1987 Express 37 Sold Boat in Berkeley, CA 94710 US

Standing Rigging:  Ballenger mast and boom are original to boat.  Mast is keel stepped.  In 2016 the standing rigging was replaced by Easom RIgging, including new Nitronic solid rod rigging. Easom also serviced the Navtech hydraulic system that drives the backstay and vang.  A spinnaker pole is mounted on deck. Sails: The Dacron Main with partial battens was made by North Sails in 1994.  The #3 jib, made of Norlam in 2009, is mounted on roller furling .A 130% Genoa is included, along with symmetrical spinnaker.  All the sails were repaired by Pineapple Sails.  A new stack pack was installed recently by the owner.

Boat has 2 cabins, a V-berth in the front of the boat, and an open berth area in the stern, with pipe berths in the middle that can sleep up to 6 crew. The head is a a Groco, manual flush, Type III marine sanitation device, with a 10 gallon plastic holding tank, and a diverter valve. All cabin lights have been replaced by the owner with new LED units.

In 2018, Reliable Electronics installed new Raymarine chart plotter, Axiom9 instrument pack, including MultiFunction display with Navionics, and Ray70 VHF radio with GPS and AIS receiver. The i70 Instrument pack was installed with color instruments, wind and DST transducers, and a new backbone of RG8X CoAX cable in the mast.  The DC electrical system is powered via two 12-volt AGM batteries, which are routed through a Perko battery switch, and the DC distribution panelboard. The two batteries are AGM. The Battery Charger is a Protect 1220i.

Frequent Flyer's gel-coat deck maintains its original gloss. The exterior teak trim is well maintained with high gloss varnish. The deck layout consists of a self-bailing cockpit, aft, side, and fore decks with a slight crown, and a raised cabin. The structures are constructed with alternating layers of molded fiberglass, with end-grain Balsa core in places for reinforcements.  The Ballenger mast is aluminum black anodized, double spreader, keel stepped, and the boom, also made by Ballenger, is aluminum black anodized, with end boom-sheeting. There are 7 Barient winches in the cockpit:  two #27 two- speed self-tailing secondary winches, two #28 two-speed primary winches, and three #21 two-speed self-tailing winches on the cabin-top  The hull was constructed with alternating layers of molded fiberglass, with closed cell foam core in places for reinforcements. The topsides are slightly rounded aft, and flared forward, with a raked bow, and a reverse transom. There is an externally bolted-lead 6.5 ft. fin keel, and a custom carbon fiber spade rudder, made by Water Rat. The shaft is 1” Stainless steel Aquamet 22 alloy, and it turns a Martec two-bladed folding propeller. The packing gland is a PYI-PSS Dripless Seal. The through hulls are plastic connected to Forespar Marelon inline ball valves. There is a 12 pound Danforth anchor with three-strand nylon 3/8” x 75’ rode.

The Yanmar 3GM30F is original to the boat, and well maintained. A tune-up was done in June of 2024 at Berkely Marine Center, replacing oil, filters, belts and some hoses.  The engine has 1088 hours. It starts up easily and sounds smooth. The fuel system consists of an aluminum fuel tank, and USCG Type A & A1 neoprene flexible fuel hose, routed through a Racor fuel filter and water separator. The raw water exhaust system is well routed. The mixing elbow was replaced with an new aluminum elbow.

The stove is a two-burner GSI with an oven, fueled by CNG.  The owner has 2 CHG tanks that he refills at Blue Pelican.  The refrigerator is an Nova-Kool M/N LT200 air-cooled, 12-volt  unit. The house water pressure system consists of two plastic tanks and a Shurflo house water pressure pump, all routed through plastic waterlines.

Full boat awning, Magma barbeque, pipe berths, and too many spare parts to list.

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.