Remarks :
This 1984 Nauticat 38 presents an exceptional opportunity to acquire a beautifully maintained and extensively upgraded example of this highly regarded Finnish motorsailer. Renowned for their superb build quality, safe and stable cruising characteristics, and warm, handcrafted interiors, Nauticat yachts have long been a favourite among serious passagemakers and those seeking a comfortable long-distance cruiser. This particular vessel stands out thanks to a significant programme of recent upgrades, ensuring she is ready for many more years of dependable and enjoyable sailing.
A major highlight is the new engine and bow thruster providing modern reliability, improved efficiency, and confidence during extended passages or when manoeuvring in tight harbours. Complementing this is a complete renewal of the standing rigging, giving peace of mind for offshore sailing and enhancing sail performance under her versatile ketch rig. With these fundamental elements already taken care of, she offers an attractive advantage over other yachts of her age and type.
The updates continue throughout the vessel. A suite of new electronics has been installed, offering modern navigation, communication, and vessel-monitoring capabilities. These upgrades greatly improve ease of handling and situational awareness, whether cruising coastal waters or crossing open seas. Additionally, a full set of new AGM batteries supports reliable power management, ensuring all onboard systems—from navigation to domestic comforts—run efficiently on passage or at anchor.
Inside, the Nauticat 38’s renowned accommodation layout delivers exceptional comfort, with a spacious wheelhouse, bright saloon, generous galley, and two private cabins, including an impressive aft owner’s suite with its own heads. Her teak joinery, solid craftsmanship, and thoughtful Scandinavian design create a warm and inviting interior ideal for extended cruising or life aboard.
On deck, her wide walkways, substantial guardrails, and deep cockpit provide a secure environment in all conditions, while the ketch rig gives balanced sail handling and excellent versatility in varying winds.
With her combination of proven bluewater capability, comfortable liveaboard accommodation, and an extensive list of costly recent upgrades, this Nauticat 38 is a rare find. She represents an outstanding choice for sailors seeking a reliable, well-equipped motorsailer ready for new adventures. The owner is open to offers for a quick sale.
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Accommodation :
This 1984 Nauticat 38 offers the spacious, well-crafted interior for which Nauticat yachts are renowned, combining Scandinavian craftsmanship with excellent liveaboard comfort. She provides accommodation for up to six across two private cabins and the saloon, with generous headroom and abundant natural light throughout.
Forward, the guest cabin features a comfortable V-berth with storage lockers and access to the forward heads, equipped with an electric marine toilet new in 2019, basin, and shower facilities with hot and cold pressurised water. Moving aft, the wheelhouse saloon offers a bright and welcoming living space with large windows, a raised seating and dining area, and excellent visibility from the inside helm position.
The galley, located to port and conveniently positioned adjacent to the saloon, is well designed for use at sea and in harbour. It includes a two-burner gas cooker with oven, refrigerator with freezer box new in 2019, two stainless-steel sinks, ample work surface A new stereo and TV were fitted in 2022.
Aft lies the impressive owner’s cabin, featuring a large double berth, built-in cabinetry, hanging lockers, and an en-suite heads compartment with electric toilet and washbasin. This private aft suite offers exceptional space and comfort for a yacht of this size and era.
Throughout the yacht, the rich teak joinery, ventilation options, and thoughtfully planned layout make the Nauticat 38 a warm, practical, and comfortable cruiser, ideally suited to long-distance passagemaking or extended periods aboard.
Access to the exterior is via two sliding side doors, which lead out onto the wide side decks. The high guardrails provide safe walking access to the raised aft deck with its array of navigation equipment and secondary wheel steering position with aft deck seating.
