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This particular Cape George 36 was designed and finished unlike any other. The cabin is taller and longer than typical to accommodate tall individuals. The head is forward, and the master stateroom includes a pullman berth, hanging lockers, and massive storage.
An Achilles heel of many Cape George yachts was the original bulwark design, which often leaked over time and lead to rot. The bulwarks on this boat were preemptively factory rebuilt at Cape George Marine Works, no rot was found, and the bulwarks now feature solid fiberglass integral to the deck and hull.
The boat’s systems are extremely accessible and designed to be simple and easily maintained. Her movement is comfortable at sea, and she includes offshore safety features such as wide decks, significant bulwarks, tall stanchions, and a full stainless push pit the extend from gate to gate. This boat is perfect as a liveaboard or world cruiser for a couple or small family.
The Cape George line hits a design sweet spot. They are remarkably fast. South African Kirsten Neuschäfer won the single-handed 2022 Golden Globe Race on her Cape George 36. These yachts sail in light air very well. When the breeze picks up, they show a beautiful transom to the last port of call.
All original drawings and pictures of the build come with the boat.
We’re in transition moving off the boat and is available to view at Shilshole Bay Marina in Seattle, WA. Feel free to contact me with questions.
Boat Name
Danika
Specs
Builder: Cecil Lang at Cape George Marine Works
Designer: William Atkins
Keel: Full
Dimensions
LOA: 41 ft 6 in
Beam: 10 ft 6 in
LWL: 31 ft 6 in
Length on Deck: 36 ft 0 in
Maximum Draft: 5 ft 0 in
Displacement: 23,500 lbs
Ballast: 10,500 lbs
Engines
Engine: 1
Engine Brand: Yanmar, 4JH4E
Year Built: 2008
Engine Type: Inboard
Fuel Type: Diesel
Engine Hours: 2094
Propeller: 3-blade Campbell Sailor
Cruising Speed: 6 knots
Shaft seal: PSS dripless
Tanks
Fresh Water: 3 (75 gallons)
Fuel: 2 (70 gallons)
Black: 1 (10 gallons)
Gray: 1 (10 gallons)
Accommodations
Number of single berths: 2
Number of double berths: 1
Number of cabins: 1
Number of heads: 1
Electrical Equipment
Electrical Circuit: 110V
Solar 400 watts (2, 200 watt panels)
Icom IC-M422 VHF
Iridium Go!
Xantrex LinkLite Battery Monitor
Vesper XB 8000 Class B AIS with wifi
Vesper SP 160 Antenna Splitter
Garmin 740S Chartplotter and Radar
Promariner ProNauticP 40 amp charger
Blue Sky Solar Boost 2512i(X) MPPT 25 amp solar charge controller
Xantrex PROWatt SW Intverter
4 Trojan T-125 6v batteries
Ground tackle
Anchor 45 pound Vulcan
Chain 300 feet 3/8 BBB
Additional 300 feet ¾ inch rode
Fortress Stern Anchor with rode
Simpson Lawrence Seatiger manual windlass
Accomodations/Galley
This Cape George is open and airy with a comfortable and classic feel. She’s designed for offshore use with plenty of handholds and braces.
Beginning forward is the head, followed by the master cabin with abundant storage and a large hatch overhead that opens both fore and aft. The master cabin features a pullman-style berth, which is unusual for Cape Georges. The main salon features long settees port and starboard, with a table on the port side.
The galley is aft to port and the nav station, fridge and electrical panel is to starboard. The galley includes an older propane stove and oven, and deep double sink.
Electronics and NMEA 2000 backbone are easily accessible from the nav station.
Sails/Rigging/Canvas
•Main and staysail: Mfg. by Carol Hasse, unknown age, reconditioned/restitched by Hasse in 2010. A third reef was installed in the main, and a reef point on the staysail. The main is serviceable for local sailing, but may need replacement prior to the next extended cruise.
•Jib: new in 2015 from Ballard Sails. In excellent shape.
•Standing and running rigging was replaced in 2014. All rigging is oversized and includes stayloc terminals.
•Iverson fully enclosed dodger system installed in 2021.
•Integrated mainsail zippered stack pack.
Plumbing and Mechanical
•Repowered with Yanmar in 2008
•2,094 engine hours
•Oil changed May 2024
•Cruise RO Watermaker – 20 gph
•Groco K toilet, rebuilt May 2024
•Dickenson Antarctic diesel heater
Deck Hardware
•Monitor Self-steering windvane with two sails
•Tiller pilot rigged to the windvane for power
•Whisker pole
Tender
•2015 Suzuki DF15 EFI four stroke
•2004 Aqua Pro aluminum double floor tender
Design comments
The Cape George Cutter is the design of William "Bill" Atkin. Bill had ideas about designing perfectly balanced, beautifully proportioned yachts that sail fast. In fact, it seemed that he wanted to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt what a good chunk of boat could do in a light breeze to a gale.
"with high bulwarks and broad teak decks, a low elegant house and spacious safe co*ckpit, a gentle sheer and wineglass transom, and a massive aft hung rudder, one that looked as if she could not only take you anywhere in the world, but that she would also love going there with you."
"The hulls are designed to bring the athwartship sections in very exact continuity, and this feature undoubtedly accounts for the exceptional speed and ability of the Atkinized hulls; for, despite a very generous displacement of nearly 22,000 lbs., and a modest spread of sail of approximately 750 square feet, these are fast yachts."
- Ferenc Mate, Best Boats to Build or Buy, 1982
