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Jonathan Smith
1997 Tartan 38' (11.58 m) 3800
Noank, Connecticut, United States
Acadia
Acadia is a very well maintained three-owner New England boat. New smooth bottom in 2024 and many other recent upgrades.
Flag of Registry: United States
- Cruisers
- Sail
- Used
- Diesel
- Fiberglass Hull
- HIN/IMO: TAR38030A797
Description
Be sure to watch the video tour linked within this listing! Acadia is a well-cared for and updated Tartan 3800. This model, from arguably Tartan's best period of design & construction, is full of thoughtful details which make it easy to handle and a joy to sail, cruise or race, while never sacrificing beauty and grace.
For sale by only her third New England owner, an experienced lifelong sailor who cares about the performance of his sailboats, Acadia has recently been upgraded with a new smooth bottom, new running rigging where needed, and a new hydraulic backstay adjuster. While with its three owners, she has always been professionally maintained by three of the top yacht yards in Southern New England. Acadia is a beautiful looking boat, appealing to the eye from every angle as shown in the video! Her white gel coat topsides (in excellent condition) are complemented by teak toe rails and teak handrails on the cabin top, which along with navy blue cove and boot stripes and navy canvas, make for a traditional and sharp look.
The Tartan 3800 features a modern sugar scoop transom and “T” shaped cockpit which allows for a big wheel for enhanced feel, performance, and good visibility whether you prefer to drive from windward or leeward. Acadia is set up for both short-handed sailing (lazy jacks for the mainsail; self-tailing primary and secondary winches within easy reach of the helm; furling lines led aft to the cockpit; autopilot) and buoy racing (with, for example, extra inboard genoa tracks, 48” wheel and carbon spinnaker pole).
Numerous upgrades and additions have been made by these owners over the past 25 years, details of which can be found in the listing.
Specifications
HIN/IMO: TAR38030A797
LOA: 38' (11.58 Meters)
Type: Sail- Used
Year: 1997
Beam: 12' 5''
LWL: 31'
Draft Max: 5' 4''
Fuel Type: Diesel
Hull Material: Fiberglass
Fuel Tank: 38 Gallons (143.85 Liters)
Fresh Water: 80 Gallons (302.83 Liters)
Displacement: 16000
Ballast Weight: 7000 lbs
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Multimedia
Engines
Engine 1
- Engine Make: Yanmar
- Engine Year: 1997
- Engine Type: Inboard
- Drive Type: Direct
- Power HP: 38.00
- Power KW: 28.34
- Fuel Type: Diesel
- Hours: 2852.00
- Hours Date: 09-26-2025
- Engine Location: Middle
Full Details
Recent Upgrades by Current Owner
- New Stainless Engine Exhaust Pipe (2021)
- New Aft Engine Mounts (2022)
- Bottom Job including stripping, barrier coat, and two coats bottom paint (2024)
- Electrical improvements (2024)
- (3) New Batteries (2024)
- New Hydraulic Backstay Adjuster (2024)
- Sail cleaning & minor repairs (2024)
- New Plumbing Hoses (2024)
- New Bilge & Sump Pumps (2024)
- New Mastervolt Solar Module (2024)
- New Mainsheet (Sept 2025)
- New Boomvang line (Sept 2025)
- New Traveler lines (Sept 2025)
- New Spinnaker Halyard (Sept 2025)
- New Main Halyard (Sept 2025)
Interior Layout
Interior Details
Electrical
Nav Station and Electronics
Engine and Mechanical
Sails and Canvas
Rigging
- New Mainsheet (2025)
- New Traveler Lines (2025)
- New Main Halyard (2025)
- New Spinnaker Halyard (2025)
- New Boom Vang line (2025)
- New Hydraulic Backstay Adjuster (2024)
- Double spreader rig, tapered spar, stainless standing rigging
- Carbon spinnaker pole on mast with adjustable track
- Storm Trysail track
- (1) Harken 32.2 C mast mounted
- "Strong" luff System for main
- Traveler track on cabin top; adjustable
- Hall spar C-16 boom vang led aft
- Harken lazy jacks
- Inner headstay system with quick-release baby stay with Highfield lever
- Sailtec backstay adjuster
- Third halyard with stopper
- Port & starboard spreader halyards
- Spinnaker halyard lead aft
- Spinnaker sheet padeyes aft
- Harken furling
- (2) Extra inboard genoa cars
- (1) Harken 32.2 STC mainsheet
- (2) Harken 40.2 STC spinnaker
Deck
Cockpit
- 48" Wheel; suede handstitched cover
- (2) Harken 48.2 STC primaries
- (2) STC secondary winches
- (3) STC winches and rope clutches mounted under dodger
- Teak table; convertible with folding leaves mounted to binnacle
- Teak grate for cockpit sole forward of the binnacle
- Nav pod at helm with recent touchscreen MFD (GPS, plotter/radar); separate “buttons” for MFD mounted in custom teak box opposite
- Teak companionway slider and hatch boards
- Teak-faced instrument pod at companionway
- Cockpit locker to port
- Lazarette lockers port and starboard
- Padded upper lifelines
- Drink holders mounted on front of binnacle
- Speakers under dodger
- Outboard motor bracket
- Outboard motor lift; stainless, swivel, convertible crane
- Closed cell foam cockpit cushions
Safety
- Forespar Lightning Master
- Bilge level sensor (2021)
- New bilge and sump pumps (2024)
- Double lifelines with aft pushpit; side and aft boarding gates
- Emergency access to rudder post aft cockpit
- Stainless swim ladder on sugar scoop transom
- Fire extinguishers mounted throughout interior
- Teak handrails mounted to forward cabin hatch frame for climbing out
- Bilge pump “on” warning light at Nav
- Lights: TriColor masthead; anchor; steaming; deck flood; running
Exclusions
Seller's personal effects & tools are excluded from sale.
A dinghy & outboard are not part of the package.
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.
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