Overview
Overview
Contest 38s Ketch
Name: Joy
Year: 1985
Builder: Contest Yachts, Medemblik Netherlands
Designer: Dick Zaal
LOA: 11.66m (38 ft)
LWL: 9.1m (29'10”)
Beam: 3.66m (12')
Draft: 1.95m (6'5”)
Air draft: 14.8m (49'9”)
Displacement: 8500 kg (19285 lbs)
Ballast: 3444 kg (7593 lbs)
Hull: Fiberglass
Deck: Fiberglass
Steering: Wheel
Keel: Fin
Rudder: Skeg hung
Engine: 1998 Volvo Penta MD22-L with 2970 hours
Water: 230l + 80 l (60+21 gal)
Hot water: (2021) Raritan 170611 series (6gal) with heat exchanger
Heating: (2016) Safire 3200Di hot air heater (from Finland)
Construction:
Solid hand laid GRP below waterline
Balsa cored GRP above waterline
Hull to deck joint is a shoebox inward turning flange on 7”centers and glassed over, capped with a teak rub strake.
Marine plywood bulkheads bonded and glassed to the hull
Decking professionally finished with non-skid paint (kiwi grip applied in 2023)
Hull windows Lexan 8mm, renewed in 2020
Antifouling: Coppercoat 2016. Maintenance on coating done in 2019 and 2023.
Interieur:
Salon: Center dinette leaf table, port and starboard settees, double as sea berths with lee cloth. Tons of storage space in cabinets, under and behind settees and under floor.
Headroom 1.95m (6'5”)
Galley: U- shaped with double sink, 8 cabinets to store pots and pans and a cutlery drawer. Pressurized hot and cold water. Propane ENO two burner stove with oven. Top loading fridge/ freezer. Water saving footpump.
Owner's cabin: located aft, Custom double matrass to port with storage underneath the bed and overhead hatch, L-shaped settee with storage underneath. Vanity with sink (also used as watermaker station). Storage lockers, book cabinet and extra shelving.
Two hanging and one shelving locker in the walk through to the salon, with automatic, door-operated led lighting. Also in the walk through: big acces hatch to the well-lit engine room.
Guest cabin: Forward V-berth with shelving on either side and overhead hatch
Head: forward to port, manual marine toilet, shower with draining floor, vanity with deep sink. Storage in 4 shelved lockers.
Center cockpit
Two cabin, one head layout. Cabinetry and joinery of high quality, varnished mahogany with satin finish.
Chart table: To starboard, full size front facing table with storage underneath and under seat.
Complete switching panel replaced (2018) with all new switches and automatic fuses.
Tank meters, temperature gauges, barograph, battery status for house bank and starter battery provided by Simarine touch display.
VHF radio, SSB radio with Pactor modem for weather fax, email and grib files. Pioneer FM radio-cd player with USB input. Watcheye AIS transponder with GPS and stealth mode.
All new ceiling upholstery (vinyl) and curtains for all windows in 2022
Engine:
1998 Volvo penta MD 22L-bt 59 hp , 2970 hours. Very reliable and well maintained.
Fuel filter: Dual Separ SWK-2000/5/u filtersystem with quick switch valve.
Regular oil, filters, belts, zincs, impellor changes. (documented in excel)
Timing belt replaced in 2020 (300 hours on new belt)
Encapsulated propshaft with cutlass bearing, stuffing box.
All things engine room are recorded in a excel sheet.
Propellor: Bruntons self-pitching Autoprop. The Autoprop gives better overall performance and manouverability and is very efficient with motor-sailing.
The original fixed 3 blade bronze prop is still on board as a spare.
Instruments:
Simrad wind speed meter
2x Simrad multidisplay for depth and position (+1 broken)
SSB radio (Icom IC7200)
Pactor modem (SCS P4 Dragon DR-7800)
SSB antenna tuner: Icom AT -141
AIS Watcheye transponder
VHF standard horizon GX1700E
Handheld VHF Polmar Navy 011F
Handheld VHF Uniden Atlantis 150 for US frequencies
Furuno GPS navigator
Autopilot Raymarine ST6002
Radar Raymarine
Chartplotter Raymarine C80 (used as radar and AIS screen)
Laptop with open CPN and AIS target plotting.
Tablet in rugged housing with Navionics.
Electrical & plumbing:
2016 throughulls and ball valves replaced (bronze).
2019 remaining toilet throughulls and valves replaced (bronze, Groco)
House batteries: (dec 2020) 2x 150AH Gel
Victron Smart battery sensor
Starter battery: (2021) Sentennial marine
Victron phoenix smart charger IP43 30Ah (2022), works both on 110V & 220V.
Victron Inverter 800W Pure sine
4x Victron MPPT 75/15 (All panels on individual MPPT controller)
Solar panels (2019) 2x 190Wp (one either side)
Solar panel (2017) on coach roof 90Wp
Additional fold up solar panel (2024) for extra power or when anchored, 160Wp. To put on the deck.
27kg propane bottle in separate, vented gas locker aft.
Watermaker:
Seawater Pro 60l/h (15gal/h), installed in the engineroom, with membrane on a cooler place in the locker. Controller panel/ watermaker station in the aft cabin.
We run the boat like this for 6 years, we hardly ever go into marinas.
Sails and deck gear:
Mainsail 26m2 (281 sq.ft) 2016 needs repairs or replacing.
Genoa II 31,2m2 (400 sq.ft) 2016
Mizzen 11,1m2 (119 sq.ft) 2016
Gennaker (2019 repaired)
Spinnaker (original repaired)
Mizzen staysail (1985)
Stormjib
Furler: Profurl (2016)
Masts and poles : Seldén
All standing and running rigging (2016)
(2x) lower back shrouds replaced 2021 (one is now spare)
Backing plates in mast replaced (2024)
Sheet winches: Enkes 26ASC (selftailing) (2x)
Halyard winches main mast: Enkes 22
Enkes 18 (2x)
Enkes 10
Mizzen mast: Enkes 10
Furler reef winch: Enkes AR 20
Safety:
Liferaft Arimar 4 person (needs inspection)
Epirb Ocean Signal1 (exp. date 2028)
DSC vhf radio
Plastimo lifesling
3 auto inflating lifejackets
2x lifelines with safetyclips
Swimladder
Fire extinquishers
Fire blanket
Bilgepump automatic Rule LP900s LoPro
Bilgepump Johnson viking power 16, doubles as shower floor drain pump
Manual RM69 bilgepump in cockpit
Jabsco 3550 portable pump
Anchoring gear:
Main anchor Rocna 20kg (40lb) with 70m (230ft) 8mm (5/16)chain.
Additional 20mm (3/4”) 8 strand nylon snubber 20m (65ft)
Stern anchor Fortress 16 with extra chain.
Maxwell Windlass RC 10-8 (2022)
Stainless footswitch on deck for up. (drop down with either clutch or remote)
Wireless remote control.
Custom stainless bowsprit that fits through anchor.
Big anchor locker with room for fenders /water hose etc.
Additional Equipment:
Dinghy : AB hypolon 7.5 UL only 23kg! (46lbs)
Tohatsu 5hp 2 stroke, old but runs fine.
Windvane steering apparatus, engineered and built by me. (similar to Hydrovane) 28k nautical miles of use, works nicely.
6 fenders, various dock lines
Custom made pillows for outside, very comfortable.
Custom made bimini with various zip-on parts for shading under sail or on anchorage.
Cockpit enclosure, zips onto sprayhood to close the whole cockpit.
All spare parts included.
All tools included.
Complete gally inventory included.
Located in Panama, Shelter Bay Marina.