2001 BENFORD FANTAIL 38 for Sale in Toronto, Ontario | United City Yachts

2001 BENFORD FANTAIL 38

2001 BENFORD FANTAIL 38

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$ 115,000 CAD
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LOCATION: Toronto Ontario

PLEASE CONTACT CHARLES SAVARD - TORONTO - 1-833-829-2248 EXTENSION 2008

Designed by renowned naval architect Jay Benford and hand-built by Albert Kee while he was the FRP shop manager at PDQ Yachts in Whitby, Ontario, this Fantail 38 is a true one-off, launched in 2001 and finished to a standard mass-produced boats rarely match. She is a proper little ship: a full-displacement pilot house cruiser with the looks of a classic fantail launch and the systems of a serious cruising trawler.

The headline is fuel economy. Her new Beta 50 diesel sips roughly 1 gallon per hour at 7 knots, and with two independent 315W solar panels feeding four golf-cart house batteries, her owners have anchored out for weeks at a time without running the engine or plugging into shore power. Add a full pilot house with side doors, standing headroom throughout, a Force 10 galley, and air conditioning and heat that works through a Canadian winter afloat, and this is a boat built for genuine four-season cruising and comfortable living aboard.

RARE JAY BENFORD FANTAIL 38 - PORT CREDIT, ONTARIO - CANADIAN REGISTERED - NEW BETA 50 DIESEL (2023) - 1 GPH AT 7 KNOTS - SOLAR/OFF-GRID CAPABLE - PILOT HOUSE TRAWLER

Thoughtfully upgraded and meticulously maintained, she is a rare chance to own a distinctive, efficient, and capable cruiser with real character.

Call today to schedule your private showing!

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Type: Trawler
Year: 2001
Make: BENFORD
Model: FANTAIL 38
Length: 38'
Status: For Sale
Price: $115,000 CAD
Location: Toronto Ontario
Date Posted: 2026-07-22

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PLEASE CONTACT CHARLES SAVARD - TORONTO - 1-833-829-2248 EXTENSION 2008

Designed by renowned naval architect Jay Benford and hand-built by Albert Kee while he was the FRP shop manager at PDQ Yachts in Whitby, Ontario, this Fantail 38 is a true one-off, launched in 2001 and finished to a standard mass-produced boats rarely match. She is a proper little ship: a full-displacement pilot house cruiser with the looks of a classic fantail launch and the systems of a serious cruising trawler.

The headline is fuel economy. Her new Beta 50 diesel sips roughly 1 gallon per hour at 7 knots, and with two independent 315W solar panels feeding four golf-cart house batteries, her owners have anchored out for weeks at a time without running the engine or plugging into shore power. Add a full pilot house with side doors, standing headroom throughout, a Force 10 galley, and air conditioning and heat that works through a Canadian winter afloat, and this is a boat built for genuine four-season cruising and comfortable living aboard.

RARE JAY BENFORD FANTAIL 38 - PORT CREDIT, ONTARIO - CANADIAN REGISTERED - NEW BETA 50 DIESEL (2023) - 1 GPH AT 7 KNOTS - SOLAR/OFF-GRID CAPABLE - PILOT HOUSE TRAWLER

Thoughtfully upgraded and meticulously maintained, she is a rare chance to own a distinctive, efficient, and capable cruiser with real character.

Call today to schedule your private showing!

Key Features

  • Jay Benford-designed Fantail 38, custom-built by Albert Kee (ex-PDQ Yachts), launched 2001

  • New Beta 50 diesel installed February 2023, approx. 1,254 hours

  • Exceptional economy: 7.1 kn at 0.75 gph (1600 rpm), 7.5 kn at 1.0 gph (2000 rpm)

  • Two 315W solar panels with twin MPPT controllers - true off-grid capability

  • Full pilot house with port/starboard side doors

  • Sleipner (Side Power) bow thruster

  • Flagship Marine air conditioning and electric heat for winter live-aboard use

  • Standing headroom throughout (up to 79" in the pilot house)

