Yankee 38

Yankee 38

Development
Designer	Sparkman & Stephens
Location	United States
Year	1972
No. built	30
Builder(s)	Yankee Yachts
Role	Racer-Cruiser
Name	Yankee 38
Boat
Displacement	16,000 lb (7,257 kg)
Draft	6.25 ft (1.91 m)
Hull
Type	Monohull
Construction	Fiberglass
LOA	38.17 ft (11.63 m)
LWL	28.75 ft (8.76 m)
Beam	11.75 ft (3.58 m)
Engine type	Westerbeke 491 30 hp (22 kW) diesel engine
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	fin keel
Ballast	7,327 lb (3,323 kg)
Rudder(s)	skeg-mounted rudder
Rig
Rig type	Bermuda rig
I foretriangle height	48.50 ft (14.78 m)
J foretriangle base	15.70 ft (4.79 m)
P mainsail luff	42.80 ft (13.05 m)
E mainsail foot	12.00 ft (3.66 m)
Sails
Sailplan	Masthead sloop
Mainsail area	256.80 sq ft (23.858 m2)
Jib/genoa area	380.73 sq ft (35.371 m2)
Total sail area	637.53 sq ft (59.228 m2)

The Yankee 38 is an American sailboat that was designed by Sparkman & Stephens as racer-cruiser and first built in 1972. ^{[1] [2]}

The design was a development of the 1971 IOR One Ton Cup racing boat Lightnin. ^[1]

The Yankee 38 design was developed into the Catalina 38 in 1978, after Yankee Yachts went out of business and the molds were sold to Frank V. Butler. ^{[1] [3]}

Production

The boat was Sparkman & Stephens design #2094-C2 and was built by Yankee Yachts in the United States. The company completed 30 examples of the type between 1972 and 1975, but it is now out of production. ^{[1] [4]}

Design

The Yankee 38 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a raised counter reverse transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed swept fin keel. It displaces 16,000 lb (7,257 kg) and carries 7,327 lb (3,323 kg) of lead ballast. ^[1]

The boat has a draft of 6.25 ft (1.91 m) with the standard keel fitted. ^[1]

The boat is fitted with a Westerbeke 491 diesel engine of 30 hp (22 kW) for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds 30 U.S. gallons (110 L; 25 imp gal) and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 60 U.S. gallons (230 L; 50 imp gal). ^[1]

The design has sleeping accommodation for eight people, with a bow cabin with a "V"-berth, dual main cabin settee and pilot berths and two quarter berths aft, under the cockpit. The head is located aft of the bow cabin, on the port side. ^[1]

See also

• List of sailing boat types

Related development

• Catalina 38

Similar sailboats

• Alajuela 38
• C&C 38
• Columbia 38
• Eagle 38
• Farr 38
• Hunter 380
• Hunter 386
• Landfall 38
• Sabre 38
• Shannon 38

References

1. McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Yankee 38 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
2. McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Sparkman & Stephens". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
3. McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Catalina 38 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
4. McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Yankee Yachts Inc. (USA) 1965 - 1975". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 13 March 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2022.