CONTESSA 39
Masthead Sloop • Fin w/spade rudder • Built 1979
Dimensions
- LOA
- 38.67 ft
- LWL
- 33.16 ft
- Beam
- 12.25 ft
- Max Draft
- 7.25 ft
- Displacement
- 14,250 lbs
- Ballast
- 6,975 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 2.02 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 19.3
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 174
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 48.9%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 709 sq ft
- I
- 50.77 ft
- J
- 16.1 ft
- P
- 45.31 ft
- E
- 13 ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin w/spade rudder
- Rig Type
- Masthead Sloop
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- Lead
Production
- First Built
- 1979
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- 12
Engine & Accommodations
- Engine Make
- Seapanther
- Engine Type
- Diesel
Notes:
Sloop rigged but designed and constructed to ocean sail as a cutter. There is an inner foredeck chain plate, inner headsail and staysail.
Jeremy Rogers developed vacuum bag assisted resin transfer systems for building the Contessa 32 & 39 models.
The CONTESSA 39 'Eclipse', owned by builder Jeremy Rogers, finished 2nd overall in the notorious Fastnet Race of 1979.
Designer
- Doug Peterson (1945–2017)
Builder
- Jeremy Rogers Ltd. (1961)