1986 Hans Christian 38

"DRAGON FLY" 

1986 Hans Christian 38

offered at $119,000

Solomons MD

New to market ... more photos coming soon!

Hans Christian 38 Traditional is a 11.6 m monohull sailboat designed by Harwood Ives and built by Shing Fa Boatbuilding Co., Ltd. and Hans Christian Yachts between 1976 and 1989. Dragon Fly is hull # 107 of 167 built.

Built like a tank and laden with teak, the Hans Christian 38 Traditional is a heavy displacement double-ender that oozes the classic feel of a bygone age.

The Hans Christian 38 is beautiful visually and incredibly seaworthy with many circumnavigations under her belt. They have many fans, owners love their liveaboard comfort and “cadillac ride”.

Above the waterline, the styling is classic Hans Christian; a long bowsprit, a springy sheerline, and rounded canoe stern with large dollops of teak all over. Below the waterline you’ll find a hull with very rounded sections, a full keel with a forefoot cutaway and a big “barn door” rudder.

Hans Christian are solid boats overbuilt to cruise in safety and comfort. Practical Sailor Magazine in their 1999 review recalled one US Coastguard who made a mid-winter passage from Annapolis while the boat was ice-bound.

“He described using a standard ice-breaking technique of moving ahead, riding up on the ice and letting the weight of the boat crush through a path. During a haulout he discovered the only damage to be a small worn area of bottom paint“

Underway at over 30,000 lbs in typical cruising trim, she’s definitely no lightweight, and light air performance suffers despite carrying a generous amount of sail area. Ignoring the later variations on the boat, the standard 38T doesn’t point very high, owners comment around 40 degrees of apparent wind is about the best. With 10-15 knots she can make around 6 knots to weather and about 7 knots off the wind. The first reef is usually taken in in around 15-18 knots and as the winds pick up there is a tendency for weather helm. Of course in heavy airs and seas, the Hans Christian 38 comes into her own, she’s both seakindly and dry with no bobbing or banging around in the rough stuff.

Dragon Fly's highlights:

• Exquisite Interior Woodwork 

• Teak and holly sole 

• Synthetic teak decks - All of the beauty none of the maintenance

• Reverse cycle heat and air

• Full cockpit enclosure 

• Chartplotter / radar / AIS / wind generator / Arch / Autopilot

• Monitor wind vane self steering

• 160 Watts of solar power

• ProFurl staysail and headsail furling

• New chainplates

• Upgraded like new upholstery throughout

• New bottom paint August 2024

AND THE LIST GOES ON!

WE LOOK FORWARD TO INTRODUCING YOU TO 

THIS "ONCE IN A LIFETIME" HANS CHRISTIAN 38. 

JUST CALL AND COME PREPARED TO BE IMPRESSED!

ACCOMODATIONS 

Forward Master Stateroom: Spacious fixed V-berth, cabinetry and shelving hullside port and starboard, hullside hanging locker, 4 drawers, full underberth storage, built-in berth step, anchor locker access full forward.

Head: Nicely appointed bath with vanity, sink, mirror, teak seat over commode, 3 lockers, separate tiled shower with seat and integral storage. Hullside cabinetry in shower area.

Salon - Portside: U-shaped dinette surrounds a beautiful teak table, 4 hullside lockers with fiddled bookshelves between, ample storage under and outboard of the settee. Oil lamp and TV on the forward bulkhead

Salon - Starboard: Lengthy settee with upholstery that shows as new, 4 lockers hullside with bookshelf between, storage under and outboard of, settee converts to a large single berth.

Nav and Workstation: Aft of starboard settee you will find a shelf top bureau with 2 drawers, 4 lockers and two cabinets below & an access door to storage. Next aft is a flip top chart table, seat with backrest, teak cabinetry under, large storage area aft under the nav station. This is one of the best nav station layouts you will ever see!

Galley: Across from the nav station. If a galley can be beautiful this one definitely qualifies!

Portside Aft Guest Stateroom: Comfortable double berth, and large hanging locker all finished in amazing teak joinery

Deck:

• Hans Christian underbody - Full keel with cutaway forefoot

• Teak decks and teak coach house inserts were replaced with Dek-King SYNTHETIC teak decks in 2014 (No Maintenance!)

