Review of Seafarer 38C
Basic specs.
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The hull is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season.
The boat is equipped with 568.0 liter fresh water capacity.
The boat may be equipped with an inboard Perkins 4.108 diesel engine
The fuel tank has a capacity of 227.0 liters (59 US gallons, 49 imperial gallons).
Sailing characteristics
This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.
What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?
The capsize screening value for Seafarer 38C is 1.65, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.
What is Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed?
The theoretical maximal speed of a displacement boat of this length is 7.0 knots. The term "Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed" is widely used even though a boat can sail faster. The term shall be interpreted as above the theoretical speed a great additional power is necessary for a small gain in speed.
The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level.
The immersion rate for Seafarer 38C is about 178 kg/cm, alternatively 997 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 178 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm.
Alternatively, if you load 997 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.
Sailing statistics
This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.
What is Motion Comfort Ratio (MCR)?
The Motion Comfort Ratio for Seafarer 38C is 36.3.
What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?
The l/b ratio for Seafarer 38C is 3.60.
What is Displacement Length Ratio?
The DL-ratio for Seafarer 38C is 363 which categorizes this boat among 'heavy cruisers'.
What is SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)?
The SA/D for Seafarer 38C with ISO 8666 reference sail is 12.1, with a 135% genua the SA/D is 14.4.
Maintenance
Dimensions of sail.
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If you need to renew parts of your running rig and is not quite sure of the dimensions, you may find the estimates computed below useful.
| Usage | Length | Diameter | ||
| Mainsail halyard | 25.1 m | (82.3 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Jib/genoa halyard | 25.1 m | (82.3 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Spinnaker halyard | 25.1 m | (82.3 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Jib sheet | 11.5 m | (37.8 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Genoa sheet | 11.5 m | (37.8 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Mainsheet | 28.8 m | (94.4 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Spinnaker sheet | 25.3 m | (83.1 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Cunningham | 4.3 m | (14.0 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Kickingstrap | 8.5 m | (28.0 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Clew-outhaul | 8.5 m | (28.0 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
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