The Island Packet 38 is a solidly built cruising sailboat featuring an ICW-friendly cutter rig, a five-foot draft, a large cockpit, and a smartly designed interior with two cabins and two heads. The vessel was designed by Bob Johnson and built in Largo, FL. 

The Seller has owned Fantasia for seventeen years. He has cruised in the Bahamas several times and enjoyed his adventures aboard the vessel!

Fantasia is priced aggressively at $85,000 $80,000 for a quick sale. The asking price is $17,571 ($22,571) less than the average sales price ($102,571) of the IP 38s that have sold in the USA since June 2022. The buyer can take the savings and reinvest them in Fantasia. 

Overall, she is in good condition for her age. Her owner completed a Seller's Disclosure Statement and reported no material damage. 

Highlights include: 

• 2011 54 HP Yanmar engine with a 2011 transmission.
• Water, fuel, and holding tanks were replaced in 2005
• Water maker
• Air conditioning
• Electric anchor windlass
• Dinghy davits
• 2019 Tohatsu 4 HP outboard
• 2017 Achilles 17-1 Dinghy
• Sails: 2023 main and 2019 genoa

Deck and Cockpit

• Welded s/s double bow rail & stem rail,
• Lifelines w/side gates
• Stern gate w/quick release hook
• Swim ladder (s/s transom mount) w/teak steps
• (2) Anchor rollers 
• Anchor windlass
• Raw water washdown
• Primary Anchor: 65 lbs. Mantus with a Mantus swivel, 150' of 3/8" galvanized chain, and 150' of 3/4' rode.
• Secondary Anchor: SQR 35 lbs. with 50' of 7/16" chain and 50' of rode.
• Four (4) 12” mooring cleats, two (2) 10” spring line cleats, chocks, and s/s chafe guards.
• Twin backstays for easy stern boarding and unobstructed helm seating
• Topping lift-adjustable
• Wheel steering - Edson rack and pinion w/molded seat, teak cover, s/s destroyer wheel, locking wheel brake
• A large cockpit with a teak cockpit table. 
• Dodger and bimini
• Cockpit cushions
• Cockpit shower
• Outboard motor mount
• 2019 Tohatsu 4 HP outboard
• 2017 Achilles 17-1 Dinghy
• Dinghy davits
• Fishing rod holder

Interior

The interior of Island Packet 38 includes a spacious salon with a fold-up table, a nav station, a galley, two heads, and two private cabins. There are thirteen stainless steel opening ports, six deck hatches, and four deck ventilators for ventilation. 

• Fantasia is equipped with reverse-cycle air conditioning.

Forward Head:

• Large forepeak w/ a louvered access door and overhead deck pipes, center divider w/ attachment for rodes.
• Forward head with a shower, large vanity with a sink, hot and cold pressure water with shower, mirror, Formica counter, and storage cabinets.

Forward Cabin:

• Forward cabin w/privacy doors to salon and head compartment.
• Large double berth with full-length teak shelf outboard and large stowage lockers under.
• Nightstand with four drawers.
• Generous cedar-lined hanging locker with shelf over.
• Bureau with shelf over.

Salon: 

• Main salon with a pull-out double bed.
• Single settee berth to port.
• Teak cabinets and book shelves outboard of both settees.
• Large stowage areas behind and under each settee.
• Cedar-lined hanging locker.
• Drop leaf table folds against the bulkhead rack (with bottle stowage).
• Navigation station with storage.

Aft Head:

• Aft head w/shower pan
• Large vanity with sink. 
• Hot and cold pressure water.
• Mirror
• Formica counter w/teak trim.
• Storage cabinets
• Door con­veniently located near companionway in the main cabin plus additional door for private access to the aft cabin. 

Aft Cabin:

• Doors to the main cabin and head compartment.
• Large double berth w/full length teak shelf outboard.
• Storage lockers the berth.
• Dressing seat
• Cedar-lined hanging locker with a shell over it and a bureau w/shelf

Galley:

• Large wrap-around galley with Formica surfaces and teak rails on all edges.
• Top loading refrigerated ice box. 
• Three-burner stove with oven. 
• Hot and hold water
• Manual water pump (INOP)
• Trash bin
• Cabinets and drawers
• Microwave

Rig and Sails

• Mainsail (2023)
• Staysail
• Genoa (2019)
• Lewmar 24C, 2-speed winch on mast
• Lewmar 30C self-tailing winch
• Lewmar 16C self-tailing winch
• Keel stepped mast, all anodized spars
• (2) Lewmar 46C self-tailing winches
• Stoppers
• Mainsheet traveler
• Boom vang
• Backstays replaced in 2019

Electronics and Navigation

• Ritchie SP-5 compass
• Garmin 1040 multifunction display at the helm (2019)
• Garmin HD Radar 
• Standard Horizon GX2000 VHF at the nav (2023)
• Raymarine display at the nav.
• Garmin GPSmap 540 at the nav.
• Garmin GPSmap 740s on a swivel mount at the companionway.
• TV in the salon

Mechanical

• 2011 Yanmar 54 diesel engine (4JH5E) - 1,351 hours
• 2011 transmission
• 3-blade fixed bronze prop
• Racor fuel filter
• Yanmar engine panel in the cockpit.
• Single-lever engine control at the helm.
• There is a removable teak companionway ladder with engine access behind it. Engine access is also available from both sides through removable panels in the aft cabin and galley. 

Plumbing

• Freshwater pump
• Freshwater filter
• Water heater
• Water Maker: Cruise RO Water (20 gal per hour).
• Electric bilge pump
• Manual bilge pump in the cockpit.
• (2) x 80 gallon aluminum water tanks (2005)
• 55-gallon stainless steel fuel tank (2005)
• 22-gallon plastic holding tank (2005)
• (2) manual flush marine toilets.
• Raw water washdown at the bow.
• Electric sump pump for the refrigerator and shower drains.
• Vented propane storage with two propane canisters. 

Electrical

• DC and AC electric panels at the nav station.
• 115V AC - 30 dockside power system with polarity protection and a shore power cord.
• ProNautic 1250P Marine Battery Charger, 50 Amp, 12V, 3-Banks
• Eight AC outlets
• (3) 12V batteries (5/19/2020)
• Windass battery
• Wind generator
• (2) 125-watt flexible solar panels on the bimini top.

Notes

• The Seller has owned Fantasia for 17 years.
• The bottom was last painted in 2018. 
• The standing rigging and chainplates are original. (The backstay was replaced)
• The engine and transmission were replaced in 2011.
• The water, fuel, and holding tank were replaced in 2005.
• The vessel was equipped with a Fischer Panda generator. The owner removed it and left the electrical and plumbing connections. The owner utilizes a portable gas generator to power the AC and water maker when needed.
• Fantasia is in the water at Safe Harbor Skull Creek Marina on Hilton Head Island, SC. 

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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