Nautor Swan Swan 38 S&S Hull 001 - perfection and beauty Under Contract

The very first Swan 38 ever produced, fully refit and exhibited at the Helsinki Boat Show in 2018, maintained in immaculate condition ready for round the world cruising. She turns heads where ever she goes and is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful boats around. She is blue water ready and you could leave tomorrow. Celeste has 360 degrees engine access, super comfortable pilot berths, keel stepped mast, and a skeg hung rudder. She is an absolute pleasure to sail in high winds, rough seas or simple champagne cruising. A beautiful 52 years old with many modern features (hot water shower!), she is for the true sailor, as noted in many Swan 38 articles recently published.

She has been well proven sailing internationally, has proven herself offshore to be easily handled solo or two up and is a boat that looks after you in any conditions. She's the prettiest boat on the Broadwater at anchor and the sweetest to look at sailing. She is a one to be proud of with unmatched design by the best (Sparkman & Stephens) and superb build quality by the best - Nautor Swan in Finland, where I bought her in 2020.

Some highlights:

New B&G Zeus (cockpit and nav table) plotters 7 inch at helm, 9 inch in the nav table
New B&G triton instuments in companionway (4)
B&G Halo 24 Radar - with sector and ring alarms
B&G v60 VHF with AIS
iridium Go with fixed antenna
1000W inverter
HF Radio
New wind instruments
New rod rigging 2021
All new rod standing rigging 2021done by Swan and NED 1671 in the Netherlands
Brand new Norths dacron main and genoa (unused and in bags); good Norths Ultra NPX laminate sails on currently in excellent condition and annually serviced by Norths, 2022 make date
Two symmetrical spinnakers and one asymmetrical; two recessed carbon spinnaker poles - super easy to do solo symmetrical gybes with two poles and the autopilot remote
Storm sail with reefing crinkles on removable stay
Engine 800hrs (new 2019); new cutlass bearing 2025; serviced every 100hrs
Excellent Fuel filter with drop in 'coffee filters' (no need to bleed the engine to change filters)
Hull sandblasted and fully epoxied and new antifoul late 2025
New stainless fuel lines installed by Swan Benelux (2021)
Fully refurbished mast 2023
Bow Thruster - new 2021
New Hydrovane (2024) Best thing ever!!
Good autopilot on a precision 9 compass
New gas installation (Netherlands) 2022 plus full ORIGO metho cooktops and oven (works fantastically)
All ten self tailing winches serviced every 6 months
Sleeps 8, all original lee cloths in perfect condition
Fans installed
New 12mm teak decks late 2018 (maintained with care)
21kg Ultra anchor (circa $4000) and swivel, 50m chain
Electric Windlass (new 2021) with cockpit controls and forward hatch remote
Original Blakes toilet (worth $18,000 new today) and good hot water shower in the heads plus a basket of spares
90litre main fuel tank, locations internally for jerry storage
220litres water in two tanks, on a pressure system
Enormous amounts of storage
ON registration so she can be taken anywhere in the world
Customs paid imported into Australia
Saloon sea berth custom comfort matresses for long passages
Spare alternator, raw water and starter motor (boat set up to sail to Japan)
Full tool box and bosuns chair etc on board
FInbrella Italian made umbrella (same as on Superyachts) for cockpit shade and rated to 40kn

I have sailed this beautiful boat extensively through the Baltics, north Western Europe and Australia's east coast. She is easily handled by two people and is well set up for heavy weather. She heaves to perferfectly, and in 40knots on the nose, the hydrovane keeps her tracking while you stay comfortable and dry. She has competitive IRC and ORCi certificates that show what she is capable of when sailed to her rating.

All the new things above are updates I do to maintain her in immaculate condition and ensure she is always able to take care of us offshore. She has never ever let us down nor had any issues in holding her own offshore and cruising inshore.

I have a large vault of her paperwork, including original documents on her build, her ownership, and original drawings.. She has a file held with Nautor Swan also.

As hull number 1, she is highly coveted. She has the same designer as the reknown yacht, Love and War.

She is only being sold as we've entered a new phase of our cruising life with a very different boat on the way.