- Beam: 12' 3''
- Hull Material: Fiberglass
- Displacement: 25,500 lb
- Fuel Tank: 2 x 50|gallon
- Fresh Water: 2 x 50|gallon
- Holding: 1 x 15|gallon
- Cabins: 2
- Heads: 1
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"DRAGON FLY"
1986 Hans Christian 38 T
offered at $119,000
Solomons MD
New to market ... !
Hans Christian 38 Traditional is a 11.6 m monohull sailboat designed by Harwood Ives and built by Shing Fa Boatbuilding Co., Ltd. and Hans Christian Yachts between 1976 and 1989. Dragon Fly is hull # 107 of 167 built.
Built like a tank and laden with teak, the Hans Christian 38 Traditional is a heavy displacement double-ender that oozes the classic feel of a bygone age.
The Hans Christian 38 is beautiful visually and incredibly seaworthy with many circumnavigations under her belt. They have many fans, owners love their liveaboard comfort and “cadillac ride”.
Above the waterline, the styling is classic Hans Christian; a long bowsprit, a springy sheerline, and rounded canoe stern with large dollops of teak all over. Below the waterline you’ll find a hull with very rounded sections, a full keel with a forefoot cutaway and a big “barn door” rudder.
Hans Christian are solid boats overbuilt to cruise in safety and comfort. Practical Sailor Magazine in their 1999 review recalled one US Coastguard who made a mid-winter passage from Annapolis while the boat was ice-bound.
“He described using a standard ice-breaking technique of moving ahead, riding up on the ice and letting the weight of the boat crush through a path. During a haulout he discovered the only damage to be a small worn area of bottom paint“
Underway at over 30,000 lbs in typical cruising trim, she’s definitely no lightweight, and light air performance suffers despite carrying a generous amount of sail area. Ignoring the later variations on the boat, the standard 38T doesn’t point very high, owners comment around 40 degrees of apparent wind is about the best. With 10-15 knots she can make around 6 knots to weather and about 7 knots off the wind. The first reef is usually taken in in around 15-18 knots and as the winds pick up there is a tendency for weather helm. Of course in heavy airs and seas, the Hans Christian 38 comes into her own, she’s both seakindly and dry with no bobbing or banging around in the rough stuff.
Dragon Fly's highlights:
Exquisite Interior Woodwork
Teak and holly sole
Synthetic teak decks - All of the beauty none of the maintenance
Reverse cycle heat and air
Full cockpit enclosure
Chartplotter / radar / AIS / wind generator / Arch / Autopilot
Monitor wind vane self steering
160 Watts of solar power
ProFurl staysail and headsail furling
New chainplates
Upgraded like new upholstery throughout
AND THE LIST GOES ON!
WE LOOK FORWARD TO INTRODUCING YOU TO
THIS "ONCE IN A LIFETIME" HANS CHRISTIAN 38.
JUST CALL AND COME PREPARED TO BE IMPRESSED!
ACCOMODATIONS
Forward Master Stateroom: Spacious fixed V-berth, cabinetry and shelving hullside port and starboard, hullside hanging locker, 4 drawers, full underberth storage, built-in berth step, anchor locker access full forward.
Head: Nicely appointed bath with vanity, sink, mirror, teak seat over commode, 3 lockers, separate tiled shower with seat and integral storage. Hullside cabinetry in shower area.
Salon - Portside: U-shaped dinette surrounds a beautiful teak table, 4 hullside lockers with fiddled bookshelves between, ample storage under and outboard of the settee. Oil lamp and TV on the forward bulkhead
Salon - Starboard: Lengthy settee with upholstery that shows as new, 4 lockers hullside with bookshelf between, storage under and outboard of, settee converts to a large single berth.
Nav and Workstation: Aft of starboard settee you will find a shelf top bureau with 2 drawers, 4 lockers and two cabinets below & an access door to storage. Next aft is a flip top chart table, seat with backrest, teak cabinetry under, large storage area aft under the nav station. This is one of the best nav station layouts you will ever see!
Galley: Across from the nav station. If a galley can be beautiful this one definitely qualifies!
Portside Aft Guest Stateroom: Comfortable double berth, and large hanging locker all finished in amazing teak joinery
Deck:
Hans Christian underbody - Full keel with cutaway forefoot
Teak decks and teak coach house inserts were replaced with Dek-King SYNTHETIC teak decks in 2014 (No Maintenance!)
