Hillyard 38

Boat Specification

Overview

Year Built: 1937
Designer: David Hillyard
Builder: Hillyard (Littlehampton, UK)
Construction: Mahogany Planking on Oak Frames (Carvel Construction)
Length Overall (LOA): 38 ft (11.6 m)
Beam: 10 ft 6 in (3.2 m)
Draft: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Displacement: Approx. 12 tons

Key Features

• Hull: Classic timber hull (Pitch Pine on Oak frames), beautifully maintained, offering warm traditional aesthetics combined with robust offshore capabilities.
  
  
  

• Rigging:

  • Cutter Rig — offering excellent balance and versatility under sail.

  • Standing Rigging age 8yrs old.

  • Traditional mast and spars (wood ).
    
    
    

• Sails:

  • Mainsail Slab reefing

  • Furling Genoa

  • 2 x Staysail
    
    
    

• Engine:

  • Ford XLD418 Diesel Inboard 42 hp and fitted new in 1990 .    

  • 2 x batteries charged by alternator with a boost charge

  • Last full service 2022.

  • Tiller steering
    
    
    

• Accommodations:

  • Sleeps 4 berths across saloon, and 2 pilot berth.

  • Warm, inviting mahogany interior with classic joinery.

  • Generous saloon with dining table and settees.

  • Full galley to port : gas stove/oven, 2 x deep stainless sink.

  • Navigation station starboard

  • Forard with enclosed head with manual marine toilet and washbasin. also sails and rope storage and hanging locker

  • Parrafin Cabin heating

  • Ample storage for extended cruising.
    
    
    

• Navigation & Electronics:

  • Compass

  • Echosounder

  • GPS

  • Speed/Log/Wind

  • VHF

  • Radar Reflector

  • Autopilot

  • Navigation Lights

  • Navtex
    
    
    
    

• Deck & Equipment:

  • CQR Anchor & Chain

  • Warp

  • Windlass

  • Cockpit Cover

  • Guard Wire

  • Sail Cover

  • Spry Dodgers

  • All over boat cover

  • Boarding Ladder

  • Spary Hood

  • Solar Panel

  • Fenders
    
    

• Safety Equipment:
  • Lifebouys
  • Barometer
  • Searchlight
  • Bilge Pump

Owners Comments and recent work carried out:-

• New Chainplates replaced by proffessional shipwrite 2024

• Total refit aft of the companionway by proffessional boat yard circa 2012.
  
  
  
  
  

Remarks

This Hillyard 38 Cutter is a rare offering for lovers of classic wooden yachts. She combines time-honored craftsmanship with practical cruising features. Solid, dependable, and full of character, she is ready to sail to new horizons. Whether you're aiming for weekend cruises, serious offshore passages, or simply living the dream afloat, this vessel deserves your inspection.

Disclaimer

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.