Masthead Sloop · Fin w/spade rudder · 1979–present
Specifications
Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
49.0%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
19.2
Displacement / length
174.5
Comfort ratio
22.5
Capsize screening
2.02
Hull speed
7.7 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1451
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
1979–present
Units built
12
Designer
Doug Peterson
Builder
Jeremy Rogers, Jeremy Rogers Ltd.
Design & history
The Contessa 39 is a sloop-rigged boat designed and constructed for ocean sailing as a cutter. Builder Jeremy Rogers's own Contessa 39 'Eclipse' finished 2nd overall in the 1979 Fastnet Race.
Class · Finished 2nd overall in the Fastnet Race of 1979 (boat 'Eclipse').
Notable features
Sloop rigged but designed and constructed to ocean sail as a cutterInner foredeck chain plateInner headsail and staysail
Production
Jeremy Rogers developed vacuum bag assisted resin transfer systems for building the Contessa 32 & 39 models.