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Review of Little Harbor 38


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Little Harbor 38 is a sailboat designed by the American maritime architect Ted Hood in the early eighties.

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Hull

The hull is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season.


Keel

CentreBoard

The Little Harbor 38 is equipped with a centreboard keel. A centreboard keel is a pivoting lifting keel, allowing to sail both coastal and inland waters.

The boat can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 1.37 - 1.47 meter (4.49 - 4.79 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.


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.

Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed

What is Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed?

The theoretical maximal speed of a displacement boat of this length is 7.5 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.


Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Little Harbor 38 is about 227 kg/cm, alternatively 1276 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 227 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1276 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.

L/B (Length Beam Ratio)

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for Little Harbor 38 is 3.22.

Slim Wide 54% 0 50 100
Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 54% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more spacy hull design.


Over- / underrigged

Low High 12% 0 50 100
The Little Harbor 38 has more rig than 12% of all similar sailboats, which indicates that the boat is significantly underrigged.


Maintenance

Bottom Paint

When buying anti-fouling bottom paint, it's nice to know how much to buy. The surface of the wet bottom is about 45m2 (484 ft2).
Based on this, your favourite maritime shop can tell you the quantity you need.

Note: If you use a paint roller you will need more paint than if you use a paintbrush.


Rig

Dimensions of sail.

mainsail specifications headsail specifications

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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.



Guiding dimensions of running rig
UsageLengthDiameter
Mainsail halyard 36.0 m(118.0 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Jib/genoa halyard36.0 m(118.0 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Spinnaker halyard36.0 m(118.0 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Jib sheet 11.6 m(38.0 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Genoa sheet11.6 m(38.0 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Mainsheet 28.9 m(95.0 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Spinnaker sheet25.5 m(83.6 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Cunningham4.2 m(13.7 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Kickingstrap8.4 m(27.4 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Clew-outhaul8.4 m(27.4 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)

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