Hans Christian 38T

"DRAGONFLY" is a beautifully equipped and ready to go offshore juggernaut! 

Just launched and sailed to Annapolis on 12/22/2025.

With everything serviced and turn key, some of Dragonfly's highlights: 

1. There is a Monitor windvane system, 160 W Solar panels, Wind generator, 3.5 KW Entec Diesel genset, GPS/radar/Plotter, auto pilot, Anchor windlass, New Chainplates and all standing rigging, New Cutlass bearing, Recent oil samples for both Engine, transmission and gen set, cleaned heat exchanger with new exhaust riser, Rebuilt water pump fully battened 7 year old tanbark mainsail with dutchman lines and two 7 year old Pro Furl furling headsails and sails. 

2. Gas BBQ grill, 3 burner gimbaling stove and oven, refrigeration, serviced 30 hp Yanmar diesel w/4348 hours, beautifully comfortable interior with air conditioning and reverse cycle heat, stand also diesel heating system (Not Commissioned) TV, LED lighting, Head with separate shower! Read complete list of upgrades in listing details, truly the nicest 38T and priced aggressively to sell to her first prospect!

"DragonFly" is a MUST SEE FOR Cruisers!

 At my complementary dockage in Annapolis!

Seller's Statement:

I have been so proud to be the owner of Dragonfly, this 1986 Hans Christian 38T, a beautiful classic boat, for the past 5 years. I have proudly maintained this boat impeccably and I’m sure you’ll find it to be in beautifully clean and pristine condition. Many improvements have been made to the boat over the years, most notably, the hand sewn crimson canvas Bimini and side curtains, and the teak deck flooring was replaced with a beautiful synthetic that requires no maintenance. Over the years other boat owners have stated it’s the most beautiful boat in the marina. Through the years Dragonfly has sailed the entire Eastern Coast of the US from Nova Scotia to the Florida Keys and many points in between.

In 2001, Paul Seifert. M.D, a previous owner, wrote a book about his time living on the boat with his wife for 8 years. He sent the book to the new owner in 2006, followed by a letter in which he includes an anecdote. When Dr Seifert and his wife sailed from Ontario to Scudder Harbor on Pelee Island he was running ahead of a gale. While entering the harbor it was observed by a resident with a telescope who commented “he had never seen a boat so stable in conditions like that and that she was taking the seas like a huge Seabird”. This expresses that Dragonfly is exceptionally seakindly and stable in difficult conditions.

*Both the book and the letter can be found on the boat.

1986 Hans Christian 38 T:

Hans Christian 38 Traditional is a 11.6 m monohull sailboat designed by Harwood Ives and built by Shing Fa Boatbuilding Co., Ltd. and Hans Christian Yachts between 1976 and 1989. Dragon Fly is hull # 107 of 167 built.

 Built like a tank and laden with teak, the Hans Christian 38 Traditional is a heavy displacement double-ender that oozes the classic feel of a bygone age.

The Hans Christian 38 is beautiful visually and incredibly seaworthy with many circumnavigations under her belt. They have many fans, owners love their liveaboard comfort and “Cadillac ride”.

Above the waterline, the styling is classic Hans Christian; a long bowsprit, a springy sheerline, and rounded canoe stern with large dollops of teak all over. Below the waterline you’ll find a hull with very rounded sections, a full keel with a forefoot cutaway and a big “barn door” rudder.

Hans Christian are solid boats overbuilt to cruise in safety and comfort. Practical Sailor Magazine in their 1999 review recalled one US Coastguard who made a mid-winter passage from Annapolis while the boat was ice-bound.

