2002 Broadblue 38 Prestige, EUR 185,000

Broadblue 38 Prestige "Rare Breed": a fully optioned owner's version, set up for long-distance cruising.

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.