XBOAT ref :378.
I am selling my WAUQUIEZ HOOD 38 sailboat from 1984, it is the second version MK2.
It is a sloop rig, built with thick polyester resin, it’s a very solid boat!
I am the third owner, I am selling it reluctantly due to health reasons, I have enjoyed sailing for 14 years in the Brittany waters, Gascony with annual trips to Spain, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall…
It is very comfortable with its 2 cabins, a large living space in the saloon, which can be transformed into a 2-person berth, there is forced air heating, hot water under pressure, 2 toilets one equipped with a black water tank (never used), a complete kitchen with worktop, double sink, gas cooker with oven, microwave, the sound system with speakers inside and outside.

It is a robust and very comfortable boat. Built between 1978 and 1989 in 179 units.

It is not easy to combine qualities often contradictory such as comfort and performance and add aesthetics.

The Hood 38 is beautiful. Ted Hood, its architect, knew how to give it elegance and class. Because part of the pleasure of owning a boat is simply looking at it.

The Hood 38 is comfortable. Its interior volume is perhaps the largest of all boats of this type and the teak, used profusely, gives the fittings a refined luxury. It is great comfort for happy cruises, from cove to cove thanks to the lifting keel.

The Hood 38 is fast. Ted Hood is like us: he loves boats that move! Thanks to his immense experience, the Hood 38 gives you great pleasure at the helm. Comfortably installed behind the steering wheel, eleven meters sixty of deck in front of you, you go up to windward at less than 30° of apparent wind. On the running tacks, with the centerboard up, you achieve surprising averages.

WAUQUIEZ SHIPYARD
– HOOD 38 MKII
– Ballasted keelboat
– No. 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 people
– Interior, deck and cockpit in teak
– 3rd owner
RECENT PRICE REDUCTION.
A GREAT OPPORTUNITY

ENGINE:
– YANMAR
– Model: 4JH4E
– ENGINE REPLACED IN 2007
– Power: 55 HP
– Inverter mounted in V
– 4-cylinder, atmospheric diesel.
– Shaft line
– Approximately 2600 hours
– Fuel capacity: 150 l + 50 l for a total of 200 l
– Propeller JPROP 3 blades (2008) + old spare propeller
– Bow thruster REINSTROM

SAILS:
– Full batten mainsail, 3 reefs, surface area of approximately 32 m2 (2013)
– Furling genoa, surface area of approximately 55 m2 (2013)
– Furlex 300 E furler (2014)
– Possible to reinstall an electric genoa furler (removed in 2014)
– Cruising jib on removable stay + „false backstays“ (NEIL PRYDE, similar to solent)
– Tri-radial spinnaker surface area of approximately 110 m2 + sock
– Boom preventer

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

RIGGING:
– 2 Lewmar 40 winches (mast base)
– 1 Lewmar 40 ST winch + 1 Lewmar 30 winch (piano)
– 1 Lewmar 40 ST electric winch (mainsail halyard)
– 2 Lewmar 50 ST electric winches (genoa sheets)
– Lewmar „Custom“ mainsail sheet track mounted on the roof
– Roof cover
– Complete enclosed cockpit cover
– + complete winter cover

ENERGY / ELECTRICITY
– Mastervolt battery charger and inverter
– 5 batteries 105 AH/12V (4 for services and 1 dedicated to the engine)
– 220 V network on automatic circuit breaker and dock outlet
– Alpha Pro regulator
– 1 150W solar panel on adjustable rear portal
– MPPT 10 A charge controller

ELECTRONICS AND NAVIGATION:
– Raytheon R40X radar
– Autohelm 6000+ autopilot on Raymarine evolution +P70 + ACU400 (cylinder revised by pro. in 2018 and evolution system from 2015)
– Stowe navigation system depth sounder (old and functional)
– Exterior repeaters at roof level with depth sounder, speedo, wind vane, anemometer.
– Garmin 158 I GPS
– Old Toshiba navigation laptop with Windows XP
– With Open CPN + world maps + connected AIS + GPS
– Navicom RT 650 ASN VHF (with AIS and portable combination)
– Weatherman (Télex radio system on RTTY band)

COMFORT:
– Webasto forced air heating
– Freshwater circuit under pressure (hot and cold water)
– 50L electric hot water tank on 220V
– + hot water on engine circuit
– Double insulated refrigerator (water-cooled)
– Cooker with oven + gas burners on gimbal
– Microwave oven
– Radio with interior and exterior speakers
– Saloon modified by the previous owner (removal of the berth in the saloon and addition of quality joinery storage)
– Freshwater autonomy of 400 liters

HULL:
– Boat kept out of the water since December 2022
– Smooth hull (no paint overlay)
– Hull treated in the 1990s with VC Tar epoxy
– White hull paint in good condition (regelcoated by the previous owner) More details and pictures on xboat.uk