“He described using a standard ice-breaking technique of moving ahead, riding up on the ice and letting the weight of the boat crush through a path. During a haulout he discovered the only damage to be a small worn area of bottom paint“

Underway at over 30,000 lbs in typical cruising trim, she’s definitely no lightweight, and light air performance suffers despite carrying a generous amount of sail area. Ignoring the later variations on the boat, the standard 38T doesn’t point very high, owners comment around 40 degrees of apparent wind is about the best. With 10-15 knots she can make around 6 knots to weather and about 7 knots off the wind. The first reef is usually taken in in around 15-18 knots and as the winds pick up there is a tendency for weather helm. Of course in heavy airs and seas, the Hans Christian 38 comes into her own, she’s both seakindly and dry with no bobbing or banging around in the rough stuff.

DragonFly's highlights: 

• Exquisite Interior Woodwork 

• Teak and holly sole 

• Synthetic teak decks - All of the beauty none of the maintenance

• Reverse cycle heat and air

• Full cockpit enclosure 

• Chartplotter / radar / AIS / wind generator / Arch / Autopilot

• Monitor wind vane self steering

• 160 Watts of solar power

• ProFurl staysail and headsail furling

• New chainplates

• Upgraded like new upholstery throughout

• New bottom paint August 2024
• New Cutlass Bearing August 2025
• Align Engine August 2025
• New Raw water pump August 2025
• New Exhaust Elbow August 2025
• Service Generator August 2025

ACCOMODATIONS:

Forward Master Stateroom: Spacious fixed V-berth, cabinetry and shelving hullside port and starboard, hullside hanging locker, 4 drawers, full underberth storage, built-in berth step, anchor locker access full forward. 

Head: Nicely appointed bath with vanity, sink, mirror, teak seat over commode, 3 lockers, separate tiled shower with seat and integral storage. Hullside cabinetry in shower area. 

Salon - Portside: U-shaped dinette surrounds a beautiful teak table, 4 hullside lockers with fiddled bookshelves between, ample storage under and outboard of the settee. Oil lamp and TV on the forward bulkhead 

Salon - Starboard: Lengthy settee with upholstery that shows as new, 4 lockers hullside with bookshelf between, storage under and outboard of, settee converts to a large single berth. 

Nav and Workstation: Aft of starboard settee you will find a shelf top bureau with 2 drawers, 4 lockers and two cabinets below & an access door to storage. Next aft is a flip top chart table, seat with backrest, teak cabinetry under, large storage area aft under the nav station. This is one of the best nav station layouts you will ever see! 

Galley: Across from the nav station. If a galley can be beautiful this one definitely qualifies! 

Portside Aft Guest Stateroom: Comfortable double berth, and large hanging locker all finished in amazing teak joinery

 Deck: 

• Hans Christian underbody - Full keel with cutaway forefoot

• Teak decks and teak coach house inserts were replaced with Dek-King SYNTHETIC teak decks in 2014 (No Maintenance!)

• Replaced portlight glass, seals and Lexan forward hatch in 2015
  
  

GALLEY:

Adler Barbour 12 Holding plate refrigerator/freezer (two systems) - Top and front loading refrigerator, Front

• loading freezer

• Force 10 3-burner propane stove/oven w/ broiler

• Magic Chef microwave oven

• Double Stainless sink

• Bronze fixtures

• Attwood water heater

• Pressure, manual fresh and salt at galley

• (8) Lockers

• (5) Drawers

• 12V Fan

• Dry locker

• Quartz countertop

• Teak glass and plate organizer

• Spice rack

• Magma propane grill (rail mounted)

• 20# Propane tank

ELECTRONICS:

• Alpha 3000 autopilot w/ new actuator arm

• Autopilot has handheld remote and new compass rebuild

• SSB radio

• Garmin 4208 chartplotter/ 4kw radar

• Garmin 220 GPS for backup

• Horizon GX2150 VHF w/ AIS

• ICOM M127 VHF

• ICOM M802

• Depthsounder - Horizon at nav, Raymarine at helm

• AIS receiver

• Custom fiberglass helm pod with chartplotter/ radar, VHF, depth & speed, autopilot, windlass control, cockpit

• lighting and auxilary power receptacle

• EPIRB

• Brass clock and barometer

• Danforth 7" compass

• Tide clock at nav

• New mast head antenna

• Monitor windvane self-steering system

• Blipper radar reflector

• Sony AM/F stereo w/ CD and disc player

• (2) TV's w/ DVD players

ELECTRICAL :

