BoatsCabo Rico 38 PH

Cabo Rico 38 PH

Cutter · Long Keel · First built 1976

A pilothouse evolution of the Crealock hull, offering protected watch-keeping in a heavy-displacement cutter

Designed by W. I. B. Crealock & William Crealock.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Long 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 heavy displacement on a moderate beam gives 40 — a heavy, notably soft motion offshore.

Comfort ratio 40
CoastalBluewater

At 1.66 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.

Capsize screening 1.66
LightHeavy

384 — very heavy for her waterline, a serious load-carrying cruiser.

Displacement / length 384
TenderStiff

33% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 33%

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

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

Compared with 412 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
32.6%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cutter
Ratios
Displacement / length
383.5
Comfort ratio
40.3
Capsize screening
1.66
Hull speed
7.3 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1202
Hull
Hull type
Long Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1976
Designer
W.I.B. Crealock, William Crealock
Builder
Cabo Rico Custom Yachts, Inc

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Cabo Rico 3811.58 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthAn aft-cockpit evolution of the Tiburon 36, offering a heavy-displacement cutter platform for stable blue-water sailing
Allied Boat Co. Mistress 3912.09 mSame hull family0.5 m longerA heavy-displacement Arthur Edmunds ketch available in both aft and centre cockpit configurations for stable cruising
Downeaster 3811.58 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA 1974-era cutter with a 35.4 comfort ratio, built for stable, long-distance voyaging on a heavy-displacement hull
Tayana 3711.18 mSame hull family0.4 m shorterA Robert Perry-designed long-keel cutter with a heavy displacement and a production run of nearly 600 hulls
Cape George 3610.97 mSame hull family0.6 m shorterA heavy-displacement cutter with a long keel, designed by Atkin and Monk for offshore stability and steady passage-making
Alberg 3711.33 mSame hull family0.3 m shorterA long-keeled masthead sloop produced for two decades with a transition from wood-heavy interiors to moulded fiberglass

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