Compass Yachts 38
Masthead Sloop · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · 1970–1979
A Claude Allen Smith-designed masthead sloop originally from New Zealand, built for offshore stability and comfort
Designed by Claude Allen Smith.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Fin With Rudder On Skeg
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her moderate displacement on a narrow beam gives 31 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.
1.75 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.
256 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.
14.5 — modest power for her weight; easygoing rather than lively, and happier with a breeze.
43% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.
Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.
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