Super Van Craft 1380, MALAIKA OF LONDON

Broker’s Comments

This beautiful 1993 Super Van Craft 1380, fitted with great twin MAN diesel engines offering excellent fuel economy at cruising speed, is available for immediate handover. She offers incredible living and socializing space inside and out, having benefited from a major refit in 2022, which included:

• Hull paintwork cleaned and minor repairs made.
• Repainted grey rub bar.
• All brightwork sanded to bare wood, repaired where needed, and revarnished.
• Full engine service, including all new filters.
• New seawater pumps fitted.
• Stripped and serviced fuel pumps.
• Water strainers replaced with new bronze and glass strainers.
• Cleaned and flushed fuel tanks.
• New 24v batteries (x6).
• New 4-man life raft with custom-made mount and rear bracket.
• New Lofrans windlass with helm control switch and 30m anchor chain.
• All new skin fittings: stern gear and steering gear serviced.
• Bow thruster serviced, including new seals.
• New stainless steel radar arch made and fitted for radome, anemometer, AIS aerial, and VHF aerial.
• JABSCO searchlight added.
• New TV aerial mounted to the arch.
• Teak console made and fitted for all instruments, including Garmin, plus new VDO engine instruments.

Navigation has been upgraded to all new Garmin equipment, including log, depth, wind, AIS, radar, and chart plotter. The upgrades include:

• Garmin GPDMAP 1223xsv Chart plotter.
• GMR18HD radar.
• Garmin 315i DSC VHF.
• Garmin AIS transceiver.
• Garmin wired log, depth, and wind.

MALAIKA OF LONDON is a fantastic-looking boat that will certainly turn heads whether cruising down the French canals or berthed in a marina. Any buyer should also consider making the investment to turn MALAIKA into a floating Airbnb. With tons of space for dining and living, she would be ideal.

Owner’s Comments

MALAIKA has been our first boat, and one that we have truly loved. Over the past four years, we have covered 2,300 nautical miles around the coast, including trips to the Isle of Wight, Solent, Littlehampton, The Hamble, Eastbourne, central London, and several journeys to Southwold and Ipswich. She is easily manageable by the two of us, and thanks to her twin engines, bow thruster, and easy handling, she is often taken out solo. Bear in mind, we started as complete novices! The previous owner kept her as a liveaboard in St Katharine Docks, but we wanted to spend more time at sea, so we undertook a significant upgrade of the navigation, safety equipment, and instrumentation in 2022. We frequently entertain on board—she has a great galley and outdoor space—and she always attracts a lot of attention in any marina.