster non-skid. Stainless steel deck hardware; nine opening port lights; two Bomar opening hatches; bow rail; stern rail; port and starboard stanchions with double lifelines; folding swim ladder; Sprint 900 electric windlass with cockpit remote; two deck prisms; solar vent in head dorade boxes with stainless steel cowls. Cockpit has three sail lockers, Edson steering, cockpit table, weather cloths, dodger and bimini.

ENGINE: Yanmar 3JH 38hp marine diesel with quick-change impeller cover and freshwater cooling. Racor secondary fuel/water separator; electric fuel gauge; raw water strainer; Edson dual lever control and three-blade max prop.

ELECTRICAL: Two "4D" AGM batteries plus dedicated starting battery. Twenty-four circuit breaker panel with voltmeter/ammeter/master switch/main breaker; AC/DC digital panel meters; Xantrex battery charger; Xantrex battery monitoring system; trace 800w inverter; 30 amp shore power; 120v outlets in galley, head, nav. station. Stereo with 6-disc CD changer and speakers in main cabin and cockpit; 12 volt outlet; 12 bulkhead lights; tube light in head and galley; companionway and nav. station red/white lights; running lights, anchor light; steaming light; deck lights; masthead tri-color; Jabsco 3000 electric bilge pump; Espar D3LC cabin heater with three vents.

RIGGING: Aluminum mast; sloop rig; removable inner forestay; Harken 1.5 MKII furling system; running backstays with snatch blocks; jiffy-reefing system; Hall B18 quick vang; lazy jacks; flag halyards; spinnaker pole with mast track/car control system; Antal mast track; trysail track; double ended main sheet; extended genoa track (10'); 1 x 9 5/16" stainless steel wire; double braid sheets; Staset-X halyards; internal outhaul; topping lift; spare main and genoa halyards. Main halyard, staysail sheets, reefing lines, boom vang and furling lines all led to cockpit.

SAILS & CANVAS: New full battened main with Antal system, #2 genoa, #3 genoa, staysail, true radial Gennaker with snuffer, cruising asymmetrical spinnaker with snuffer, storm staysail and storm trysail. Bimini, weather cloths, sail cover, pedestal cover (new) and dodger (new).

WINCHES: Lewmar winches include (2) 50CST primary winches, (2) 16CST halyard winches, (1) 30CST main halyard/reefing winch, (1) 30CST main sheet winch and (2) 30 CST secondary winches; Five winch handles.

ELECTRONICS & NAVIGATION: ICOM M-588 VHF; ICOM 710 SSB with AT130 antenna tuner; Autohelm speed/depth/wind instruments above companionway; Ray Marine radar/chart plotter/GPS in nav. station with full function repeater at steering pedestal; radome and tri-lens radar reflector mounted on mast; Autohelm 6000 autopilot, Ritchie pedestal compass; windex at masthead.

EQUIPMENT: Bruce 33 anchor with 15 feet of chain and 150 feet of rope rode; fortress storm anchor; cockpit shower with hot/cold pressure freshwater; salt water deck wash down; double dock lines; fenders; clock; barometer; Spectra VT 150D12 water maker with MPC-3000 controller.

SAFETY EQUIPMENT: Winslow 6-person life raft and ditch bag (never used); jack lines; MOB pole; horseshoe buoy with drogue; MOB light; Lifesling MOB recovery system; 406 MHz registered EPIRB; fog horn; (4) fire extinguishers; rig cutter; lee cloths; two manual bilge pumps; emergency tiller.

Morris Yachts 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. Prices do not include any applicable sales or use tax.