Beneteau First 38 S5 for sale in Tollesbury Marina United Kingdom

1991 Beneteau First 38s5, fin, Yanmar 3GM30F diesel, 8 berths in 3 cabins plus saloon, lots of recent upgrades including new fridge, cutlass bearing & prop, engine start battery etc She has heating, hot water, plotter, autopilot & a very fully inventory including dinghy and outboard!

MECHANICAL

Yanmar 3GM30F 28hp 3 cylinder diesel inboard engine with shaft drive to bronze 2 blade fixed propeller. 110 litre fuel tank with a consumption per hour of around 3 litres at a cruising speed of around 6 knots.. Approx 2600 engine hours.

ELECTRICAL

Alternator charging to 3 x 100 Amp/hr 12v batteries. 240v shore power. D400 wind turbine. Mainly LED lights.

NAVIGATION

Plastimo binnacle compass, Airmar NMEA2000 depth and log, Solid State NMEA 2000 windspeed and direction (2020), DSC VHF radio NMEA183, Garmin autopilot NMEA2000, Garmin 4012 NMEA2000 plotter, Furuno radar, 2 x GPS, radar reflector, clock and barometer, navigation lights, steaming light, LED tri-colour light and LED anchor light.

SAFETY

Liferaft (service expired), jackstay lifelines, horseshoe lifebuoy, 4 lifejackets, 4 safety harnesses, 2 fire extinguishers, MOB ladder, John Buoy, electric and manual bilge pumps.

DECK GEAR

Stainless steel pushpit, pulpit and guardwires, sprayhood, dodgers, cockpit cushions, boarding ladder, bathing platform, wheel steering, spinnaker pole, Harken self tailing sheet winches, Lewmar halyard winches, Excel 230+ 2.5m inflatable dinghy with Yamaha 2.5hp outboard motor, 15kg plough main anchor with 50m of 10mm chain, Goiot electric anchor windlass, 17kg kedge anchor with 50m of octoplat, mooring warps and fenders.

SAILS

Slab reefing mainsail (Go Sails 2013) with stack-pack mainsail cover & lazyjacks. Harken Mk IV genoa roller reefing system. Furling No 1 Genoa (Go Sails - 2013). Spinnaker & storm jib. Alloy mast and boom, stainless steel standing rigging.

DOMESTIC

Eberspacher hot air heating system (serviced 2024). Her galley has a gas cooker with 2 burners, oven and grill, refrigerated icebox (2024), pressurised hot and cold water via 2 x 180 litre water tanks. Hot water is via engine calorifier or 240v immersion heater. Her separate heads compartment has a marine toilet, washbasin and shower. White faux leather upholstery, carpets to cabins, roller blinds.
ACCOMMODATION
8 berths in 3 cabins plus saloon. Double berths to both aft quarter cabins and to forward cabin.

OWNERS COMMENTS

FEATURES
2024 - new fridge freezer
2024 - new engine start battery
2024 - fuel primary filter housing changed
2024 - Eberspacher heating serviced
2024 - cutless bearing changed
2024 - propeller replaced (Volvo 3 blade folder included for refurbishment
REMARKS
"Jelly Bean of Mersea" was purchased by her present owner in 2006 in France and sailed home to West Mersea in Essex.  She is now deemed UK VAT PAID.  A survey was carried out at the time.  She had significant improvements in 2009 when her NMEA2000 Network Garmin instrumentation was fitted, also in 2013 when new sails were purchased.  She has an Eberspacher heater with hot air supplied to all cabins.  Her wind instruments were fitted in 2020.  She has been used for local cruising and cruises to Belgium and France over many year. Note - owner would prefer to retain the name.