“Walk on By” Overview

“Walk on By” is a distinguished Reflex 38 racing yacht celebrated for its blend of speed, agility, and comfort, making her a remarkably rewarding boat to sail in all conditions. She has an enviable racing history including class 2 winner in Cowes week. Designed for competitive performance, this yacht features a sleek hull and advanced sail plan, adapted in recent years for shorthanded racing and cruising with powered winches, continuous line headsail reefing, and stub pole for an asymmetric spinnaker. Beyond its racing prowess, “Walk on By” is now equally suited to cruising, offering a spacious and well-appointed interior with comfortable cabins, a functional galley, including a fridge and microwave in a comfortable saloon. Its user-friendly sail controls and robust construction make it a reliable and versatile choice, ensuring an exhilarating yet comfortable sailing experience. She has a full inventory, including a comprehensive list of electronics including AIS receiver and transmitter, pilot, radar, chart plotter, and sailing instruments.

Inventory

Saloon

• Galley with double bowl sink, Corian worktop
• Double burner cooker with oven
• Waeco fridge with ice box
• 240v Microwave and power sockets
• Jabsco pressurized water system with two plastic tanks
• LED saloon main lighting, individual reading lights, 4 speaker stereo CD player
• Chart table with phone and tablet holders and three charging sockets
• Chart reading lights, storage shelves
• Raymarine Chart plotter/Radar/Multi, Garmin GPS, DSC radio, handheld pilot control
• Gas warning sounder
• Upgraded switch panel with battery level meters and shore power meter
• 240V Sterling battery management unit below navigator’s seat
• Sterling battery management unit connected to engine alternator
• Bosun’s locker with numerous spares, blocks, shackles, etc.

Cockpit

• Lewmar 40 self-tailing powered halyard winch
• Harken self-tailing halyard winch
• 2x Harken 60 three-speed sheet winches
• Harken 40 self-tailing halyard/spinnaker sheet winch
• 2 x Bank of 6 Lewmar halyard clutches and additional management blocks for lines
• 2 x Lewmar 40 mainsheet winches
• Lewmar 40 powered winch for single line mainsheet and continuous line jib furler
• Raymarine ST 60 instruments: wind, close hauled, depth, log, multi, autopilot (New PSBs 2024 to depth/multi/log)
• Vesper AIS receiver/transmitter (2019)
• Raymarine Radar unit on custom designed removable Kevlar pole
• Sprayhood fitted in 2019

Rigging

• Zspars mast & boom
• New wire rigging in 2019, Dyneema backstay
• Stub pole for asymmetric, tack line fed back to cockpit clutches
• Continuous line mainsheet system back to Lewmar mainsheet winches
• Barber hauler for No 3 jib
• New LED navigation lights 2019
• High power foredeck light
• Sail stack, fully stowable when sailing
• Continuous line jib furler, new line 2024
• Most running rigging/sheets renewed in 2019/2024

Engine

• Yanmar 3JH diesel 38HP with saildrive and folding prop

Safety Equipment

• 2x Life rings with drogues and lights
• 4x fire extinguishers
• Life jackets, safety lines, and jackstay
• Watertight bow section below forward berth
• Emergency boarding ladder
• 40lb Danforth Anchor + 10m chain + 50m anchor warp
• Bruce kedge anchor + 5m chain + 30m anchor warp
• 12v Rule high volume bilge pump
• 12v Whale gulper bilge pump
• Manual whale bilge pump with cockpit and cabin operation

Sails

• Fully battened Hyde main
• Hyde no1 Genoa
• Hyde no3 battened jib
• Sobstad light no1 genoa
• Sobstad reacher
• McWilliams reacher
• Hyde Asymmetric
• Numerous older sails unused for some years
• Fenders and shorelines