BoatsMariner 38 (Pilot House)

Mariner 38 (Pilot House)

Staysail Ketch · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · First built 1980

A staysail ketch pilot house designed for comfortable cruising with a stable fin keel and skeg-mounted rudder

Designed by Eric White & Arthur Berry.

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.

LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a moderate beam gives 33 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 33
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.77
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 293
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 13.6
TenderStiff

31% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 31%

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

  • Draws less than ~84% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2928 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
30.6%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Staysail Ketch
Ratios
SA / displacement
13.6
Displacement / length
292.9
Comfort ratio
32.9
Capsize screening
1.77
Hull speed
7.4 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1248
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 1980
Units built
6
Designer
Eric White, Arthur Berry
Builder
Mariner Yacht Company

Boats like this, on the water

Nobody has filmed this one — but these are close.

Comparable boats the fleet has on camera: same type, within a quarter of her length. Open the boat, or watch the video — a timestamp means she only appears in passing.

Warrior 3811.58 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA short-run 1980s cruiser featuring a shallow 1.52m draft and a heavy ballast-to-displacement ratio for steady offshore work
Aragosa Yachts 3811.61 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA 1988 masthead sloop with a 35% ballast ratio, designed by Ted Brewer for balanced offshore performance
C&C Yachts Landfall 3811.45 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA cruising-focused variant of the C&C 38-2 hull, featuring a shallower keel and shorter rig for versatile coastal work
Moody 37611.53 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA Bill Dixon-designed center-cockpit cruiser featuring a skeg-hung rudder and a stable, comfortable hull form
Bavaria Yachts C3811.38 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA modern Cossutti-designed fractional sloop with a wide beam and high-volume hull optimized for contemporary cruising
Hanse Yachts 38811.40 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA Judel/Vrolijk-designed fractional sloop built for modern cruising comfort with a stiff, performance-oriented hull

The family

Boats like this

Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.

Keep looking

Nothing filmed of this one yet

Two ways to keep looking — both search what the fleet has actually recorded.

The newsletter

New boats, new stories. Every week, everywhere.

One email from the fleet — boats newly added, videos newly analysed. No noise.

Report an issue