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Bristol 38.8 for sale in Mathews, Virginia United States of America

$73,000

OFFERED BY

YaZu Yachting

LOCATION

Mathews, Virginia United States of America

YEAR

1986

LENGTH

35.99 ft.

DETAILS

Condition

Used

Name

Manitou IV

Year

1986

Make & Model

Bristol 38.8

Boat type

Sail

Length

35.99 ft.

Fuel Type

Diesel

Location

Mathews, Virginia United States of America

MEASUREMENTS

Beam

12.07 ft.

Draft

10.24 ft.

DESCRIPTION

The Ted Hood designed Bristol 38.8, built in Rhode Island, is a classic design with a build quality that is not found in modern production yachts.

Manitou’s owners have lavished care and upgrades on her for the past twelve years of ownership. The boat has been actively used on the US east coast from her home base in the Chesapeake to New England in the summers and as far as the Bahamas in winter. The Bristol 38.8 is a sailor’s boat with a well- balanced helm that points at better than 30 degrees with the centerboard down. The design is perfect for coastal and Bahamas gunkholing with a shallow draft of 4’6” with the board up. In 2021, while on a cruise in the Chesapeake Bay, the backstay chainplate failed and Maintou’s rig went overboard. A full insurance claim resulted in all new chainplates, mast, boom, standing and running rigging and new sails. At the same time the owner upgraded many items on the boat making her even more suited to the cruising lifestyle.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Bottom Stripped and Epoxy Coated
  • New Sails, Mast, Boom, Rigging (2021)
  • New Mainsail (2024)
  • Air conditioning/Heat
  • Watermaker
  • Liferaft
  • Garmin / B&G Instruments

ACCOMMODATION

As you come down the companionway you are struck by the by quality and quantity of teak cabinetry. The varnished teak & holly sole and varnished cabinets are highlighted by the natural light from the many ports and hatches and give a feeling of being in a traditional solidly built boat.

To starboard is a long quarter berth that stretches under the cockpit. The berth also doubles as a seat for the fixed nav-desk facing forward. The nav desk opens for storage and there is also a set of four drawers. 

The U-shaped galley is immediately to port is equipped with a three-burner propane stove located centrally and a double deep stainless sink facing forward. A top loading fridge/freezer faces aft. There is plenty of storage with louvered door cabinets and custom teak holders for cups and glasses and knives.

The main salon is amidships and features straight settees to port and starboard. The starboard settee has a pull out for a wider berth. Both settees can be used as sea berths. The varnished teak drop-leaf table is along the center-line, with bottle and cutlery storage in a compartment in the center of the table. The Bristol 38.8 has outstanding storage space with compartments under the settees as well as two cabinets and bookshelves on both port and starboard. There is also a deep hanging locker and four additional drawers to starboard.

Forward of the main salon to port is the head compartment, trimmed in teak. A manual head, sink, four cabinets, large mirror on the bulkhead shower curtain and two opening ports providing ventilation to the head, complete the layout.

Forward of the head is the master cabin fitted with an offset v-berth with a removable filler that can be stored above the berth when not needed. There is a hanging locker, four drawers and sliding cabinets above the berth on either side. A large opening hatch directly over the berth provides ventilation and natural lighting. 

ENGINE

  • Universal M 50 46hp ((hours unknown – meter not working)
  • Propeller – Fixed 3 blade
  • Alternator – Balmar 100 amp
  • Transmission – New 2024
  • Engine Head replaced 2023
  • Maintenance log available
  • Fuel tanks – 36 gallon main tank + 11 gallon secondary tank

ELECTRICAL

  • 110v / 12 v electrical system
  • 1 x Shore power plug and cable
  • Battery Charger/Inverter – Victron  (2024)
  • Air Conditioning (Air & Heat) - Dometic 16 000 BTU
  • Solar Panels – 2 x Hytec Panels 200 w + 180 w
  • Solar Regulator – Victron MPPT 100/50
  • Watermaker – Seapro 120v 20 gph
  • House Batteries – 4 x Trojan 6v (2021)
  • Engine Battery – 1 x Deka 800 (2021)

ELECTRONICS

  • Autopilot – Garmin Retro
  • Chart Plotter – Garmin
  • Radar – Garmin GM218 HD (2021)
  • Depth/Speed/Wind - B&G Network (2020)
  • VHF – Standard Horizon GPS with RAM mic
  • AIS - Sitex Transmitter MDA5 (2024)
  • Stereo – Dual Electronics with Bluetooth
  • TV – Insignia Amazon Fire 24”

SAILS & RIGGING

  • Mainsail – Doyle Full Batten (2024)
  • Stackpack and Lazyjacks 
  • Genoa – 135% Doyle (2021)
  • Working Jib on Solent stay with continuous line furler
  • Asymmetrical Spinnaker in ATN sock
  • Symmetrical Spinnaker
  • Genoa Furling System - Schaefer
  • New Mast, Boom, Chainplates, Standing Rigging (2021)
  • New Running Rigging (2021)
  • All Halyards, Mainsheet & Reefing Lines lead aft to cockpit
  • Winches – Lewmar 40 ST - Mast and Cockpit Lewmar 48 - Primary
  • Spinnaker Pole
  • Whisker Pole

GALLEY

  • Stove – Homestead Propane 3 burner with oven
  • Fridge/Freezer - Adler Barbour top loading – air and water cooled
  • Sink – Double stainless steel
  • Microwave – Litton

PLUMBING

  • Water tank – 100 gallons stainless steel tank
  • Water heater – 6 gallon Raritan Engine/110v
  • Pressurized water system
  • Foot pump in galley
  • Holding tank – 15 gallon fiberglass
  • Separate shower stall
  • Manual head

DECK & COCKPIT

  • Primary Anchor – Rocna 25kg with 200’ chain
  • Secondary Anchor – Fortress with 100’ rode + 50’ chain
  • Windlass – Lewmar Electric (2016)
  • Anchor washdown system
  • Deck shower – hot and cold
  • Cockpit table
  • Davits – Kato
  • Outboard motor lift
  • Dodger, Bimini, Connector (2020)
  • Cockpit Cushions
  • Liferaft – Revere 4 person in valise (2021)
  • Ditch Bag
  • Docklines & Fenders
  • Canvas covers for hatches, toe-rails and hand-rails
  • Life jackets, Horn, Flares

ADDITIONAL

  • Bottom Soda Blasted & Epoxy Coated (2018)
  • Centerboard Pennant Renewed 2021 & Inspected 2024

DISCLAIMER:

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.

PROPULSION

Engine Count

0

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

HULL

Hull Material

fiberglass

ABOUT BRISTOL 38.8

The Bristol 38.8 is 36 feet long and has a 12 feet beam. The Bristol 38.8 is made of fiberglass.

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