Description

Remarks :

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 :

Accommodation:



- Sleeps 7, 5 singles & 1 double berths 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

- Standing rigging approx. 2011

- 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

Specifications