1983 Beneteau First 38 Sloop

"Further" is hull number 103 and was designed by Bruce Farr and built in Le Reims France.  The First 38s were built with serious ocean sailing in mind and are some of the strongest boats ever built by Beneteau.  They were built to meet the French Governments rigorous Class 1 Certification for Unlimited Offshore Use.  The numerous large floor stringers, full frames, and longitudinal stringers, combined with fully glassed bulkheads and a bulletproof hull-deck joint, make for a stiff hull that can take a beating.  The tall and well suported keel stepped mast and deep fin keel make for a very fast cruiser with a PHRF Rating of 102.  Despite the modern race inspired design the First 38 is seakindly and has a good capsize ratio.  The interior is spacious with two full aft cabins, a large V-berth, and pleanty of storage space.  The interior furniture is mostly constructed of marine ply with teak veneer trimmed with solid rosewood.  The cabin sole is marine ply with teak and holly veneer.  The cabinitry is well designed and solidly built.  The performance and popularity of the original First series In many ways made Beneteau the company it is today.  In 2004 US Sailing Published "10 Used Boats to Sail Around the World" and the First 38 was one of the boats featured.  Indeed many have made circumnavigations.  3 survived in the tradgic Fastnet Race disaster.  The Movie "Visitors," about a solo circumnavigation, features Further's sister ship.

Dimensions

LOA: 38' LWL: 31' 9" Beam: 12' 8" Displacement: 15,655 lbs. Draft: 6' 10" Ballast: 6,615 lbs. Cast Iron Keel

Engines

Engine: Perkins Diesel 4-108M RWC 50hp

Tankage

Fuel: 60 Gal.- Stainless Steel Water: 100 Gal. Vetus Bladders Holding: Yes

Accommodations
Sleeps eight. Vee berth forward, enclosed head with pressure water shower and vanity next aft to port, hanging locker opposite to starboard. Main cabin features a dinette to port and a settee to starboard. The galley is next aft to port, nav station opposite to starboard. Two double cabins are further aft, one to port, the other to starboard with a small enclosed head between the cabins, aft of the engine compartment.

 

Galley The large U-shaped galley is aft to port and features a two burner Electrolux propane stove with oven, large ice box with a NorCold 12 volt refrigeration system, and large double stainless steel sinks with hot and cold pressure water and foot pump.

Hull and Deck
Flag blue hull.  Cloud white deck and boot stripes, black bottom paint, Double lifelines, Two 35lb CQR anchors and one 45lb Bruce anchor all on 150' of chain lead with 100' of nylon rode, Cast Iron Fin keel, Spade Ruder, Radial open cable steering, Drippless Seals, Bronze ball valve through hulls, Three Lewmar overhead hatches, one over forward cabin, one over forward head, and one over main cabin, Five Goiot opening ports, Teak cockpit decking and cockpit grating, 9 Lewmar winches, Profurl Roller Furling

Sails

2004 Ulman dacron cruising Main and Genoa

160% spare Genoa

Storm Gib

Masthead Spinaker

 

Electronics

Comnav 1101 linear drive hydraulic autopilot, Garmin 128 onboard GPS, Magellan Backup GPS, Furuno 1621 M2 Radar, ICOM M700Pro SSB Radio, Horizon VHF Radio, Horizon Handheld Backup VHF, Horizon Speed, Wind, and Depth gauges, Toshiba onboard Nav computer with Capn Voyager and Fugawi ENC Software,  electronic charts for the entire globe both raster and vector, Samsung 15" lcd flatscreen TV on aluminum articulating arm, JVC CD r/rw DVD r/rw car stereo, Curtis VHS DVD Player, QLogic suround sound system, 2 Poly Planar Marine 6x9 3 way speakers in cockpit,  High Power Marine Wifi Aentena, Compaq nc600 laptop, 2 Toshiba Qosmio G15-AV501 laptops.

 

Electrical

8D sealed gel cell as main battery bank, 6D and 2 marine deep cycle starting batteries as backup bank.  Amptech 60 Amp high powered alternator, Balmar Computerized Battery Regulator, AirX Marine wind generator, DieHard AC Battery Charger, Honda 2000iu gasoline generator, Xantrex Pro 1800watt pure sinewave inverter, Weems&Plath breakers and gauges, Labcraft 12 volt flourescent lighting, GoldStar Air Conditioning.

 

Safety

Emergency Tiller, Jacklines, Harness/CO2LifeJackets with 6' teathers, Sea Anchor and Drogues, 3 Bilge Pumps, Gusher Pump In cockpit locker, Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarms, 5 Fire Extinguishers, Emergency Propane and Diesel Cutoff, 6 person Zodiac Offshore Liferaft, 401 EPIRB, Pelican ditch bag, Signal Flag Kit, Solas Flare Kit and orange floating smoke grenades, 6 round 12 gauge Mossberg tactical grip short barrel shotgun.

 

Tender

8 foot Caribe V to flat step hardbottom inflatable dingy with Yamaha 9.9 horsepower 2 cycle outboard.