Ohlson 38
US $79,000US
Ohlson 38 - Classic Ocean Racer Cruiser - Craftsmanship - Well Maintained
Located in Blaine, Washington, North of Seattle, South of British Columbia, in the Pacific Northwest
*** Long-term sublease is available at Semiahmoo Marina, Blaine, WA, which is a short distance from the San Juan Islands ***
Zephyr is the result of a tremendous design, built to exacting European standards, then methodically refined over 15 years by a meticulous shipwright. There is little, if anything, left to improve upon in this boat. If you appreciate an easily driven, timeless hull shape, heavy-duty construction, and meticulous attention to detail, Zephyr stands out.
The Ohlson 38 was designed by Einer Ohlson. Many of the 38's were built or finished in Ohlson’s home country of Sweden, while others, like Zephyr, were built and finished at Tyler Yachts in England. When the design was first built in the late 1960s, the imperative was still to create a relatively narrow, easily driven hull that went through the water. While the rudder and keel are separated, the keel is long enough to provide excellent tracking and directional stability.
The cockpit is secure and comfortable, with storage in cockpit lockers and a large lazarette. The side decks are wide with excellent handholds all the way forward. It’s an easy deck to move around in, particularly on a bouncing sea.
Below decks, the interior is beautifully finished, particularly where the owner has rebuilt it. The forepeak, for instance, was gutted and rebuilt and is now a luxurious owner’s cabin. The shower stall to starboard was replaced by a counter and sink. The spaces and storage are clearly designed to work at sea.
The original Tyler construction is impressive, with substantial stringers running along the hull sides. Combined with the vinyl-ester solid fiberglass layup of both the hull and decks, this makes the Ohlson 38 an amazingly strong boat. The entire deck and hull have been thoroughly insulated.
- New fully enclosed Bimini (2025)
- Mack Pack Mainsail Cover system
- New teak seats and floor in cockpit (2020)
- New electrical panels (2020)
- Current electronics (2018)
- Engine mounts, transmission, and PSS seal replaced (2020)
- New Lewmar Ocean hatches (2018)
Zephyr’s interior is inviting and cozy, with traditional carpentry defining the space. Starting forward is a comfortable V-berth with a fitted, spring mattress. The head is to port and a vanity to starboard, with plenty of storage and room to move around. The main cabin features a settee to starboard and a dinette to port, which can extend to accommodate guests at the dinner table or be lowered to create a double berth. Storage is accessible and abundant. The navigation station is to starboard at the base of the companionway with a quarter berth extending aft. The galley is to port.
- Spring mattress in forepeak
- LED lights throughout
- Original Wedgewood China
- Fitted pans
- MasterFlush electric macerating head
- Electric raw water pump and sea-strainer
- TW discharger pump
- Tank master discharge panel
- Force 10 propane 10000 BTU cabin heater
- Force 10 3-burner propane stove and oven
- S2-A solenoid and propane fume detector
- Autohelm 3000 autopilot
- Garmin 3210 chart plotter with AIS at navigation station
- Garmin 3205 chart plotter at helm
- Garmin 180 in forepeak used as anchor watch
- Garmin GMR 18 radar antenna
- Garmin network hub
- Garmin depth, speed, and wind indicator (2018)
- (2) ICOM M422 VHF radio
- Shakespeare VHF auto antenna splitter
- Shakespeare VHF antenna
- 12 volt DC and 120 volt AC
- 50' shore power cord
- Blue Seas Vessel Monitoring System 442
- Blue Seas 40 amp P12 battery charger (2020)
- Blue Sea 7520 battery charger remote panel (2020)
- Blue Seas Automatic Charging Relay
- Blue Seas Battery disconnect panel and 12V sub-panel
- Blue Seas 12v distribution panel
- House batteries AGM - 200 amp hours (2019)
- Starting battery – AGM - (2015)
- Galvanic isolation system
- Separated main ground bus
- 90-watt Solavolt model SV8500 solar panel
- Solar charge controller (2011)
- Renewed battery cabling
- Yanmar 3GM30F (2000) 2514 hours
- New transmission (Yanmar, KM2P) (2020)
- New engine mounts and brackets (2020)
- Rear Engine PSS seal replaced (2020)
- Racor primary fuel filter
- Lido fuel gauge and sender
- New cockpit engine access hatch
- 6” Henry Browne Sestrel compass
- Engine tachometer, oil gauges at helm
The deck has been modernized with modern stoppers and winches, but otherwise retains the same character as when she was launched: elegant simplicity and uncompromising quality. The dorade boxes were built from wood aged in San Francisco from Alameda Shipyards. The rail-mounted propane box was built to extraordinarily tight tolerances and coated with 8 coats of varnish.
- Blue Dodger & Bimini fully enclosed
- New teak cockpit seats and floor (2020)
- New LPU paint in cockpit
- (6) opening ports
- Kiwigrip nonskid and LPU on deck (2018)
- Custom helm seat
- Hot and cold shower in cockpit
- All cockpit teak replaced (2020)
- Cockpit combing redone (2020)
- Cockpit well repainted with epoxy
- Cockpit drain strainers re-chromed
- Gas lifts installed on cockpit hatches
- (2) Lewmar Ocean hatches (2018)
- New cockpit engine access hatch
- Full cockpit cushions
- Maxwell 1200 windlass (rebuilt 2018)
- Anchor washdown on deck
- 33# Bruce Anchor
- Single spreader mast
- (8) Lewmar D2 stoppers
- (2) Lewmar 46ST primary self-tailing winches
- (2) Lewmar 36ST cabin top self-tailing winches
- Standing rigging renewed (2000)
- Backstay replaced (2008)
- Harken roller furling
- 110% furling headsail
- 130% furling headsail
- Mainsail
- Spare mainsail
- Working Jib
- Gennaker
- Spinnaker
- Trysail
- Storm Jib
- Fire extinguishers at Nav station and Head
- Engine room blower
- Magma barbeque
- Rule automatic bilge pump
- Whale Gusher 10 Mk3 manual bilge pump in cockpit with renewed bellows
- 10' fiberglass RIB with 6hp Mercury outboard and trailer
- No Dinghy included
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents or his surveyors to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
Specifications
- Boat NameZephyr
- BuilderOhlson Yachts
- Model38
- Model Year1984
- DesignerEinar Ohlson
- LOA37.08 ft
- Beam10.08 ft
- Number of Engines1
- Engine BrandYanmar
- Engine Model3GM30F
- Engine TypeInboard
- Engine Fuel Typediesel
- Fresh Water Tanks2|gallon
- Fuel Tanks1|gallon
- Holding Tanks1|gallon
