1975 Alajuela 38. Mark I. $64,900 Lying St. Petersburg Fl.
An outstanding
boat of the
full keel Adkins Ingrid design, refined by Alajuela. We've owned and sailed [I]Maya[I] for 13 years including multiple trips to the Keys and
Mexico. She has robust
equipment for
offshore cruising and is maintained to a
bluewater standard.
LOD 38'
LWL 32'8"
Beam 11'6"
Draft 5'8"
Disp 27,000lbs
Ballast 10,000lbs
SA 880 sq ft, working
Mast Ht 54'
She is equipped with Main,
Jib,110% and Staysail both on Bamar furlers. An asymmetrical
spinnaker and adjustable whisker pole are included. Most of the
rigging was replaced between 2007 and 2010 except for one of the twin
backstays. The chainplates were all replaced in 2009. Ground tackle is meant to be redundant with a 45lbs
CQR on 300' of 5/16 HT chain managed by a Muir Cheetah horizontal
windlass with a wireless
remote. A second main
anchor is a
Fortress FX 37 with 65' of chain and 200' of 1/2 braid. A 35lbs Bruce and a 30lbs
Delta live in the stern locker with attached chain leaders and two spare nylon rodes below decks. A saltwater
deck pump washes down the
rode as it comes aboard.
Furuno radar,
gps,
VHF and below decks hydraulic AP are in good working condition. An
AIS transponder,
depth sounder, stereo,
propane sniffer, flat
screen TV/DVD, Xantrex inverter/charger, 2 4D
batteries, Alpenglow
cabin lights round out the
electronics. Backstay insulators and copper grounding are in place to install an
HF radio with little fuss. A custom SeaFrost refrigeration/freezer
installation has a solid 6 to 8" of
insulation. Pics available to prove it. The
stove is a gimbaled two burner shipmate
propane and the
cabin heater is a Sig
marine propane unit.
Propulsion is a
Yanmar 3GM30 running a Max prop and dripless
shaft seal. This little
motor is a champ and pushes [I]Maya[I] at 7 knots with a clean bottom. When I bought her I felt she was underpowered and yet in all our travels I've never felt the need for bigger. She uses 0.40 Gal/Hr at 5.5 knots
cruise and carries 65 gallons of
fuel. That's a theoretical range of 893 nautical miles under
power. Not that anyone would want or need to chug along that far.
One shouldn't need it as the
boat performs surprisingly well. It has been suggested that the attached
outboard rudder effectively lengthens the waterline by two feet. I believe it as the boat will close reach at 7.5 knots all day long. There are lots of reports online to confirm it. Under staysail and double reefed main we have logged 160 mile days in a breeze. Comfortably. That's a key word for this boat. The motion is soft and predictable. It doesn't bash the crew around the cabin leaving one feeling they've been the victim of mugging.
The
interior has been modified to provide a separate enclosed sit down
shower and a built in tool box. She carries two
water tanks below the floorboards and an additional bladder tank under a settee giving a capacity of about 100 gallons. The
head is a
Lavac and the
holding tank is under the starboard vee berth. The
interior finish is Herreshoff style with gloss white
panels and bright
teak trim.
Many odds and ends and spares I leave unmentioned as this has drug on too long already. Suffice it to say the boat is one of the best Alajuela 38s on the market and at the best
price. Please feel free to PM me with questions and if you'd like additional
references.
Yours,
Dennis
A half-hearted good luck wish to you for the sales process... and you can bet every Penny is going in my Alejuela Piggy Bank right now...
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