Morgan 384 'Sombra de Luna' for sale

February 10th, 2022 

Wow, it’s hard to believe it has been 8 years since my last posting on here. After living aboard for 9 years, I moved off my boat last spring (2021). As a good friend of mine said last year when she sold her sailboat, she is not getting out of sailing, just boat maintenance. (she’s already bought another one, half the size of the one she sold, LOL)

My boat, a 1984 Morgan 384, Sombra de Luna is for sale. She has been a great home for me, but I am looking forward to the next chapters of my life story. I am looking forward to continuing sailing, as crew, near home, or in far away places. And to doing some traveling as a landlubber. So many places to visit……….

The Morgan 384 is a Ted Brewer design (built by Charley Morgan); “a bluewater capable sailboat with a shallow draft. This is a great cruising boat, whether it is in protected waters, coastal cruising, or open ocean (for those rare and daring sailors).”  It is also a great liveaboard boat with a separate shower, water heater, refrigerator, freezer, very comfortable vberth mattress, and lots of storage. The Morgan 382 (383 & 384) was included in John Vigor’s book “Twenty Affordable Sailboats to Take You Anywhere”.  This Ted Brewer design features high performance hull shape, low profile cabin trunk, wide side decks with high sea-safe bulwarks, keel-stepped mast, skeg-hung protected rudder and prop, encapsulated keel, 12’ beam, shallow 5’ draft, and efficient deck and cockpit layout.

“Sombra de Luna”, a 1984 Morgan 384, is in very good condition, and has had many upgrades in the last 10 years. e.g., Iverson’s Design dodger, bimini, and full enclosure in 2012 (so good to have when living aboard around here), new standing and running rigging in 2018, refrigeration, new propane cookstove, new Firefly batteries in 2020, 6 inch real latex foam mattress in vberth, and many more.  The boat is located in Olympia, Washington.

  

  

   

  

  

Specifications

Auxiliary Power

·       Perkins 4-108 50 HP diesel engine with- 4055 hours (1/5/2022), original engine
·       Fixed 3 blade prop
·       Double Racor fuel filters under galley sink, very easy access
·       1 AGM group 31 starting battery (2012) 100 amps
·       2 Firefly group 31 batteries 105 amps each (2020) and Blue Sea SI-ACR Automatic Charging Relay installed
·       ProMariner ProNautic 40 amp charger (2012) and Xantrex battery monitor (2012)
·       30 Amp 50 foot shore power cord

Sails

·     Main (Lee Sails) with Dutchman sail management system (keeps the sail over the boom when dropping) – Sail is in very good shape; new mainsail cover (2018)
·       Headsail (Lee Sails 135% fair, serviceable) on Harken Furler
·       Jib (80% very good) – stored at home
·       Asymmetrical Spinnaker – Lee Sails in very good shape (red, white, & blue) with sock

Rigging

·       Standing rigging replaced 2016
·       Running rigging replaced 2016, warp speed for 5 halyards (2 main, 2 jib, 1 spinnaker)
·       Rope clutches (two Spinlocks) installed on mast for halyards (2016)
·       3 winches on mast
·       Lifelines replaced in 2012
·       Garhauer Rigid Boom Vang installed (2013)
·       New LED spreader deck lights (2016)
·       New Tricolor aqua signal light on masthead (2016)

Electronics

·       Raymarine C97 Chartplotter (2013) & depth transducer (B60)
·       Raymarine I70s multi-function display, speed, depth & temp on bulkhead (2021) and new transducer
·       Raymarine Wind instrument at mast head and ST60 on bulkhead (2016)
·       Raymarine Autohelm 4000, wheel steering
·       Standard Horizon VHF radio with AIS receive feature, fog horn (2014)
·       Furuno Radar, mounted on pole on stern deck
·       Radio with two speakers and auxiliary input (for ipod, etc.; speakers in cockpit – 2015)
·       Small 400 watt inverter
·       USB outlets; 2 at nav station; 2 forward on shelf near Vberth

Ground tackle - primary

·       35 lb CQR anchor on bow
·       Lewmar V2 vertical anchor windlass, up/down foot switches on bow (replaced switches and solenoids Oct. 2021); optional manual cap included
·       Lewmar remote for operating windlass from helm installed 2014
·       275 feet of 5/16 inch chain in anchor locker
Ground tackle - additional
·       25 lb Danforth in port lazarette with ?? feet of ½” 3 strand rode
·       Stern mounted Fortress 16 lb aluminum stern anchor; bag of 200 ft and 16 ft chain for stern anchor (2017)

Tankage

·       5 gallon water heater under dry storage in galley
·       2 water tanks (bow and starboard settee) – 135 gallons total
·       Fuel tank – 40 gals
·       Holding tank – 15 gals
·       Propane tanks - three 1.4 gal (6 lbs) tanks, one mounted on stern, 2 extra in stern locker 

·       Propane system mounted on stern pulpit rail, hoses to galley cookstove and cabin heater.

