Admiral Yachts 38 (Lavranos)

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The Admiral Yachts 38 (Lavranos), on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

Shoal draftDraws 0.80 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.

LightHeavy

173 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 173

EasygoingPowered-up

25.7 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 25.7

Draws less than ~95% of boats her size on file

Compared with 232 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Admiral Yachts 38 (Lavranos), as the fleet has seen it

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The Admiral Yachts 38 (LAVRANOS) is a 1998-present fractional sloop catamaran designed by Angelo Lavranos, built by Admiral Yachts, with a length overall of 11.6 meters, a beam of 7.0 meters, and a shallow draft of 0.8 meters. It displaces 6999 kg. Later models, specified by the builder in 2003, feature twin 30hp saildrives and 380-liter water and fuel tanks.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

25.7

Displacement / length

173.4

Hull

Hull type

Catamaran Twin Keel

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

First built 1998

Designer

Angelo Lavranos

Builder

Admiral Yachts

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The family

Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

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