The seller just lowered her asking price and all offers will be entertained.
The Swan 38 is one of my two or three favorite boats ever. If I wanted a boat I could trust to last me for the rest of my life, and to take me anywhere I desired to sail, the Sparkman and Stephens designed Swan 38 would be number one on my list. In terms of quality of build, design pedigree, strength, longevity and looks, this boat can stand comparison with any other yacht produced anywhere, at any time. But what makes the Swan 38 better, to my mind, than any other yacht of its size, is its ability to make open sea passages in all weathers, while keeping its crew comfortable, confident, and rested. The hull is solid, hand-laid fiberglass with fore-and-aft stringers, and a keel-stepped mast. As a cruiser, the full underbody, which provides volume for comfort and stowage, the moderate fin and the protected skeg-hung rudder, all add up to a design that is wholesome, seaworthy, and comfortable in a seaway. The Swan 38 is a moderate-displacement sloop with a high ballast-to-displacement ratio and a massive rig, capable of making long distance passages.
Down below the joinery is immaculately made and polished to a cabinetmaker's finish. The Swan 38 was considered a roomy yacht in its day, and although it can't now compare for spaciousness with modern yachts of similar overall length, the hull's deep sections and relatively substantial displacement give it plenty of volume, so storage space is generous and useful.
There are good seagoing pilot berths outboard of the settee berths so that the off-watch crew can sleep securely in bad weather. The forward facing chart table to port allows the navigator to work on a large flat area, with bulkhead space for instruments, under-desk storage for charts, without disturbing any resting crew. It is separated from the decent size galley opposite by the engine box and companionway steps. Behind the navigator there is a good size locker for foul weather gear.
Further aft there is a useful, private, if slightly cramped, aft cabin under the cockpit. It is reached by a short passage on the port side, and it offers a double berth to starboard and a single quarter berth to port. There's not much headroom here, but the space gives the owner or skipper some privacy, and allows them to communicate with the crew through an opening hatch to the saloon, or through a small opening port into the cockpit.
Forward of the mast there is an adequately roomy head/shower compartment to port with double hanging lockers to starboard. Further forward still, the forecabin is dominated by bin stowage for sails and gear below pipecots that fill in to make a V-Berth. Forward still, is a dedicated chain locker.
Interior
Bukh DV29 RME (replaced in 2019 with a low mileage engine from container ship lifeboat, presumably less than 250 hours).
Engine is equipped with an indirect cooling system with a heat exchanger.
Martec MKIII Folding Propeller (2 Blade)
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
Owner's personal items excluded. Exclusions include, however are not limited to, Seller's personal possessions, loose items, binoculars, handheld radio(s), charts, tools, fishing equipment, spare parts, clothing and foul weather gear, galley equipment, linens/bedding and any items not specifically listed on equipment list specifications sheet.