Laurent Giles 38, “Patrician of Arne” for sale and moored in Lymington Hampshire UK.
Patricia of Arne is a rare beautiful eye-catching classic Bermudan Cutter Rigged go anywhere blue water long keeled cruising yacht. The third and best of three Laurent Giles 38’s commissioned by Dick Austin she was featured in Practical Boat Owner magazine, a copy of which is available.
Designed by Lauren Giles in Lymington as well as built in Lymington by Blondecell Mouldings in 1984 she was fitted out and launched in 1985. Her overall length is 11.82m, water length is 9.30m, beam is 3.8m and her draft is 1.60m. She has a 5 tonne fully encapsulated long keel and a displacement of 10,669kg. She is solidly constructed and exceptionally seaworthy and comes with her own bespoke Galvanized Boat Cradle.
I am the third owner of Patrician of Arne and have carried out significant upgrades since 2016 which have enhanced her classic and sweeping lines which attract many admirers and have made her more user friendly and easier to sail with minimal crew or single handed.
Her sail plan gives good performance and comprises of cutter rigged Yankee and Stay Sails, and a Cruising Shute with Spinnaker Pole, as well as a Storm Jib which is hanked on to a detachable inner forestay tensioned by a Highfield Lever.
Patrician of Arne can accommodate 6 crew, and has a Heads equipped with a hand pumped Jabsco Toilet and Sink with hot and cold pumped water as well as a Shower with a sump equipped with an electric discharge pump.
Propulsion is provided by a 3,780cc 88hp Mercedes OM314 Diesel Engine with 2,911 running hours and linked to a Borg Warner Velvet Drive Transmission and Maxprop Self-Feathering 3 Bladed Bronze Propeller (fully overhauled in December 2029 by Darglow Engineering) which minimizes drag when under sail. To simplify and make engine oil changes more user friendly, I have designed and fitted an Electric Oil Transfer Pump system with hydraulic quick release self-sealing hoses to avoid messy oil spills. The Starter Motor and Alternator were fully serviced and reconditioned in June 2023. A set of new spare Fuel Injectors are included in the sale. Alternator battery charging is regulated by a Sterling Pro BW Advanced Digital Alternator Regulator charging a bank of 4 number Batteries. Shore power charging is via a Mastervolt Duel Charger.
The engine cooling system is linked to the heater coil of a 30 litre fully insulated Surejust Calorifier (fitted in 2017) to provide hot water, and which is also equipped with an electric Immersion Heater. The pumped hot water system is also fitted with Accumulator and Expansion Tanks supplied and manufactured by Surejust.
For ease of boat handling Patrician of Arne is fitted with a Vetus 3kw Bow Thruster with controls fitted on both sides of the cockpit, as well as a Vetus wireless radio control pendent operating system that I fitted, and which is great for single handed sailing.
The saloon, heads and forward cabin are heated by warm air ducting supplied from a Eberspacher D4 warm air heater system fitted in October 2019. The D4 Eberspacher is supplied from a dedicated stainless steel fuel tank equipped with a fuel level gauge. Fuel is transferred to the Eberspacher Tank from the main fuel tank using a dedicated fuel transfer pump system with a top level cut out sensor.
Summary of Inventory
• Taylors 030/C Paraffin 2 Burner Hob and Oven (great for off grid cruising)
• Taylors Paraffin Saloon Heater
• Built in Chest Fridge cooled by an FM100 Air Cooled Compressor
• Saloon & Forward Cabin LED Spot Lamps
• Touch Control Saloon and Navigation Table LED Downlighters
• Spray Hood
• Full Cockpit Cover
• Bespoke Foredeck Sunshade
• Bespoke Cockpit Sunshade
• Lewmar Pro-Series 1000 Pendent Controlled Electric Anchor Windlass fitted below deck in the chain locker and equipped with 70m of High-Grade Anchor Chain. Cockpit & Wireless Control also available
• Fully Battened Main Sail with Ronstan Mast Track and 3-point Slap Reefing
• Detachable Cockpit Main Sheet Traveller System
• Yankee Sail
• Stay Sail
• Storm Jib
• Cruising Shute
• Comprehensive stock off traditional style Mooring Lines
• Deck Light
• Navigation Lights
• Boat Hooks x 2
• Patrician of Arne Logo and embroidery design for badging T Shirts etc.
• Ultrasonic Level Sensor for filling Fuel & Water Tanks
• Bathing Ladder
• Blakes Sea Cocks
• Teak Decks & Flexiteak Cockpit Deck & Seats
• B & G V90 Chart Plotter with B & G Broadband 3G Radar
• Raymarine Auto Pilot
• Raymarine Depth, Speed, Heading, and Wind Speed Instrumentation
• Dyson Handheld Vacuum Cleaner
• 13amp Power Sockets in Saloon and Forwards Cabin