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Columbia Yachts 38

Masthead Sloop · Modified Full Keel · 1965–1967

A Charles Morgan Jr. design featuring a modified full keel and an optional centerboard for versatile shoal-water access

Designed by Charles Morgan Jr.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Modified Full Keel

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a narrow beam gives 31 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 31
CoastalBluewater

1.77 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.77
LightHeavy

366 — very heavy for her waterline, a serious load-carrying cruiser.

Displacement / length 366
EasygoingPowered-up

18.0 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 18.0
TenderStiff

46% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 46%

A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.

  • Draws more than ~83% of boats her size on file

Compared with 406 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
45.7%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
18.0
Displacement / length
366.1
Comfort ratio
31.1
Capsize screening
1.77
Hull speed
6.8 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
982
Hull
Hull type
Modified Full Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
1965–1967
Units built
39
Designer
Charles Morgan Jr
Builder
Columbia Sailing Yachts

Boats like this, on the water

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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.

Bristol Channel Cutter11.51 mSame hull family0.4 m shorterA Lyle Hess-designed cutter with a long keel and transom-hung rudder, built for offshore work since 1976
Cape Dory 3611.01 mSame hull family0.9 m shorterProduced from 1978 to 1990, this long-keeled cutter was later marketed as the Robinhood 36
Seafarer Yachts 38C11.51 mSame hull family0.4 m shorterA versatile cruiser available in multiple rig configurations and often sold in kit form for owner completion
Bristol Yachts 3911.89 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA 1966 masthead sloop with a long keel, built for five years as a precursor to the long-running Bristol 40
Alberg 3711.33 mSame hull family0.5 m shorterA long-keeled masthead sloop produced for two decades with a transition from wood-heavy interiors to molded fiberglass
Downeaster 3811.58 mSame hull family0.3 m shorterA 1974-era cutter with a 35.4 comfort ratio, built for stable, long-distance voyaging on a heavy-displacement hull

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