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C&C Yachts Landfall 39

Masthead Sloop · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · 1985–1989

A Rob Ball-designed masthead sloop built for comfortable cruising with a skeg-mounted rudder for offshore security

Designed by C&C Design & Rob Ball.

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

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The C&C Yachts Landfall 39, on the water

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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 32 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 32
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.82
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 292
EasygoingPowered-up

14.8 — modest power for her weight; easygoing rather than lively, and happier with a breeze.

Sail area / displacement 14.8
TenderStiff

32% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 32%

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

  • Heavier than ~76% of boats her size on file

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

What the fleet has seen

The C&C Yachts Landfall 39, as the fleet has seen it

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The C&C Yachts Landfall 39 is a masthead sloop designed by C&C Design and Rob Ball, built by C&C Yachts from 1985 to 1989. This center-cockpit sailboat has an LOA of 11.8 meters, a beam of 3.7 meters, and a draft of 1.7 meters, displacing 8845 kg. It features a fin keel with a rudder on a skeg, and a shoal keel option was available, increasing displacement to 20,700 lbs with a 4.25 ft draft. The boat carries 32-gallon water tanks amidships and a 39-gallon tank forward.14:51

The living fleet

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
32.0%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
14.8
Displacement / length
292.2
Comfort ratio
32.1
Capsize screening
1.82
Hull speed
7.5 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1357
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
1985–1989
Units built
15
Designer
C&C Design, Rob Ball
Builder
C&C Yachts

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The family

Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

C&C Yachts Landfall 35A sturdy masthead sloop featuring a skeg-mounted rudder and moderate displacement, designed for comfortable cruisingC&C Yachts Landfall 38A cruising-focused variant of the C&C 38-2 hull, featuring a shallower keel and shorter rig for versatile coastal workC&C Yachts Landfall 43A robust masthead sloop from C&C designed for comfortable cruising with a skeg-mounted rudder and moderate draftC&C Yachts Landfall 42A cutter-rigged cruiser from 1976 featuring a skeg-mounted rudder and a balanced hull designed for offshore stabilityC&C Yachts Landfall 48A cutter-rigged cruiser with a skeg-mounted rudder, designed by C&C for offshore comfort and stabilityC&C Yachts 39A 1971-1974 production masthead sloop with a moderate displacement-to-length ratio, balanced for coastal cruising

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