Dufour 38 CLASSIC for sale in Levington United Kingdom

The accommodation offers up to seven berths in three double sleeping cabins plus one berth in the saloon.

FORECABIN: Considered by many to be the owners cabin and featuring a large double berth. Beneath berth stowage, hanging locker, shelves and a large opening hatch to foredeck. En-suite heads compartment with a marine toilet, basin and shower to starboard.

The accommodation offers up to seven berths in three double sleeping cabins plus one berth in the saloon.

FORECABIN: Considered by many to be the owners cabin and featuring a large double berth. Beneath berth stowage, hanging locker, shelves and a large opening hatch to foredeck. En-suite heads compartment with a marine toilet, basin and shower to starboard.

SALOON: A large U-shaped settee to starboard (can convert to a berth) with a separate central bench seat offers comfortable seating for 6-8 around a rectangular dining table. Plenty of stowage space is provided beneath seating and by lockers and shelves.

GALLEY: Linear galley to port equipped with an ENO 2-burner gas cooker with oven, twin stainless steel sinks, large top loading fridge, back up foot pump water supply, Corian worktops, sink covers and excellent storage in various lockers and drawers.

CHART TABLE: Generous forward facing chart table with half Admiralty chart storage, navigators seat and ample storage including a wet hanging locker. Electrical distribution panel, navigation equipment, water and fuel gauges, voltmeter and controls shore power are all at hand. Kenwood CD/radio stereo system.

HEADS: Aft to port and fitted with separate sit down shower area, marine toilet, wash basin and storage.

AFT CABINS: Two aft cabins with double berths, hanging lockers, shelving and opening portlights.

Mahogany interior. Teak and holly effect, non scratch sole boards compliment the blue cloth upholstered saloon and cream patterned cotton sleeping cabin upholstery. Curtains throughout. Pressurised hot and cold water supply via a 28 litre calorifier with immersion coil. Two water tanks of 160 litres each. Eberspacher diesel fired central heating system with saloon radiator. Finlux TV with masthead antenna. Cabin lights LED.

Masthead rigged sloop with double spreaders. Silver anodised aluminium mast and boom by Z-Spars. Stainless steel standing rigging (new 2017) with Seasure adjustable backstay tensioner. Terylene running rigging. Most lines led aft to cockpit. Slab reefing to mainsail with lazyjacks and stackpack. Facnor headsail furling system. Lewmar adjustable genoa cars.. 2 x Lewmar 44 self tailing sheet winches. 2 x Lewmar 30 self tailing halyard winches. Lewmar 16 winch on mast. Telescopic spinnaker pole with up mast stowage.

• MainsailGood
• Furling Genoa - First SailsGood
• Storm Jib - Good
• Spare furling headsail - Good

Located abaft the companionway in vented and soundproofed compartment with excellent access. 1998, Volvo Penta MD 2040 3-cylinder 40hp marine diesel engine. Freshwater cooled via heat exchanger. Single lever controls. 120S saildrive (new diaphragm in July 2024) with Ambassador rope cutter to folding 2-bladed propeller. 160 litres fuel capacity giving approximately 450 mile range at cruising speed of some 7 knots. Engine hours unknown.

Three 12V batteries (2 domestic and 1 engine start), 2019. Charging via engine alternator and 2019 Victron Phoenix 240V battery charger. Full 240V shore power system. Inverter. WiFi onboard.

• Czar stainless steel anchor
• Electric anchor windlass
• Stainless steel pulpit, pushpit, stanchions and guard wires
• Stainless steel boarding ladder to sugar scoop transom
• Removable side boarding ladder
• Sprayhood in blue with grab handle, new canvas 2021
• Stack pack type mainsail cover in blue, 2021
• Folding cockpit table
• Winch handle pockets
• Various fenders and warps

• Plastimo steering compass
• Raymarine ST60 Tridata with echo sounder and speed/log
• B&G multi instruments x 2 - log, speed, depth and wind, 2017
• B&G hybrid touch colour chart plotter, 2017
• Raymarine ST500+ autopilot
• ICOM M-506 VHF radio with cockpit command mic
• Hand held VHF radio
• Autohelm Tridata multi at chart table
• AIS, 2017
• Raytheon RL70 radar at chart table
• Easy Navtex
• Bow, stern and steaming navigation lights
• Masthead tri-colour and anchor light, LED, 2017

• Various fire extinguishers
• Fire blanket
• Gas, CO and smoke detectors
• Jackstays
• Horseshoe lifebuoy
• Jonbuoy danbuoy
• Kim recovery sling on pushpit
• Foghorn
• EPIRB
• Radar reflector on mast
• Cockpit harness eyes
• Emergency tiller
• Manual and electric bilge pumps
• Liferaft, next service due in 2025

Dufour 38 Classic built in 1998 by Dufour Yachts to an Olivier Poncin & Yann Chabaud design. White GRP hull with style stripes, superstructure and decks with moulded non-slip surfaces. Fin keel. Wheel steering to spade rudder. Aft self draining cockpit. Teak laid cockpit seats and transom steps. Teak coachroof handrails. Self draining anchor locker. Four coachroof opening ports and four deck hatches. Alloy toe rails.

The company normally acts as brokers for the vendor who unless otherwise stated is not selling in the course of a business. Whilst every care has been taken in the preparation of these particulars the correctness is not guaranteed and they are intended as a guide only and do not constitute a part of any contract. A prospective buyer is strongly advised to check these particulars and where appropriate and at his own expense to employ a qualified marine surveyor to carry out a survey and/or to have an engine trial conducted which if conducted by us shall not imply any liability on our part.

General note on safety equipment: Any safety equipment such as liferaft, fire extinguishers and flares etc., are usually personal to the current owner(s) and if being left on board as part of the sale of a used vessel, may require routine servicing, replacement, or changing to meet a new owner’s specific needs.