By Rich
Here is a photo of two 80s Sabres riding out yesterday’s winter gale here in Annapolis. I am very glad our little 38′ is warm and cozy indoors in Maine!

By Rich
I finally bought a Sabre 38 MKII, the boat I decided was my ideal all the way back in 1994 while I was still in college. The story of how and why I chose the 38 MKII – and why haven’t owned one before now – begins over a decade before that, in the early 1980s, before the Sabre 38 MKII had even been designed.
When I was a small child, my parents bought our first family boat – a brand new Pearson 36 which was newly delivered in the early / mid 1970s. She was later traded in for a new Pearson 40 my parents had built in 1979. The 36 was a very nice sailing boat and very stylish, but not ruggedly constructed. The Pearson 40 was also marketed as a raceable cruiser, but my parents were sold on the promise of its expanded open-ocean capabilities. Unfortunately the blue water sales pitch exceeded the boat’s capabilities, as we discovered the hard way.
By Rich
Every now and again I get a question a few times from friends or blog readers, and when I get them often enough I like to turn my responses into blog articles to let others weigh in. Here’s one I get a lot and one I’ve seen on the Hylas Facebook page:
Question: how should we run the staysail sheets? We can’t seem to get it to trim correctly.
Continue reading Hylas 56/54 Common Question: Where Do You Run The Staysail Sheets?By Rich
We love the name Riesling but we’d really like to make Hull #12 our own with our own name. What did we decide on, you ask?
Complete this sentence: a boat this perfect only comes along once in a …
By Rich
Here she is! A 1988 Sabre 38 MK II hull #12. New Yanmar engine, electronics, hatches, portholes and plumbing. Deep draft fin keel. Recent sails. Stored indoors at Hinckley over the Maine winters for the last 10 years and 100% Hinckley maintained and refurbished. The stars have aligned for us! Full details on her listing here.
By Rich
Tuesday I took a one-day dive bomb trip to Maine (traveling Monday and Wednesday to and from) to sea trial the Sabre 38 we have a contract on. We are waiting on the surveyor’s list of recommendations but generally the trial went well. I don’t want to jinx anything by revealing exactly which boat she is so I will just tease with some photos showing some of my favorite design elements of the boat until everything is finalized. Based on the way she handled during the test sail in only 4 knots of wind, I will say this: a deep draft Sabre 38 MKII will be my next boat either way – let’s see if it all works out and this one is my next true love!