Wauquiez Hood 38

XBOAT ref:378.
I am selling my sailboat by WAUQUIEZ HOOD 38 from 1984, it is the second MK2 version.
It is a sloop rig, built with thick polyester resin, making it a very solid boat!
I am the third owner, I am selling it with regret due to health reasons. I have enjoyed sailing for 14 years in Breton waters, Gascogne with annual trips to Spain, Scotland, Ireland, Quimper...
It is very comfortable with 2 cabins, a large living area in the saloon, which can be converted into a double berth, it has forced air heating, pressurized hot water, 2 toilets, one equipped with a black water tank (never used), a fully equipped kitchen with worktop, double sink, gas stove with oven, microwave, sound system with speakers indoors and outdoors.
It is a robust and very comfortable boat. It was built between 1978 and 1989 with 179 units produced.
It is indeed not easy to combine qualities like comfort, performance, and aesthetics.
The Hood 38 is beautiful. Ted Hood, its designer, managed to give it elegance and character. Because part of the pleasure of owning a boat is simply to look at it.
The Hood 38 is comfortable. Its interior volume is perhaps the largest of all boats of this type, and the profuse use of teak gives the fittings a refined luxury. It offers great comfort for happy cruising from bay to bay thanks to the retractable keel.
The Hood 38 is fast. Ted Hood, like us, loves boats that perform! Thanks to his extensive experience, the Hood 38 provides great enjoyment at the helm. Comfortably seated behind the steering wheel, with eleven meters and sixty of deck before you, you can sail upwind at less than 30° apparent wind angle. On close-hauled points of sail, with a high keel, you achieve astonishing averages.
SHIPYARD WAUQUIEZ
- HOOD 38 MKII
- Keel boat with ballast
- Number 116
- Year 1984
- Architect: Ted HOOD
- Length: 11.60 m
- Waterline length: 9.50 m
- Beam: 3.60 m
- Draft min 1.40 m / max 3.30 m
- Category: 1
- 8/12 persons
- Interior, deck, and cockpit in teak
- 3rd owner

ENGINE:
- YANMAR
- Model: 4JH4E
- Engine replaced in 2007
- Power: 55 HP
- V-drive
- 4-cylinder diesel, naturally aspirated.
- Shaft line
- Approx. 2600 hours
- Fuel capacity: 150 l + 50 l, total 200 l
- Propeller: JPROP 3-blade (2008) + spare propeller
- Bow thruster REINSTROM

SAILS:
- Full batten mainsail, 3 reefs, approx. 32 m2 (2013)
- Roller furling genoa, approx. 55 m2 (2013)
- FURLEX 300 E roller furler (2014)
- Possible to reinstall an electric roller furler genoa (dismantled in 2014)
- Storm jib on removable forestay + "false biminis" (NEIL PRYDE, similar to a solent)
- Tri-radial spinnaker, approx. 110 m2 + sock
- Pole with bell

RIGGING:
- 17 m mast with 2 sets of spreaders
- Bowsprit with lazy jacks
- Open lazy bag (2010)
- Standing rigging replaced in 2007
- Complete textile running rigging

Fittings:
- 2 LEWMAR 40 winches (mast step)
- 1 LEWMAR 40 ST + 1 LEWMAR 30 winch (piano)
- 1 electric LEWMAR 40 ST winch (main halyard)
- 2 electric LEWMAR 50 ST winches (genoa sheets)
- LEWMAR "Custom" mainsail track mounted on the roof
- Roof cover
- Complete enclosed cockpit cover
- + full winter cover

ELECTRICITY / POWER:
- MASTERVOLT battery charger and inverter
- 5 batteries 105 AH / 12V (4 house batteries + 1 for the engine)
- 220 V network with auto circuit breaker and shore power inlet
- ALPHA PRO regulator
- 1 150 W solar panel on an adjustable arch
- MPPT 10 A charge regulator

NAVIGATION AND ELECTRONICS:
- RAYTHEON R40X radar
- AUTOHELM 6000+ autopilot, with RAYMARINE evolution + P70 + ACU 400 (revised by a professional in 2018 and evolution system since 2015)
- STOWE depth sounder (old but functional)
- External repeater on the roof with depth sounder, speed, compass, anemometer
- GARMIN 158 I GPS
- Old Toshiba laptop for navigation with Windows XP, Open CPN, world maps, AIS connected, GPS
- NAVICOM RT 650 ASN VHF (with AIS and portable handset)
- Weatherman (Telex radio system on RTTY band)

COMFORT:
- WEBASTO forced air heating
- Pressurized freshwater circuit (hot and cold)
- Electric 50L hot water heater on 220V
- Hot water from engine circuit
- Double insulated refrigerator (water-cooled)
- Gas stove with oven + burners on gimbal
- Microwave oven
- Radio with indoor and outdoor speakers
- Modified saloon by previous owner (removal of bunk and addition of high-quality wood storage)
- 400 liters freshwater autonomy

HULL:
- Boat kept out of water since December 2022
- Smooth hull (no paint overlay)
- Hull treated in the 90s with epoxy VC Tar
- White hull paint in good condition (recoated by previous owner)
- Work anticipated on teak deck (original, removal recommended to repaint with non-slip coating or refinish with anti-slip surface). More info and photos on xboat.fr