1997 Moody S38
Specifications
Equipment & Extras
- LOA
- 38ft/12m
- LWL
- 9.91m 32'6"
- Rig
- Sloop
- VHF
- 2 x Shipmate RS8400 handsets
- Hull
- Glass Reinforced Plastic
- Keel
- Fin Keel
- Make
- Moody
- Name
- Charlie Girl of Lymington
- Year
- 1997
- Class
- Sailing Cruiser
- Drive
- Sail Drive
- Model
- S38
- Sails
- Hood mainsail, Hood furling genoa
- Spars
- Seldon double spreader aluminium
- Berths
- 8
- Cabins
- 3
- Engine
- Single Diesel
- Layout
- Aft Cockpit
- Saloon
- U shaped settee to starboard with drop leaf table with bottle storage & drawers. Settee/berth with a trotter box to port forward, lee cloth. Cupboards either side. TV. Navigation area to the aft.
- Ballast
- 3,096 kg 6,826 lbs
- Heating
- Eberspacher warm air heating with outlets in all cabins, saloon, heads and wet locker.
- Reefing
- Slab reefing with lazy jacks (single line for reef 1 & 2 twin line from cockpit)
- Winches
- 2 x Lewmar ST48 self tailing genoa winches, 2 x Lewmar 30 halyard and mainsheet winches, 1 x Lewmar 8 furling winch
- Controls
- Single lever
- Forestay
- Replaced in 2013
- Rig Type
- Sloop
- Aft Heads
- On the port side, aft of navigation station and doubles as a day heads with access from the saloon and the port aft cabin. Marine w.c, hot & cold water, hand basin and shower. Cupboards.
- Electrics
- 1 x 12v engine start battery (new March 2026), 2 x 12v domestic batteries. Charged by engine alternator and 240v Poweramp Hank 12v/40 amp battery charger. 240v shore power.
- Propeller
- Volvo 3 blade folding propellor
- Aft Cabins
- 2
- Ancasta Ref
- 44939
- Displacement
- 8,650 kg 19,064 lbs
- Engine Hours
- approx. 885
- Engine Model
- VOLVO PENTA D2-40 40HP DIESEL ENGINE
- Registration
- British Part 1 registered. UK VAT Paid.
- Ground Tackle
- Lofrans manual windlass, Anchor and chain
- Deck Equipment
- S/S pulpit, pushpit and guardrails, Bow, stern and spring cleats, Blue sprayhood with grab rail, Tonneau cover, 2 x cockpit lockers
- Headsail System
- Seldon Furlex roller reefing
- Safety Equipment
- Manual bilge pump
- Standing Rigging
- S/S replaced in July 2020
- Fuel Tank Capacity
- One 182 litre (40 gallon) Aluminium fuel tank
- Last Engine Service
- March 2026
- Water Tank Capacity
- Two water tanks totalling 364 litres (80 gallons)
- Accommodation Layout
- Three cabin (twin aft cabins), two heads. Sleeps eight, 6 in three cabins plus 2 in the saloon
- En-suite Forward Heads
- Marine toilet, hot and cold water. Shower. Basin 2 x cupboard. Mirror.
- Engine Replacement Year
- 2012
- Navigation Aids (Cockpit)
- Whitlock steering compass, Autohelm Wind, Autohelm Tri data, Autohelm ST6000+ autopilot, Garmin GPS Map 451 chart plotter
- Sail Drive Replacement Year
- 2012
- Navigation Aids (Chart table)
- Autohelm Multi, Yeoman plotter
- Eberspacher cabin heating
- Volvo Penta D2-40 40HP engine
- Saildrive
- Hood mainsail
- Hood furling genoa
- Solid teak aft cockpit seating
- Solid teak cockpit sole
- Raymarine ST6000+ autopilot
- Garmin GPS Map 451 chart plotter
- Autohelm Tridata
- Autohelm Multi
- Lofrans manual windlass
- Seldon double spreader aluminium spars
- Slab reefing
- Lazy jacks
- Seldon Furlex roller reefing headsail system
- Stainless steel standing rigging (new 2020)
- Radar reflector
- Lewmar ST48 self-tailing genoa winches
- Lewmar 30 halyard/mainsheet winches
- Lewmar 8 furling winch
- Marine toilet
- Hot and cold pressurised water
- Shower
- Plastimo Neptune 2000 gas cooker with oven and grill
- 240v Microwave
- 12v refrigerated ice box
- Stainless steel sinks
- Electrical 12v/240v distribution panel
- Battery volt meters
- Fresh water gauge
- Fuel gauge
- Yeoman plotter
- Sony stereo radio/CD
- Shipmate RS8400 VHF
- Stainless steel pulpit
- Stainless steel pushpit
- Stainless steel guardrails
- Bow cleats
- Stern cleats
- Spring cleats
- Blue sprayhood with grab rail
- Tonneau cover
- Cockpit lockers
- Manual bilge pump
- Whitlock steering compass
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