1981 Contest 38S Ketch
The Contest is a high quality, Dutch built boat This 38S is a typical Contest of the early 1980s which is ketch rigged. She is solidly built, heavy displacement, but with a fin keel, so easy handling for the crew. The center cockpit design allows for a spacious aft cabin which features a double bunk settee and vanity.
"No Contest" has been exceptionally well maintained and is ready for her next owners. Being Blue water capable, she is the perfect boat for a couple or young family to consider purchasing for their offshore adventure.
Hauled and bottom painted in August 2023. Full listing below.
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1981 Contest 38S Ketch Specifications
Contest 38S
Name........................................................... No Contest
Year...................................................................... 1981
Builder................................................... Contest Yachts
Designer......................................................... Dick Zaal
LOA...................................................................... 37’4”
LWL.................................................................... 29’10”
Beam....................................................................... 12’
Draft........................................................................ 6’5”
Displacement.................................................. 19,285lbs
Ballast.............................................................. 7,593lbs
Sail Area .......................................................... 538sq/ft
Hull ..............................................................Fiberglass
Deck............................................................. Fiberglass
Steering............................................................... Wheel
Keel......................................................................... Fin
Rudder......................................................... Skeg hung
Fuel................................................................... 59.4gal
Water................................................................ 92.4gal
Hot Water............................................................... 6gal
Holding Tank......................................................... 20gal
Heating...................................... Sigmar Diesel Bulkhead
CONSTRUCTION
- Solid hand laid GRP below the waterline
- Balsa cored GRP above the waterline
- Hull to deck joint is a shoebox inward turning flange on 7” centers and glassed over, capped with a teak rub-strake
- Plywood bulkheads bonded to the hull
- Teak decking has been removed and professionally finished with non-skid paint
INTERIOR
- Center cockpit
- 2 Cabin, 1 head layout
- Cabinetry and joinery of high quality, varnished teak
- Salon: Center dinette leaf table, port & starboard settees, double as sea berths, storage outboard in lockers
- Galley: L-shaped to port with a single large deep sink, pressurized hot/cold water, Propane Optimus 3 burner stove w/oven, top loading Dometic CU -100 fridge/freezer
- Owner’s cabin: located aft, pullman double to port, L-shaped settee, vanity with sink, storage lockers
- Guest cabin: forward V-berth, lockers, overhead hatch, shelving and hanging lockers
- Head: fwd to port, shower, vanity with sink, pressurized hot cold water, manual marine toilet, holding tank, y-valve, macerator.
- Chart table: to starboard, full size front facing table, storage under seat, lockers, AC/DC distribution panels, GPS at table, engine gauges, VHF, SSB radio, stereo
MECHANICAL
- Yanmar 4JH2-E, 50hp, 4400 hours
- Shaft, cutlass bearing, bronze 3 blade fixed prop
- New heat exchanger 2022
ELECTRICAL + PLUMBING
- 30amp shorepower
- 110VAC and 12VDC distribution panels
- House Batteries: 4 x Trojan T106 6V
- Start Battery: 1 x Group 27
- Charger: ProMariner ProNautic 12-30
- Solar Panels: 160W, Victron MPPT 100/30 regulator
- Battery Monitor: Blue Sea BVM 700
- Galvanic Isolator: ProSafe F230
- Bilge Pump: 2 x electric Rule 1000 with float switches
- Manual Bige pump: Whale
- High water alarm
- Black water: manual toilet, Y-valve, GRP holding tank (20gal), macerator pump. (recently refurbished)
- Washdown pump in the anchor locker
- Hot water tank: Seaward 6 gal AC and engine
- Fresh water: 2 x s/s tanks totaling 350 liters located under port and stb settees.
INSTRUMENTS
- GPS: Garmin GPSMap 1042
- Auto Pilot: Autohelm 7000
- Wind/Speed/Depth: Datamarine
- VHF: Icom IC-M506 with AIS
- SSB: Icom IC-802
- SSB tuner: Icom AT-140
- Compass: Plath Hamburg 6”
SAILS & CANVAS
- Mainsail: Leitch & McBride, 2 reefs, partial batten
- Genoa: Leitch & McBride 120% on a furler
- Asymmetrical spinnaker with new ATN sock
RIGGING + DECK GEAR
- Deck stepped aluminum masts and booms, ketch rig
- Single spreaders on each mast, s/s wire standing rigging
- Rigid boomvang
- Spinnaker pole
- Primary Winches: 2 x Enkes AR26S self-tailing
- Mizzen mast winch: Enkes AR22 2 speed, Enkes AR12
- Main mast winches: 2 x Enkes AR22
- Genoa Furler: Beckmal Pastel
- Mainsheet traveller aft of cockpit
- SS bow and stern pulpits, SS stanchions
- Windlass: Lewmar Concept 1
- Anchor: Bruce 15kg, 275ft of 5/16 G4 chain
- Custom fabricated swim platform, to be installed
ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT
- Canvas cockpit enclosure
- Dinghy davits
- Dinghy: not included
- Outboard: not included
- Full winter cover
MAINTENANCE
- Last haul-out and anti-fouling: Aug 2023 Keel sand blasted, 5 coats of inter-protect, 2 coats antifouling
- Last zinc(s) change: Aug 2023
- Last engine oil change: Aug 2023
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