1984 Catalina 38 | 38ft

Moxie is in exceptional condition and is owned by a very skilled owner. Moxie is one those boats that people can not take their eyes off of. The Sparkman and Stephens design was purchased by Catalina's Frank Butler and finished with a warm and inviting cabin. The design was eventually used in Long Beach Yacht Club's Congressional Cup series and has stood the test of time as a thoroughbred sailing vessel. Moxie has had some upgrades along the way, most recently, a thorough re-wiring and new refrigeration. Anyone who has sailed one of these boats will tell you that they simply sail like a dream. One look at its sleek lines and round tumblehome and you can tell it’s an S&S IOR design from the 1970s. Some years later, Catalina bought the molds and Frank Butler made several changes including replacing the flush deck with a cabin house to make the sailboat more appealing to a coastal cruising market. The hull was originally a two-piece construction with a poured lead keel. It was two pieces, because unlike the designs of today, that kind of a tumblehome made it impossible to get the boat out of the mold. The broad beam (over 11 feet) was swept gracefully back to a narrow wineglass transom. The original S&S design included a very sleek swept-back keel that maximized good performance to weather. Catalina later offered an optional shoal-draft version to expand the market to areas with skinny water. The keel-stepped, double-spreader, high-aspect ratio rig and fine entry made the 38 extremely fast to weather and able to outpoint many competitors of its time.