Helmsman Trawlers - 38 Pilothouse

Dual Racor fuel filter system with quick change selector.

Mastervolt Whisper 3500 4KVA generator with sound enclosure and controls at lower helm. Anti-vibration mounts and wet exhaust make this an exceptionally quiet generator.

Inverter/charger is a Mastervolt Mass/Combi 100 amp 2000 watt unit with Masterlink controller at lower helm. Backup Xantrex charger for redundancy.

Start battery and six 6-volt AGM house batteries. Teleflex hydraulic steering. Cummins engine is electronically-controlled, common-rail design. Smart Craft digital monitor in pilothouse and analog gauges at the flybridge.

The engineroom is accessed from opening deck hatches or from a watertight door in the day head. There is a massive amount of storage space in the after engineroom. Access around the engine makes service easy. The engineroom is nicely finished including deck plates and a workbench / tool storage cabinet.

Spectra Santa Cruz 380C watermaker with dual pumps -- 8 gph with one pump running and 16 gph with two.

Two solar panels installed atop the pilothouse -- an excellent location for sun exposure and to minimize their visual impact. Solar booster system optimizes energy conversion.

Many of the interior lights, plus the anchor light are LED for low electrical draw.

12 volt battery, 7 batteries charged by: engine, solar panels, shore power, generator

Total LOA from swimdeck to anchor 40' 6".

Heavy hand-laid fiberglass solid hull construction. Vinylester resins used in the outer layers to help prevent blistering. Epoxy barrier coating and hull paint below waterline. Integral grid structure is designed to provide a very sturdy hull with little flexing, as evidenced by the nearly total absence of gel coat cracks around the boat. The hull is painted with Sterling polyurethane paint.

All handrails are of double-rung design for safety, and are welded and beautifully polished.

Window frames are powder coated aluminum and show no signs of corrosion.

Deck hardware is sturdy and high-quality stainless steel with no corrosion and little evidence of staining.

FRP fuel and holding tanks. Stainless steel water tanks.

Bottom repainted spring 2014.

Boarding astern is from a large swim platform though the transom door. The covered cockpit is large enough for several deck chairs. The sturdily-built wide sliding aft cabin door provides entry to the full-beam saloon, which is much larger than would be expected in a boat this size. The galley is forward starboard and features granite countertops, a large Norcold over/under refrigerator/freezer, Princess propane stove, and a microwave hidden in a cabinet. There is a filtered drinking water system powered with a foot pump for redundancy and convenience. Just aft of the galley is an open space with storage lockers and space for a comfortable easy chair (the chair presently on the boat is excluded from its sale). To port in the salon is the convertible L-shaped dinette (which converts to queen berth) with a storage cabinet and countertop/bar forward of it. Just forward and down is the day head -- complete with shower capability -- and an entry into the engineroom.

The pilothouse is just two steps up from the salon and is not isolated as on many other pilothouse models. The L-shaped dinette allows three or four guests to enjoy the pilothouse while underway. The pilothouse settee converts to a single pilot berth. The helm station is to starboard, and features a sliding helm seat with a moveable bolster for leaning if desired. Forward visibility from the helm station is excellent, and because of the low pilothouse design it's possible to view the aft quarters directly from the helm seat also (unusual in a pilothouse model). Sliding pilothouse doors port and starboard allow easy access to the dock, the foredeck or to the flybridge.

Footwells with high bulwarks provide security when exiting the pilothouse, and the wide, full-size steps to the flybridge make access safe and easy. There are no vertical ladders!

The master cabin has a queen bed, hanging lockers port and starboard, six storage drawers, two storage cabinets, and separate head and shower compartments.

The flybridge has a pedestal helm seat and L-shaped settee. Cushions for the settee have been stored out of the weather. As with the entire exterior of the boat, the design of the flybridge is uncluttered and intended to be simple to maintain and easy to clean.

Cabin heat is provided by a Webasto diesel-fired forced air furnace. And for fresh air this boat has nine opening windows (including an opening windshield window), five opening stainless steel portlights, and two overhead hatches.

Custom leather upholstery has been recently added to the salon and pilothouse settees.

3 burner propane Stove