Built in the UK in 2002 (same moulds as the Prout 38; designer Angelo Lavranos). Her first owner worked at Prout and fitted her out with every option available for this model.
FACTORY OPTIONS
- Owner's version: separate enclosed shower stall in the port bathroom, plus an additional ensuite bathroom in the starboard hull
- Permanent bowsprit with an extra stay for a large furling genoa
- Extra portlights in both hulls
- Long-range stainless diesel tanks, 2 x 235 L
- Larger engines: 2 x Volvo Penta D2-55 on saildrives, Flexofold 3-blade folding propellers
LAYOUT
- Port hull (owner's): large aft stateroom (bed 200 x 160 cm), lots of storage, large forward bathroom with separate shower stall
- Starboard hull: aft guest cabin (bed 190 x 160 cm) with ensuite bathroom and shower, large galley/pantry, small forward cabin used as storage
- Saloon: round dining area seating up to 8, converts into a lounge or double bed; navigation station with an all-round view
- Headroom over 2.20 m in the hulls
- Stainless steel reinforced companionway frame with a security mesh door
SAILING
- Easy single-handing: mast stepped well aft, large furling genoa on the bowsprit, furling jib, small main that can stay unreefed up to about 30 kn; all manoeuvres from the cockpit
- Mast rebuilt for a fully battened main on a track with roller-bearing cars; new fully battened mainsail and new furling jib
- New standing rigging and turnbuckles; all halyards, sheets and control lines renewed
- Mast steps to the top, Harken 48 ST halyard winch, spinnaker boom, lazy bag with Sunbrella sun covers
ENERGY: fully self-sufficient
- 600 Ah Victron LiFePO4 Smart lithium bank (3 x 200 Ah)
- Stainless arch with 3 x 375 Wp rigid solar panels, 3 x Victron SmartSolar MPPT 100/30 + 3 x Victron MPPT 75/15
- Victron MultiPlus 12/2000/70 inverter/charger, Victron BMV-712 Smart battery monitor, Sterling battery-to-battery charger
- 230 V, 12 V and USB sockets in all cabins, the saloon, the bathroom and the cockpit
- Portable air conditioner included
NAVIGATION
- Raymarine Axiom chartplotter with AIS and radar
- Two independent autopilots (second hydraulic autopilot added for redundancy)
- Icom VHF/DSC, NASA instruments, SeaTalk network
- Electric anchor windlass, 80 m of 8 mm Duplex stainless anchor chain
DECK AND COMFORT
- Large platform over the dinghy on the solar arch: shade for the dinghy, and a lounge or sleeping deck for two
- Sunbrella bimini with removable side panels, sunroof
- Highfield UL260 RIB, Hypalon tubes, aluminium hull (2022)
RECENT WORK
- Front deck and coach roof fully re-cored with foam and epoxy, re-glassed, new antiskid
- 2023: new professionally built forward bulkhead with a reinforced bowsprit mount; all five front windows rebedded
- 2023: both engines and saildrives overhauled (saildrive seals, shaft seals, heat exchangers, exhaust elbows, filters, belts)
- Fresh antifouling applied (November 2026)
KNOWN ITEMS (disclosed honestly)
- Soft spot of about 30 x 30 cm on the starboard aft deck
- Eberspächer diesel heater installed but not working
- No water heater (space and fittings ready in the port engine room)
- Three unused seacocks blanked off; new bronze replacements on board
- Speed log unreliable (GPS speed is used instead)
Currently ashore at Centro Náutico de Algés, Lisbon, Portugal; viewings welcome.
A turnkey bluewater catamaran, ready to cruise. The full inventory list is available on request.
