Boat models · Cabo Rico
Cabo Rico 38
Sailboat, bluewater cruiser · built 1977-
Key figures
Comfort39.1kindly offshore
Capsize screen1.67passes for offshore
SA/D15.2undercanvassed
D/L375heavy
Ballast ratio0.37average
Hull speed7.2kt
- Built
- 1977-
- Builder
- Cabo Rico Custom Yachts, Inc.
- Rig
- Cutter
- Keel
- Long Keel
- Length
- 38.0 ft
- Beam / draft
- 11.5 ft · 5.0 ft
- Displacement
- 21,000 lb
Design figures as published, not for any one hull. Full specifications on sailboatdata.com.
Reputation
Classbluewater cruiseras owners use it
Forumsrespectedpicked over its peers
Handsome, heavily built traditional cutter; pricey, wet and slow in light air, but a real offshore boat.
- Offshore passages
- respected · stout build, seakindly, proven long passages
- Liveaboard
- respected · traditional teak interior, good stowage
- Coastal cruising
- ordinary · capable but heavy, draws 5+ ft
- Club racing
- disliked · slow in light air
- Loved
- Solid hand-laid glass construction · Classic Hammond-designed looks · Comfortable motion in a seaway · Quality teak joinery
- Gripes
- Sluggish in light air · Deep draft limits gunkholing · Teak decks leak over time · Tight engine access
- Survey for
- Teak deck screw leaks and wet core · Iron tank corrosion (fuel/water) · Chainplate and bulkhead tabbing leaks · Rudder post and stuffing box wear
- Cross-shopped
- Valiant 40 · Passport 40 · Tayana 37 · Island Packet 380
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