• Replaced portlight glass, seals and Lexan forward hatch in 2015
  
  

GALLEY 

• Adler Barbour 12 Holding plate refrigerator/freezer (two systems) - Top and front loading refrigerator, Front

• loading freezer

• Force 10 3-burner propane stove/oven w/ broiler

• Magic Chef microwave oven

• Double Stainless sink

• Bronze fixtures

• Attwood water heater

• Pressure, manual fresh and salt at galley

• (8) Lockers

• (5) Drawers

• 12V Fan

• Dry locker

• Quartz countertop

• Teak glass and plate organizer

• Spice rack

• Magma propane grill (rail mounted)

• 20# Propane tank

ELECTRONICS 

• Alpha 3000 autopilot w/ new actuator arm

• Autopilot has handheld remote and new compass rebuild

• SSB radio

• Garmin 4208 chartplotter/ 4kw radar

• Garmin 220 GPS for backup

• Horizon GX2150 VHF w/ AIS

• ICOM M127 VHF

• ICOM M802

• Depthsounder - Horizon at nav, Raymarine at helm

• AIS receiver

• Custom fiberglass helm pod with chartplotter/ radar, VHF, depth & speed, autopilot, windlass control, cockpit

• lighting and auxilary power receptacle

• EPIRB

• Brass clock and barometer

• Danforth 7" compass

• Tide clock at nav

• New mast head antenna

• Monitor windvane self-steering system

• Blipper radar reflector

• Sony AM/F stereo w/ CD and disc player

• (2) TV's w/ DVD players

ELECTRICAL 

• Batteries: (4) Trojan 105- 6v for house, Group 27 Duralast for engine

• Xantrex 1500 inverter - 100 amp charger

• Link 2000 battery monitor

• Heart 3 stage alternator regulator

• West Marine battery isolator (2019)

• (2) 80 watt Sharp solar panels

• ProStar 15 solar controller

• Custom interior lighting mostly LED (exceptional reading capability)

• Windbugger wind generator

• Instant on lights at hanging lockers

• Amptech 125 amp HD alternator

• 50' Marinco 30 amp shore power cable

MECHANICAL 

• Mermaid 16,500 BTU reverse cycle AC/ heat

• Automatic and manual bilge pumps

• Kanzaki KH-18 transmission - rebuilt at 3751 hrs

• Espar heater system

• New digital tach

• Injectors rebuilt at 3780 hrs

• (4) New motor mounts (2018)

• New Centek muffler at 3833 hrs

• Fuel circulation pump to prime engine and genset

• Fuel polishing system

• (3) Racor fuel filters

• Campbell sailor propellor - 3 blade

• Shaft saver PYI 910-012 (2017)

• Manual heads with deck and manual overboard pumpout

• Water heater hoses (2017)

• New shower sump pump

• Vent fans for bilge and hull

• Stuffing box is Teflon flax type

• New cutlass and carrier bearing (2017)

• BC Fire extinguisher

• CO & smoke detectors
  
  

DECK & COCKPIT

• 66# Lewmar claw w/ 25'chain & 250' rode, Danforth secondary

• Maxwell electric windlass w/ foredeck and cockpit controls

• Full enclosure w/ Sunguard thread and crystal clear Strataglass

• Cockpit backrest

• Decks are synthetic teak (No maintenance!)

• Binnacle cover

• Cockpit cushions

• Cockpit helm seat

• Upper rail seats (folding)

• Cockpit table

• Stern arch

• Lifesling system

• New lifelines (2017)

• Safety bars over deck hatches

• Side and aft dodger handrails

• FRP Sampson posts (2014)

• Hatch covers (2018)

• Mast pulpits

• Sail windows

• Belaying pins

• Boomkin

• Snubber attachment point at waterline

• 4:1 Motor lift

• OB motor mount w/ integral gas tank holder

• Fiberglass deck cradle for future dinghy

• (4) Life jackets

• S/S boarding ladder
  
  

SAILS & RIGGING 

• Fully battened main with Dutchman sail flaking system & 3 reef points

• #1 Genoa, #2 genoa, spinnaker w/ mps, staysail, storm tri-sail

• All sails in good to very good condition

• Barient 27 ST primaries

• New chainplates (2017)

• Deck stepped aluminum mast

• Bowsprit repainted (2014)

• New backstay and shrouds (2007 & 2014)

• Bobstay (New 2014)

• Mast steps

• New main halyard

• Mainsheet traveler

• Whisker pole

BROKER’S COMMENTS/ADDITIONAL INFO  

This beautiful Hans Christian 38T has been completely upgraded and updated since 2013. When not in use most of her equipment is stored off the boat under climate control. Her fit and finish will not be matched by any other 38T on the market. "Exquisite...Capable... Warm an Inviting" are the words that immediately come to mind as you step aboard! Don't miss this opportunity. 

Maintenance Features:

• Original teak decks were removed, decks were re-glassed and Dek-King synthetic teak added giving "DRAGON FLY" the safety and beauty of teak look decking with NONE of the short or long term care needed! (2014)

• IN 2017 Bottom was peeled, properly dried, 2 layers of 24 az. Biaxial cloth w/ Epoxy resin added then 12 gallons of Seaguard 5000 barrier coat, then 2 coats of Trinidad red, then 2 coats of Trinidad black ablative 

• Fresh Bottom paint August 2024
• Fresh Boot Stripe August 2024