Galley

·       Force 10 two-burner cook stove, oven includes broiler (2012); extra: griddle that fits over both burners, pizza stone cut to fit oven
·       Frigoboat refrigeration includes freezer section (new in 2012); Capri 35 compressor
·       Spice cabinet in galley
·       Salt water manual foot pump
·       Fresh water manual hand pump
·       Flip up counter tray, varnished, the old cockpit table was repurposed (2014)
·       Water filter system at galley counter (2019) Forespar

Interior

·       Teak louvered doors throughout cabin
·       Two additional LED reading lights in salon (2020); total of 4
·       Most cabin lights are LED (2012), all but the head and pilot berth light
·       With 4 dorades, 8 portlights (5 stainless Newfound Metal installed 2014), and 2 hatches, good ventilation possible
·       Dickinson Newport Propane Cabin Heater
·       REAL hydronic heater model 5213, useful when motoring in colder weather (2013) 20,000 BTU
·       Fabric covered mast in the cabin (nice when living aboard in the winter!)
·       Three Caframo Sirocco II fans (2012); one in vberth; two in salon
·       Pilot berth with curtain (no cushion), provides good storage area, with curtain 

Vberth

·       Shelves in Vberth, very functional storage for small tubs of clothing or other items, king size needed
·       6 inch natural latex mattress (3 piece) new in 2012 – VERY comfortable
·       New LED reading lights in 2020

Anchor windlass visible (not my installation), but Sunbrella cover available, hangs on hooks on bulkhead

Head

·       Separate shower
·       Lots of storage, behind head, watertight hatch storage access under shower seat with easy access (2016)
·       Waste thru-hull replaced (2021)
·       Head rebuilt (2019)

Cockpit

·       Edson Binnacle (2014) with NavPod for chartplotter and remote VHF radio (2014)
·       Custom teak cockpit table in 2014, by Cruising Concepts, Orcas Island, WA; varnished in 2020 (Covid project) with 6 coats of Epiphanes varnish
·       Bottomsider cushions (brand new side cushions in addition to the used ones)
·       New line bags (2017)
·       Four Winches, 2 Lewmar 46 self-tailing, 2 Lewmar 46 winches; for headsail or spinnaker controls
·       2 winches under dodger for jib & spinnaker halyard (port); mainsheet & boom vang (starboard)

Exterior:

·       Bottom paint (2021) Seahawk Cukote
·       Custom dodger, bimini, and full cockpit enclosure, in 2012 by Iverson’s Design
·       Custom stainless steel rail rack for jerry cans (fit 4) on port side (2019)
·       Custom stainless steel top rail from gate to stern pulpit (ready for solar panel mounts) (2019)
·       Propane system panel components replaced (2022)
·       New Newfound Metals stainless port lights with screens for 5 port lights (2014)
·       Sunbrella canvas covers for winches, caprails, dorade covers, handrails, and cockpit coaming (2018)
·       New Kiwi Grip (cream) non-skid applied (2020)
·       Cabin top buffed and waxed in 2020, waxed in 2021
·       All brightwork oiled in 2021 with 6-8 coats of Dalys SeaFin Teak oil; custom Sunbrella covers
·       The 384 model has four dorade vents for good ventilation
·       New Morgan Yachts brass plate 

Safety
·       Lifesling – 2012 
·       Fire extinguishers – 3 BC, 1 ABC
·       Galley fire blanket

Extras

·       Lifesling tackle in dry bag
·       Sunbrella cushions (5)
·       Boat pole, extendable
·       Breeze bandit for forward hatch in the heat

Custom sunbrella 'covers' for companionway (1.) with windows, 2 piece; 2) partial solid cover; 3) partial mosquito screen cover)

Pfifertex covers for dodger
·       Extra dock lines
·       Some books
·       Rug, one small blue)
·       2 wave heaters and one smaller in head
·       Tub with all manuals (pilot berth)
·       Tub with projects to be done (pilot berth)
·       Oil filters, fuel filters, impeller; some tools to replace/maintain these items
·       50 foot water hose (2021)
·       Buckets with cleaning brushes, some cleaners
·       Some indoor cleaners
·       Adjustable handle system with deck brush, hull brush, mop, broom; and fish net
·       Tub with varnish supplies
·       Buffing and wax supplies
·       Organizers with fasteners
·       Organizers with electrical stuff, heat shrink
·       Orange tackle box with misc sailing hardware
·       Misc goo & small boat projects
·       Teak oil

·       Teak cockpit seats, original for Morgan 384
·       New set of bottomsider cushions
·       2 gallons Delo oil and Oil boy
·       Mosquito frames for 2 hatches
·       Bag with fabric pieces to roll up cockpit enclosure side panels for summer storage

Stored at home

Stainless frame for front dorades

 For general information and specifications on the Morgan 384 (382 & 383):

https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/morgan-383384