Boat models · C&C
C&C 38 Mk I
Sailboat, racer-cruiser · built 1973-1975 · designed by C&C Design Group
Key figures
Comfort25.4moderate
Capsize screen1.99passes for offshore
SA/D18cruiser
D/L260moderate
Ballast ratio0.3average
Hull speed7.3kt
- Built
- 1973-1975
- Designer
- C&C Design Group
- Builder
- C&C Yachts
- Rig
- Masthead Sloop
- Keel
- Fin keel with spade rudder
- Length
- 37.6 ft
- Beam / draft
- 12.2 ft · 6.4 ft
- Displacement
- 14,700 lb
Design figures as published, not for any one hull. Full specifications on sailboatdata.com.
Reputation
Classracer-cruiseras owners use it
Forumsrespectedpicked over its peers
Fast, stiff 70s IOR racer that still points well, but old-boat systems and wet core dominate.
- Club racing
- respected · competitive PHRF rating, points high in a breeze
- Coastal cruising
- ordinary · workable interior but dated and racer-oriented
- Offshore passages
- mixed · strong hull but IOR stern and age raise doubts
- Loved
- points high, tracks well · stiff and fast upwind in a breeze · solid C&C balsa-cored build · good value for the performance
- Gripes
- IOR pinched stern squirrelly downwind · big genoas need crew to handle · dated, dark interior · small tankage for cruising
- Survey for
- deck core rot at stanchions and hardware · keel bolt and keel stub condition · chainplate leaks and corrosion · rudder water intrusion
- Cross-shopped
- Tartan 37 · C&C 39 · Ericson 39 · Pearson 36
Owner opinion from sailboatdata.com, cncphotoalbum.com, sailboatowners.com
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