Cape George 38
Cutter · Long Keel · First built 1985
A 1985 cutter with a 1.58-meter draft and high comfort ratio, designed by Atkin and Lange for steady offshore work
Designed by William Atkin & Cecil Lange.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Long Keel
See her sail
The Cape George 38, on the water
The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.
Footage from Sailing Magic Carpet
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.
- Heavier than ~91% of boats her size on file
Compared with 412 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 18 times across one channel of the fleet.
On the water
The Cape George 38 on video
Also on YouTube
What broke, what changed
Gear aboard, as the crews told it
Moments from individual boats of this model that the fleet has filmed — one crew, one piece of kit, one day on the water. Not a review of the class, and not a count of anything.
InstalledStarlink
The crew turned on Starlink to do some research about the area.
aboard Sailing Magic Carpetseen December 202515:22
WorkingPredictWind
The crew uses the weather forecasting service to monitor an approaching storm.
aboard Sailing Magic Carpetseen April 2026watch
WorkingNavionics
The crew used Navionics to identify a potential anchorage, though they ultimately chose a different spot.
aboard Sailing Magic Carpetseen November 20258:37
Each line is one crew's account of their own boat. Another Cape George 38 may be fitted out entirely differently.
Who's been looking
Market signal
Crews the fleet has filmed weighing this model up — no sale seen, and no asking price.
Aladino considered buying a Cape George 38 after seeing this one, but was talked out of it
from Sailing Magic Carpetseen November 2025watch
From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.
The record
Full specifications
The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.
Boats like this, on the water
More boats like her, on the water
Comparable boats the fleet has on camera: same type, within a quarter of her length. Open the boat, or watch the video — a timestamp means she only appears in passing.
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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