PEARSON 38
Masthead Sloop • Fin w/spade rudder • Built 1989
Dimensions
- LOA
- 37.5 ft
- LWL
- 29.58 ft
- Beam
- 12.33 ft
- Max Draft
- 4.75 ft
- Displacement
- 15,175 lbs
- Ballast
- 6,050 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.99 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 17.1
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 262
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 39.9%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 655 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin w/spade rudder
- Rig Type
- Masthead Sloop
- Hull Material
- FG w/balsa cored deck
- Ballast Type
- Lead
Production
- First Built
- 1989
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- 21
Engine & Accommodations
- Engine Make
- Yanmar
- Engine Model
- 3GM30F
- Power
- 25 hp
- Engine Type
- Diesel
- Water
- 83 gal
- Fuel
- 22 gal
- Mast Height
- 5.75 ft
Notes:
21 hulls were built from 1989 - 1990. (Based on earlier PEARSON 36-2?)
Pearson Yachts went out of business in 1990.
In 1998, an updated version, but from the original molds, was built by the short lived Cal-Pearson Corp.. Of these it is said that only 3 were built.