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Corbin 39 CC

Staysail Ketch · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · 1979–1991

A heavy-displacement staysail ketch designed for offshore passages, frequently finished by owners to custom standards

Designed by Robert Dufour & Marius Corbin.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin With Rudder On Skeg

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Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a moderate beam gives 38 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 38
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.70
LightHeavy

313 — heavy for her waterline, built to carry stores and ride steadily.

Displacement / length 313
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 16.2
TenderStiff

40% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 40%

Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.

  • Heavier than ~85% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2905 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
40.4%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Staysail Ketch
Ratios
SA / displacement
16.2
Displacement / length
313.0
Comfort ratio
37.9
Capsize screening
1.70
Hull speed
7.6 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1369
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
1979–1991
Units built
200
Designer
Robert Dufour, Marius Corbin
Builder
Corbin Les Bateaux

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