BoatsAthena 38

Athena 38

Catamaran, twin keels · Fractional Sloop · 1994–2001

Designed by Flahault, Nivelt, O. Flahault Design & Associates, built by Fountaine Pajot.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Hull type
Catamaran Twin Keel

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The Athena 38, on the water

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

Footage from Adventureman Dan

Is it for you?

Character

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

Shoal draftDraws 1.07 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 100
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 27.5
  • Draws less than ~77% of boats her size on file

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

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
27.5
Displacement / length
100.2
Hull
Hull type
Catamaran Twin Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
1994–2001
Units built
211
Designer
Flahault, Nivelt, O. Flahault Design, Associates
Builder
Fountaine Pajot

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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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