1980 Hans Christian 38T

1980 Hans Christian 38T   Specifications

Name........................................................... Betelgeuse

Year...................................................................... 1980

Builder......................................... Shing Fa Boatbuilders

Designer.................................................. Harwood Ives

LOA..................................................................... 37’11”

LWL......................................................................... 33’

Beam.................................................................... 12’4”

Draft........................................................................... 6’

Displacement.................................................. 27,500lbs

Ballast.............................................................. 9,800lbs

Hull  ..............................................................Fiberglass

Deck............................................................. Fiberglass

Steering................................ Edison Binnacle with cable

Keel.................................................. Long encapsulated

Rudder......................................................... Skeg hung

Fuel............................................................... 45 +50gal

Water................................................................. 150gal

Hot Water....................................................... New 8gal

Holding Tank......................................... New never used

Heat.................................................... Dickenson Diesel

 CONSTRUCTION

•  Hull: Solid hand laid Fiberglass, rounded chines, canoe stern
•  Keel: Encapsulated full keel, lead ballast
•  Decks: Teak decks over a sandwich of 3/8” glass, ¾” plywood coring and   another 3/8” fiberglass.
•  Hull to deck joint: Bonded, glasses and bolted to hull with solid bulwarks
•  Stingers: wood covered with fiberglass
•  Chainplates: Stainless steel
•  Rudder: Skeg hung mounted with two large pintles

 INTERIOR

•  General Layout: 2 cabin, plus sea berth, 1 head
•  6’6” headroom
•  Beautiful Burmese Teak joinery staved interior with white painted ceiling, teak   and holly sole.
•  Salon: Warm and inviting with large Butterfly hatch above, U-shaped settee to   port with bench settee to starboard, storage outboards of seats and below
•  Forward cabin: Traditional V-berth with large opening hatch above, great   ventilation and natural light, 2 hanging lockers, storage under the bed
•  Head: Ensuite to the V-berth, separate shower, new full size electric toilet, new   holding tank and lines never used, vanity with sink, pressurized hot and cold   water, mirror
•  Cabin port aft: Enclosed cabin with an offset double bed
•  Quarter berth: to starboard, aft of the Nav station
•  Galley: U-shaped galley to port , excellent offshore style
•  Galley equipment:
•  Stove: Propane Magic Chef 3 burner with oven
•  Refrigeration: Top loading fridge/freezer 110V
•  Sinks: 2 x stainless steel,
•  Pressurized hot/cold water, new hot water tank (2022)
•  Manual salt water pump
•  Teak cabinetry and drawers
•  Chart Table: Large full size table with AC/DC distribution panels, excellent area   for new electronics to be installed
•  Forward or the chart table is a 3 drawer storage area

 MECHANICAL

•  Isuzu 4LE1T, 70Hp, Turbo charged, (NEW 2022)
•  Hours: ONLY 11hrs
•  Borg-Warner Transmission, rebuilt low hours
•  Propeller: 2 blade bronze, 20D x 16P LH (balanced & tuned)
•  Shaft: 1.5” SS, (new 2022)
•  Dripless shaft seal installed (new 2022)
•  Back flow valve installed on the exhaust.

 ELECTRICAL + PLUMBING

•  110VAC/12VDC with distribution panels and breakers
•  30amp shorepower
•  House batteries: Canada Proof sealed GC24M 4 x 75amp (2018)
•  Start Battery: Canada Proof sealed 1 x GC24m (2018)
•  Inverter/Charger: Magnum 2000w W/remote (2018)
•  All electrical outlets upgraded to GFCI (2022)
•  LED lighting
•  Thru hulls are all Bronze valve (8)
•  Fuel tank: steel, 45 & 50gal, cleaned with new gaskets
•  New insulated 8gal water heater 92020)
•  New water pump plus spare (2020)
•  3rd water tank has been recommissioned and working
•  New Jabsco quiet flush, full size electric head
•  New (never used) holding tank, macerator, new plumbing to toilet and through hulls and vent line
•  New shower pump
•  New raw water engine pump

 INSTRUMENTS

•  GPS/Chartplotter: Rasberry Pi computer
•  Autopilot: Aries wind vain
•  Autohelm wind, speed, depth (2 transducers)
•  Vhf: Ocean Voyager VHF-78
•  Compass: Richie

 SAILS & CANVAS

•  Mainsail: Dacron, Battened
•  Genoa: Dacron 120%, Dacron 135%
•  Staysail: Dacron 100%

  RIGGING + DECK GEAR

•  Mast: Aluminum, single spreader, aluminum boom
•  Cutter rig with club boom
•  Steps on the mast for going aloft
•  Spinnaker pole refurbished (2022)
•  Primary Winches: Barient 27 self-tailing
•  Coachroof Winches: Barient 1 x 19 and 1 x 23 self-tailing
•  Mast/Halyard winch: Barient 10
•  New running rigging, lines lead aft to clutches.

  DECK GEAR

•  Bow sprit, completely newly built out of old growth Douglas Fir, free of heart (2018)
•  All exterior wood sanded and finished.
•  Windlass: Lofrans 1000W 12V, recently serviced
•  New windlass solenoids and foot switches
•  Primary anchor: CQR 65lbs, 250ft chain 100ft rode
•  Secondary anchor: Danforth, all chain, 200ft
•  Additional smaller Danforth anchor
•  New propane locker and tank, splitter to BBQ and stove
•  New plexi-glass on butterfly hatch and v-berth hatch
•  Hatch refurbished, replaced with ½” PVC

 ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT

•  Dinghy: Achilles soft bottom, 8.5ft
•  Dickenson Sea-B-Que, rail mount
•  Spare water pump for the engine
•  Extra solar vent, New
•  Fabric rain catcher for filling fresh water tanks

 MAINTENANCE

•  Last haul-out and anti-fouling: Sept 2022
•  Last zinc(s) change: Sept 2022
•  Last engine oil change: Aug 2022