Sailing Vessel
Cerulean
Our 2010 Southerly 38
“Deep blue in color,
as where
the ocean
blends seamlessly
to the sky
on a clear day”
Summary:
Safety: Two Epirbs, 6 man offshore liferaft, jacklines, hard lifelines from midship back + new wire lifelines forward, all sheets and reefs run to cockpit. We use a Hydrovane self steering in addition to an electric autopilot, but the hydrovane acts as a emergency 3rd rudder as well.
Sails: Summer 2026 new fully battened Main with three reef points, new Code Zero on forward furler, inner self tacking blade Jib, Gennaker
Electric: 1100W solar, 800Ah Victron lithium, 5k watt panda generator
Comfort: two air conditioner / heaters as well as Eberspaecher diesel heater, Spectra watermaker, two heads (one manual direct to sea which we use as “shower”, one electric macerator fresh water head we use as the “head”). Cooking is all electric with an Instapot cooker/pressure cooker/air fryer.
Specifications:
LOA / hull length 39 ft 4 in / 11.99 m (without solar panels and dinghy), Waterline length (LWL)34 ft 1 in / 10.40 m, Beam 13 ft 1 in / 3.97 m, Minimum draft / keel up 2 ft 8 in / 0.82 m, Maximum draft / keel down 8 ft 6 in / 2.59 m, Vertical clearance / height above water 62 ft 9 in / 19.13 m
Fuel capacity: main tank~65 US gal / 246 L, Auxiliary fuel capacity 2 × 50 US gal bladders = 100 US gal, Total fuel with auxiliary tanks~165 US gal / 626 L
Fresh-water capacity 270 L / ~71 US gal, Black-water capacity 60 L / ~15.9 US gal
Loaded displacement~24,511 lb / 11,118 kg, Ballast~8,382 lb / 3,802 kg
MMSI 368181270, HIN/CIN GB-NYY00397H910, hull #20, FCC call sign WDL9686, and sail number USA 61554.
System Equipment:
Main engineYanmar 3JH4E, 39 hp diesel, Generator Fischer Panda 5K PMS, 120/240 V, 60 Hz, 4.6 kVA
Watermaker: Spectra Catalina 340C, nominal ~14 US gal/hr / 53 L/hr
Bow thruster Lewmar 185TT, 4 kW / 5.4 hp, 12 V Windlass Quick horizontal windlass / gypsy
Primary anchor ULTRA UA27/60, 27 kg / 60 lb, 316L stainless steel, Anchor chain: 260 ft CROMOX 316L stainless, Grade 60, 8 mm DIN 766, SCG08 / 13,900 lbf Chain
Southerly lifting keel with Castrol Hyspin AWS32 hydraulic fluid
Sail plan: Main 39.68 m² / 476 ft²; self-tacking jib 32.71 m² / 352 ft²
Hull antifouling: Triton Black, Keel antifouling Colorkote Red
Instruments: 2026 B&G Zeus SR 16” and 12” chartplotters, Triton sailing instruments, NAC-3 autopilot, EchoPilot 3D FLS
Where are we?
Not Cerulean, but a Southerly yacht very similar to ours.
S/V Distant Shores, Paul and Cheryl Shard
Also not Cerulean, but another Southerly 38 (same exact model as ours)
S/V Ruby Rose, Nick & Terysa