Hughes 38-3
Masthead Sloop · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · 1977–1982
A Sparkman & Stephens masthead sloop featuring a revised deck layout with a longer coachroof and a skeg-mounted rudder
Designed by Sparkman & Stephens.
- 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 heavy displacement on a narrow beam gives 34 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.
At 1.67 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.
329 — heavy for her waterline, built to carry stores and ride steadily.
15.8 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.
44% 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.
- Narrower than ~83% of boats her size on file
Compared with 2903 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
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