  • Excellent service access to engine, steering gear, fuel filters, and tanks

  • Canadian registered, lying Port Credit, Ontario

Dimensions

  • LOA: 38'00"

  • Beam: 12'00"

  • Draught: 3'06"

  • Displacement: 20,000 lbs (dry)

Construction

  • Hull: foam-cored FRP (solid FRP at keel and keel/hull joint)

  • Superstructure and decks: FRP over plywood; structure forward of pilot house foam-cored FRP

  • Hull/deck joint fully joined with FRP

  • 17 windows (5 opening), custom aluminum frames by Bomon

Tankage

  • Fuel: two 50-gallon aluminum tanks (new 2020, bottom-feed design)

  • Water: two stainless tanks, approx. 100 gallons each, spanning the beam under the pilot house

  • Holding: 50 imperial gallon integral epoxy tank, deck pump-out plus macerator for overboard discharge

Propulsion

  • Engine: Beta 50 diesel (new February 2023, installed by Atlantic Yacht Basin, Virginia)

  • Hours: approx. 1,254

  • Drive: single screw

  • Running gear: stainless shaft on split shaft flange, Lasdrop dripless seal, FRP stern tube to bronze log with cutless bearing

  • Steering: hydraulic; welded hollow stainless rudder with stainless stock and flow-through fish tails for improved low-speed handling

  • Bow thruster: Sleipner (Side Power)

  • Access: excellent, from the saloon and cockpit hatch - engine, steering gear, fuel filters, and tanks are all easy to reach and inspect

  • Performance: 7.1 kn @ 0.75 gph (1600 rpm) / 7.5 kn @ 1.0 gph (2000 rpm)

Electrical

  • Shore power: 2 x 30 amp hard-wired, grounds through a 60 amp galvanic isolator; includes Y-splitter (two 30 amp to one 50 amp), 50-to-30 amp and 15-to-30 amp adapters

  • House bank: four golf-cart batteries under the saloon settee

  • Starter: one group 27 wet cell

  • Bow bank: two group 31 wet cells (windlass and thruster), echo-charged

  • Charging: ProNautic 12-40P charger, Xantrex Digital Echo Charger

  • Solar: two 315W panels wired independently, each with its own Blue Sky Solar Boost 3000i MPPT controller

  • All LED lighting

Electronics

  • Garmin chartplotter

  • Garmin radar

  • Raymarine speed log and depth

  • Raymarine autopilot

  • Standard Horizon DSC VHF

  • Backup/docking camera

  • USB port at helm

Ground Tackle & Deck

  • Quick 1200W vertical windlass

  • 55 lb Rocna anchor with 120' chain rode

  • Steadying sail on boom (also serves as a davit to launch the 10'6" dinghy)

  • Cockpit with wraparound seating

Galley

  • Force 10 two-burner propane stove and oven, supplied from two 20 lb tanks in a dedicated, drained cockpit locker with its own control panel

  • Norcold under-counter 12V refrigerator/freezer

  • Separate built-in 12V freezer

Climate & Comfort

  • Flagship Marine air conditioning with electric heat (rated for winter use afloat)

  • AC fireplace

  • Abundant below-deck storage

Water Systems

  • Two approx. 100-gallon stainless drinking-water tanks, deck fills at both pilot house doors

  • Deck wash-down pump (switched from pilot house)

  • Cockpit shower head with overboard pump

  • Pressure water throughout

Accommodation

  • Pilot house with helm, two opening side doors, and three opening windows

  • Saloon with dinette (sliding table, stows in and out), AC fireplace, and fold-out TV

  • Galley to starboard

  • Forward cabin with double berth and overhead hatch

  • Cuddy cabin with double berth (ideal for grandkids/guests), USB ports, and curtain-track privacy

  • Head compartment: manual marine toilet with shower; opening window

  • Headroom: saloon 74", pilot house 79", head 74", forward cabin 75"

  • Entertainment: AM/FM/USB/SD-card stereo, LED lighting throughout

PLEASE CONTACT CHARLES SAVARD - TORONTO - 1-833-829-2248 EXTENSION 2008

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 their agents, or their 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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