Replaced portlight glass, seals and Lexan forward hatch in 2015
GALLEY
Adler Barbour 12 Holding plate refrigerator/freezer (two systems) - Top and front loading refrigerator, Front
loading freezer
Force 10 3-burner propane stove/oven w/ broiler
Magic Chef microwave oven
Double Stainless sink
Bronze fixtures
Attwood water heater
Pressure, manual fresh and salt at galley
(8) Lockers
(5) Drawers
12V Fan
Dry locker
Quartz countertop
Teak glass and plate organizer
Spice rack
Magma propane grill (rail mounted)
20# Propane tank
ELECTRONICS
Alpha 3000 autopilot w/ new actuator arm
Autopilot has handheld remote and new compass rebuild
SSB radio
Garmin 4208 chartplotter/ 4kw radar
Garmin 220 GPS for backup
Horizon GX2150 VHF w/ AIS
ICOM M127 VHF
ICOM M802
Depthsounder - Horizon at nav, Raymarine at helm
AIS receiver
Custom fiberglass helm pod with chartplotter/ radar, VHF, depth & speed, autopilot, windlass control, cockpit
lighting and auxilary power receptacle
EPIRB
Brass clock and barometer
Danforth 7" compass
Tide clock at nav
New mast head antenna
Monitor windvane self-steering system
Blipper radar reflector
Sony AM/F stereo w/ CD and disc player
(2) TV's w/ DVD players
ELECTRICAL
Batteries: (4) Trojan 105- 6v for house, Group 27 Duralast for engine
Xantrex 1500 inverter - 100 amp charger
Link 2000 battery monitor
Heart 3 stage alternator regulator
West Marine battery isolator (2019)
(2) 80 watt Sharp solar panels
ProStar 15 solar controller
Custom interior lighting mostly LED (exceptional reading capability)
Windbugger wind generator
Instant on lights at hanging lockers
Amptech 125 amp HD alternator
50' Marinco 30 amp shore power cable
MECHANICAL
Mermaid 16,500 BTU reverse cycle AC/ heat
Automatic and manual bilge pumps
Kanzaki KH-18 transmission - rebuilt at 3751 hrs
Espar heater system
New digital tach
Injectors rebuilt at 3780 hrs
(4) New motor mounts (2018)
New Centek muffler at 3833 hrs
Fuel circulation pump to prime engine and genset
Fuel polishing system
(3) Racor fuel filters
Campbell sailor propellor - 3 blade
Shaft saver PYI 910-012 (2017)
Manual heads with deck and manual overboard pumpout
Water heater hoses (2017)
New shower sump pump
Vent fans for bilge and hull
Stuffing box is Teflon flax type
New cutlass and carrier bearing (2017)
BC Fire extinguisher
CO & smoke detectors
DECK & COCKPIT
66# Lewmar claw w/ 25'chain & 250' rode, Danforth secondary
Maxwell electric windlass w/ foredeck and cockpit controls
Full enclosure w/ Sunguard thread and crystal clear Strataglass
Cockpit backrest
Decks are synthetic teak (No maintenance!)
Binnacle cover
Cockpit cushions
Cockpit helm seat
Upper rail seats (folding)
Cockpit table
Stern arch
Lifesling system
New lifelines (2017)
Safety bars over deck hatches
Side and aft dodger handrails
FRP Sampson posts (2014)
Hatch covers (2018)
Mast pulpits
Sail windows
Belaying pins
Boomkin
Snubber attachment point at waterline
4:1 Motor lift
OB motor mount w/ integral gas tank holder
Fiberglass deck cradle for future dinghy
(4) Life jackets
S/S boarding ladder
SAILS & RIGGING
Fully battened main with Dutchman sail flaking system & 3 reef points
#1 Genoa, #2 genoa, spinnaker w/ mps, staysail, storm tri-sail
All sails in good to very good condition
Barient 27 ST primaries
New chainplates (2017)
Deck stepped aluminum mast
Bowsprit repainted (2014)
New backstay and shrouds (2007 & 2014)
Bobstay (New 2014)
Mast steps
New main halyard
Mainsheet traveler
Whisker pole
BROKER’S COMMENTS/ADDITIONAL INFO
This beautiful Hans Christian 38T has been completely upgraded and updated since 2013. When not in use most of her equipment is stored off the boat under climate control. Her fit and finish will not be matched by any other 38T on the market. "Exquisite...Capable... Warm an Inviting" are the words that immediately come to mind as you step aboard! Don't miss this opportunity.
Maintenance Features:
Original teak decks were removed, decks were re-glassed and Dek-King synthetic teak added giving "DRAGON FLY" the safety and beauty of teak look decking with NONE of the short or long term care needed! (2014)
IN 2017 Bottom was peeled, properly dried, 2 layers of 24 az. Biaxial cloth w/ Epoxy resin added then 12 gallons of Seaguard 5000 barrier coat, then 2 coats of Trinidad red, then 2 coats of Trinidad black ablative
This listing is courtesy of the BoatWizard MLS and may be centrally listed withanother broker. It is offered as a convenience by this broker/dealer to its clients and is not intended to convey representation of a particular vessel.
Denison Yacht Sales offers the details of this yacht in good faith but can’t guarantee the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of this boat for sale. This yacht for sale is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal from that yacht market without notice. She is offered as a convenience by this yacht broker to its clients and is not intended to convey direct representation of a specific yacht for sale.
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