• Batteries: (4) Trojan 105- 6v for house, Group 27 Duralast for engine

• Xantrex 1500 inverter - 100 amp charger

• Link 2000 battery monitor

• Heart 3 stage alternator regulator

• West Marine battery isolator (2019)

• (2) 80 watt Sharp solar panels

• ProStar 15 solar controller

• Custom interior lighting mostly LED (exceptional reading capability)

• Windbugger wind generator

• Instant on lights at hanging lockers

• Amptech 125 amp HD alternator

• 50' Marinco 30 amp shore power cable

MECHANICAL:

• Mermaid 16,500 BTU reverse cycle AC/ heat

• Automatic and manual bilge pumps

• Kanzaki KH-18 transmission - rebuilt at 3751 hrs

• Espar heater system

• New digital tach

• Injectors rebuilt at 3780 hrs

• (4) New motor mounts (2018)

• New Centek muffler at 3833 hrs

• Fuel circulation pump to prime engine and genset

• Fuel polishing system

• (3) Racor fuel filters

• Campbell sailor propellor - 3 blade

• Shaft saver PYI 910-012 (2017)

• Manual heads with deck and manual overboard pumpout

• Water heater hoses (2017)

• New shower sump pump

• Vent fans for bilge and hull

• Stuffing box is Teflon flax type

• New cutlass and carrier bearing (2017)

• BC Fire extinguisher

• CO & smoke detectors
  
  

DECK & COCKPIT:

• 66# Lewmar claw w/ 25'chain & 250' rode, Danforth secondary

• Maxwell electric windlass w/ foredeck and cockpit controls

• Full enclosure w/ Sunguard thread and crystal clear Strataglass

• Cockpit backrest

• Decks are synthetic teak (No maintenance!)

• Binnacle cover

• Cockpit cushions

• Cockpit helm seat

• Upper rail seats (folding)

• Cockpit table

• Stern arch

• Lifesling system

• New lifelines (2017)

• Safety bars over deck hatches

• Side and aft dodger handrails

• FRP Sampson posts (2014)

• Hatch covers (2018)

• Mast pulpits

• Sail windows

• Belaying pins

• Boomkin

• Snubber attachment point at waterline

• 4:1 Motor lift

• OB motor mount w/ integral gas tank holder

• Fiberglass deck cradle for future dinghy

• (4) Life jackets

• S/S boarding ladder
  
  

SAILS & RIGGING: 

• Fully battened main with Dutchman sail flaking system & 3 reef points

• #1 Genoa, #2 genoa, spinnaker w/ mps, staysail, storm tri-sail

• All sails in good to very good condition

• Barient 27 ST primaries

• New chainplates (2017)

• Deck stepped aluminum mast

• Bowsprit repainted (2014)

• New backstay and shrouds (2007 & 2014)

• Bobstay (New 2014)

• Mast steps

• New main halyard

• Mainsheet traveler

• Whisker pole

BROKER’S COMMENTS/ADDITIONAL INFO  

The "DragonFly" is truly a special offering. Her seller has been fastidious in the yachts care. Our Detail crew is awaiting the weather to get to her exterior details. In the meantime, I would ask you to come take a close look at this rare to market HC-38T, 15 minutes from BWI airport. We will pick you up!

Maintenance Features:

• Original teak decks were removed, decks were re-glassed and Dek-King synthetic teak added giving "DRAGON FLY" the safety and beauty of teak look decking with NONE of the short or long term care needed! (2014)

• IN 2017 Bottom was peeled, properly dried, 2 layers of 24 az. Biaxial cloth w/ Epoxy resin added then 12 gallons of Seaguard 5000 barrier coat, then 2 coats of Trinidad red, then 2 coats of Trinidad black ablative 

• Fresh Bottom paint August 2024
• Fresh Boot Stripe August 2024