Ready to sail the Chesapeake this summer and head south this fall. Vagabond’s Westwind 38 has its larger cousins’ rugged construction and fine interior teak joinery throughout with a more modern look and more modern design. Vagabond built about three dozen of this model in the famed Taiwanese ship yards during the sweet spot of boat building: when boats were built heavier, but with foam core in the decks, not wood.
The Westwind 38 is cutter rigged with an integral fin keel, a full skeg rudder and a Max prop three bladed propellor. She has a Pullman style full-sized front berth and a full sized aft berth. She has a hard dodger with new polycarbonate windshield, a rugged solar arch with 690 watts of panels, a D400 wind generator, and dinghy davits.
Accomodations
New Soft Touch leatherette upholstery throughout salon (‘21)
Marinaire 16000 btu reverse cycle AC/heat (‘21)
12v LED reading lights in all cabins
Alpenglow dual power night vision red/white LED lights (all cabins) (‘23)
12v LED red/white lamp at the nav station
12v fans in V-berth and main salon
Varnished mahogany dining table (converts to day bed)
Custom “Closed Cell” Mattress in V-berth (’15)
Nature’s Head composting toilet (‘21)
Galley
Deep S/S sink with H/C pressure water
Seaward Hillerange 3 burner propane stove w/oven Frigaboat 12v Freezer and Refrigerator – Keel Cooled (’14)
New 6 gal water heater (‘22)
Katadyn Power Survivor 1.5 gph watermaker – Needs service
Magma BBQ grill
LG Microwave oven
Electronics and Navigation Equipment
Vesper Cortex V1 VHF and AIS-B with wireless handheld remote. Broadcasts AIS data to chart plotter, handheld and mobile devices (‘22)
Garmin radar (‘14)
Garmin 4208 GPS/Chartplotter (cockpit)
Simrad AP20 autopilot w/cockpit remote
West Marine handheld VHF
Icom IC-706 MKIIG SSB/Ham transceiver w/tuner & backstay antenna
Raymarine ST60 display w/ windspeed/direction, knot meter/log, depth finder
Raymarine Tridata at the nav station
Ritchie Powerdamp compass
EPIRB (’14)
Starlink mounted to arch and cables run. Router and dish remain with owner
Deck Equipment
Dual anchor rollers (’12)
Lewmar 1000G Pro Series 12v windlass (’14)
Spare Windlass
45lbs Manson Supreme anchor with 180’ of G4 chain 22# Danforth
27# Fortress
Dinghy davits 10′ Caribe RIB
Viking 4-person Life Raft – expired Aug 2020
Edson 38″ S/S steering wheel, leather cover, and S/S emergency tiller
(4) removable dorade vents
Hard dodger w/interchangeable snap out windshield
Full side curtains (’13)
S/S cockpit arch
Sun cover/bimini w/skylight fits between dodger & arch Cockpit cushions & custom tall pilot cushion at helm Covers for all brightwork (’11)
Teak grate in cockpit
Fold-up teak cockpit table
Cockpit courtesy lights
Fenders & dock lines
Swim ladder
Boarding step
SIGM LED TRI-COLOR & ANCHOR TRIANC3P W/PHOTODIODE (’16)
LED running lights
Airex foam core
Sails and Rigging
All new standing rigging and chainplates (’14)
North Sails 130% genoa (’10)
North Sails staysail (’10)
North full-batten mainsail w/lazyjacks & 2 reef points (’13)
Asymmetric spinnaker
Barlow 27ST 2 speed primary winches
Anderson 40ST secondary winches
Barlow 23 mast winch
Anderson 40ST traveler winches
Isomat anodized aluminum spars
MastWalker mast steps
Electrical
D-400 wind generator (’14)
Solar Panels – Sunpower 690W w Flexmax MPPT Controller (’15)
(4) 6v golf cart batteries 940ah wired in series (house) (’22)
Victron Smart BMV
12v 115ah cell grp 31 engine start battery (’20)
Battery selector switch
Balmar 621 – 100 alternator (’15)
Spare Balmar 100 amp alternator rebuilt
2016 Heart Freedom 20 2000w inverter/charger w/remote panel Heart Interface
Link 1000 battery monitor
Newmar GI-30 galvanic isolator
Copper bonding/ground system
Two 30 amp shore power receptacles
Two 50’ shore power cords
Mechanical
Yanmar 3HN35F (FWC) 34 hp diesel engine – Approx 8,300 Hours
Price is already discounted to account for engine age and hours, but it runs flawlessly
All engine hoses replaced (’14)
New Engine Mounts (’14)
1 1/4″ S/S prop shaft PSS dripless stuffing box (’14)
Max-Prop Folding Propeller (’14)
Rudder Bushing and Stuffing Box Replaced (’15)
Spare Prop
Racor 200 series fuel filter w/12v primer/bleeder pump Shurflo 12v fresh water pump
20# LPG tank
Tank Tender gauges for fuel, water & holding tanks (’11) Jabsco automatic bilge pump
Rule automatic bilge pump
Henderson manual bilge pump
12v Walbro flow-thru emergency fuel pump
Hull pealed and new vinyl ester bottom applied (’14) 10-year warranty
Petit Trinidad Pro bottom paint (‘23)
Propspeed on prop and running gear (‘23)