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Tartan Marine 395

Solent · Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder · First built 2019

A 2019 production performance cruiser featuring a spade rudder and a 1.88-meter draft for balanced coastal handling

Designed by Tim Jackett W.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder

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The Tartan Marine 395, on the water

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Footage from Practical Sailor

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a moderate beam gives 24 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 24
CoastalBluewater

2.04 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.04
LightHeavy

194 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 194
EasygoingPowered-up

20.1 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 20.1
TenderStiff

34% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 34%

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

  • Beamier than ~75% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2867 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Tartan Marine 395, as the fleet has seen it

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The Tartan Marine 395 is a 2019-present sailboat model designed by Tim Jackett with a Solent rig and a fin with bulb and spade rudder hull. It measures 12.0 meters LOA, 3.9 meters in beam, and has a draft of 1.9 meters, displacing 7257 kg. The model is built by Tartan Marine and is available with either a beavertail keel or a keel/centerboard variant. The beavertail keel version has a draft of 4.83 feet, 17,000 lbs displacement, and 6,500 lbs ballast, while the keel/centerboard version has a draft ranging from 4.25 to 8.25 feet, 117,300 lbs displacement, and 6,800 lbs ballast. Practical Sailor notes that ease of use in a sailboat like the Tartan Marine 395 depends on integrated design features, including a manageable sail plan, accessible control placement, efficient mainsail management, predictable stability, a balanced helm, clear visibility from the helm, and predictable handling under power.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
34.4%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Solent
Ratios
SA / displacement
20.1
Displacement / length
194.3
Comfort ratio
23.5
Capsize screening
2.04
Hull speed
7.7 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1524
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 2019
Designer
Tim Jackett w
Builder
Tartan Marine

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