Inventory :
Safety Equipment:
- 1 x Automatic Fire Extinguisher in the engine bay
- 5 x Fire Extinguishers in the forward cabin, saloon/galley, wheelhouse and aft cabin
- Fire Blanket
- Gas Alarm
- CO2 Alarm
- Smoke Alarm
- Deck Light
- 1 x Horseshoe Lifebuoys
- 1 x Danbouy
- Plastimo 4-man liferaft- last serviced February 2022 - Service due
- 2 x Electric bilge pumps - new 2019
- 1 x Manual bilge pump
- Radar reflector – Echomax
- First Aid Kit
Navigation Equipment:
- 2 x Steering compass
- 2 x Depth, Speed, Wind – Raymarine I70 New 2019
- VHF Radio – DSC – Raymarine New 2019
- GPS – Raymarine New 2019
- Chartplotter – 2 x Raymarine Axiom with Electronic Charts - new 2019
- Chartplotter - 1 x Axiom Pro - New 2019
- Radar – Raymarine - New 2019
- Autopilot – Raymarine - New 2019 with two control heads
- Radio/CD player - with saloon and wheelhouse speakers
- Navigation lights – Deck level
- Masthead navigation lights
- Clock and Barometer
Deck Equipment:
- Anchor – Vulcan 25Kg with chain
- Kedge Anchor with chain foot pedals
- Lifeline gates
- Mainsail cover - Blue - new 2023
- Mizzen sail cover - Blue - new 2023
- Search light
- Bording ladder – stainless steel
- Bathing platform
- 4 x Mooring warps.
- 6 x Fenders
- 1 x Honwave Dinghy and Epropulsion Electric outboard
Keel/Hull
- Cast iron Fin Keel with rudder on skeg with wheel steering
History & Construction:
Built in 1984, this Siltala Yachts, Nauticat 38 has a white GRP hull with Teak decks. It has teak seats in the cockpit aft area. Wheel steering in the wheelhouse and in the aft cockpit area. Teak toe rails. Stainless steel stanchions, pulpit. Glass Windows in the wheelhouse. Walk through the transom gate to the bathing ladder down to the bathing platform. This yacht was purchased by the current owner in 2019 and has undergone a significant refit, including a new engine, new rigging, new electronics, new work surfaces and much more. The owner is selling due to family commitments, and the distance to the yacht means that he doesn't have time to use it currently. The yacht was last out of the water in April 2025 to July 2025 when it was antifouled, hull polished, and anodes changed.
Title Documents:
When preparing these details, we have seen the following documentation:
- Bill of Sale in the owner’s name.
- Previous Bills of Sale
Marine Insurance:
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Mechanical :
Sails and Spars:
This Nauticat 38 has a Bermudan Cutter rig, with a Selden aluminium deck-stepped mast, mizzen and booms, with stainless steel standing that was replaced in 2019 and terelyne running rigging. The yacht has a Harken furling headsail, new furler 2019 and staysail, slab reefing mainsail and mizzen. All lines are led to the base of each mast, and some back to the aft deck.
Winches:
- 2 x Sheet winches - two speed, Self-tailing Lewmar 43
- 1 x Halyard winches - two speed, Self-tailing Anderson 10
- 4 x Halyard winches - mast-mounted, Anderson 18 single speed
Sails:
- 1 x Mainsail, Dacron, Good condition, last valeted 2023
- 1 x Genoa, Dacron, Good condition, last valeted 2023
- 1 x Staysail, Dacron, Good condition, last valeted 2023
- 1 x Mizzen, dacron, Good condition, last valeted 2023
Mechanical Systems:
This Nauticat 38 has a single,85HP 2019 4-cylinder Beta Marine diesel engine with Morse controls. This engine is powering a shaft drive to a 3-blade propeller. Some service history is available. The engine has only completed 200 hours as of 20th November 2025 and was last serviced in April 2025
This 4-cylinder Beta Marine diesel engine is supplied by a 496 litre capacity stainless steel fuel tank. The yacht will cruise at approximately 7 knots under engine and has a maximum speed of approximately 8 knots.
A new through-tunnel Bow thruster was fitted in 2020 with its own dedicated battery.
Electrical Systems:
5 x 12v AMG batteries (3 x 110Ah Domestic new 2020, 1 x 110Ah Engine new 2020 1 x 110AH Bowthruster new 2020). All batteries are charged from the engine alternator and a 240V Victron battery charger, via the 240V shore power ring main system, which also has a hot water immersion heater attached. and two solar panels mounted on the wheelhouse roof. There is also a 1000 Watt inverter fitted.
