BoatsYorktown 39

Yorktown 39

Masthead Sloop · Fin Keel · First built 1974

A versatile H. McCune-designed masthead sloop offered in flush deck or center cockpit layouts, often sold as a kit

Designed by H. McCune.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin Keel

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 32 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 32
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.76
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 236
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 13.3
TenderStiff

37% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 37%

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

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
36.8%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
13.3
Displacement / length
236.0
Comfort ratio
31.7
Capsize screening
1.76
Hull speed
7.7 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1385
Hull
Hull type
Fin Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1974
Designer
H. McCune
Builder
Yorktown Marine Corp, Henry R. McCune, Shipbuilders

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