Contessa 38 for sale in United Kingdom

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1982 Contessa 38 – NEW MOON sailing yacht for sale. Designed by David Alan-Williams & Built by Jeremy Rogers. NEW MOON is a highly desirable and well-found fast cruising yacht. Ideal for coastal or ocean cruising. Sleeps 7 in 3 cabins, 5 singles and 1 double berth. The present owner bought her in 2011 and is retiring from sailing. NEW MOON benefits from many upgrades in recent years so often not found on a boat of this age. From navigation to power winches, standing rigging and sails to list just a few. The detail is in the listing so please take time to read for yourself what a great opportunity New Moon presents. An early viewing is highly recommended. New Moon - Contessa 38 has just been launched and is ready for the 2025 sailing season berthed on the River Dart.

Accommodation:

• Sleeps 7, 5 singles & 1 double berth in 3 cabins including the saloon
• Starboard quarter berth has been rebuilt & refurbished 2016
• Saloon table converts to a double
• New Sound system with Bluetooth 2016
• LED roof lighting
• Teak interior joinery
• Diesel fired cabin heating
• Galley area with 3-burner gas cooker, oven & grill
• New Refrigerator motor compressor & cool plates 2022
• 2 x Stainless steel sinks
• Heads compartment with Lavac marine wc, handbasin & shower

Inventory:

Navigation Aids:

• 2 x Bulkhead mounted steering compasses
• Raymarine ST60 Log, speed, depth
• Raymarine Windspeed & direction
• VHF
• GPS/Plotter
• Autopilot
• Navionics Navigation Plotters fitted in the saloon and the cockpit 2012
• Raymarine Radar fitted in cockpit- gimballed

Ground Tackle:

• Anchor with chain plus roller bracket fitted to avoid anchor hitting hull 2016
• Electric windlass with hand-held remote control for use from the cockpit

General Equipment:

• Navigation lights
• Guardwire, pulpit & pushpit
• Radio & CD player
• Bathing ladder
• Cockpit table

Safety Equipment:

• Fire extinguishers
• Fire blanket
• Firdell Blipper radar reflector
• 2 x Horseshoe lifebuoys
• Lifesling
• Danbuoy
• Extra-long boathook
• Quick release boathook
• 2.5hp Marina 2-stroke outboard & Seago inflatable

Mechanical:

Construction

Built by Jeremy Rogers Ltd in 1982
Designed by David Alan-Williams
White GRP hull, deck & superstructure
Cutter rig
Fin keel with skeg hung rudder
Wheel steering

Engine:

• Watermota Sea Panther Bobtail 2500 4-cylinder 30hp diesel engine, new 1997
• Fresh water cooled
• Shaft drive to 3-blade fixed pitch propeller
• Single lever morse control
• Cruising speed approx 6 knots
• Maximum speed approx 7 knots

Electrics:

• 12v system supplied by 4 batteries, total capacity 180ah
• Two twin, heavy duty battery banks
• Switched & charged by engine alternator & 240v charger
• Wind generator
• Shorepower & cable
• New socket fitted at bottom of mast to enable electric horn 2018
• Switching system on electrical box door for different alarm systems 2018

Tankage:

• Fuel capacity 91 litres
• Fresh water capacity 318 litres

Water System:

• Pressurised hot & cold water throughout
• New calorifier for heating the water from engine and immersion via shore power 2016

Rigging:

• Mast completely rewired 2013
• New standing rigging 2018
• Cutter rigged with Proctor anodised aluminium spars
• Twin sets of spreaders
• Stainless steel standing rigging upgraded to a larger diameter from spec
• Terylene running rigging
• Mast steps
• Spinnaker pole & gear
• 2 x Headsail furling gear
• Slab reefing mainsail

Winches:

• Self-tailing winches 2017
• Electric winch for raising the Mainsail 2018
• New heavy duty rope clutches

Sails:

• Battened mainsail 2016
• Furling genoa 2015
• Furling staysail 2015
• Spinnaker 2016
• Cruising chute 2016