Cal 39 (Hunt/O'Day) explained

Cal 39 (Hunt/O'Day)
Class Image:File:Cal 39 Logo.png
Designer:C. Raymond Hunt and Associates
Location:United States
Year:1988
Builder:Jensen Marine/Cal Boats
O'Day Corp
George Crowell
Role:Racer-Cruiser
Draft:7feet
Displacement:175000NaN0
Hull Type:Monohull
Construction:Fiberglass
Loa:39feet
Lwl:31.67feet
Beam:12.58feet
Engine:Yanmar diesel engine
Keel Type:fin keel
Ballast:70000NaN0
Rudder Type:spade-type rudder
Rig Type:Bermuda rig
I:52.5feet
J:15.25feet
P:46.66feet
E:15feet
Sailplan:Masthead sloop
Sailarea Main:349.95square feet
Sailarea Headsail:400.31square feet
Sailarea Total:750.26square feet
Previous:Cal 39 Mark III

The Cal 39 (Hunt/O'Day) is an American sailboat that was designed by C. Raymond Hunt and Associates as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1988.[1] [2]

The design was originally marketed by the manufacturer as the Cal 39, but is now usually referred to as the Cal 39 (Hunt/O'Day) to differentiate it from the earlier unrelated C. William Lapworth-designs: the 1970 Cal 39, the 1978 Cal 39 Mark II and 1983 Cal 39 Mark III, which were all marketed under the same Cal 39 name.[1] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Production

The design was built by Jensen Marine/Cal Boats and the O'Day Corp. in the United States, both divisions of the Bangor Punta conglomerate. In 2001 George Crowell bought the molds for the design and built a limited number of boats in Little Compton, Rhode Island.[1]

Design

The Cal 39 (Hunt/O'Day) is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wooden trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a reverse transom with a cut-out for a ladder and swimming platform, a spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 175000NaN0 and carries 70000NaN0 of ballast.[1]

The boat has a draft of 7feet with the standard keel and 5.33feet with the optional shoal draft wing keel.[1]

The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel inboard engine for docking and maneuvering.[1]

The design has sleeping accommodation for six people, with a bow cabin with a "V"-berth, a U-shaped dinette table berth and settee berth and an aft cabin on the starboard side, under the cockpit. The head is located on the port side at the foot of the companionway steps, opposite the galley. The gallery includes a three-burner stove, double sinks and an icebox.[1]

See also

Similar sailboats

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cal 39 (Hunt/O'Day) sailboat . 25 March 2020. McArthur. Bruce . sailboatdata.com. 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20190502151122/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/cal-39-huntoday. 2 May 2019. live.
  2. Web site: Raymond Hunt (C.R. Hunt & Assoc.). 25 March 2020. McArthur. Bruce . sailboatdata.com. 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20190701154117/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/hunt-cr-hunt-assoc-raymond. 1 July 2019. live.
  3. Web site: Cal 39 Mk II sailboat . 25 March 2020. McArthur. Bruce . sailboatdata.com. 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20190602072013/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/cal-39-mk-ii-1-147. 2 June 2019. live.
  4. Web site: C. William Lapworth. 25 March 2020. McArthur. Bruce . sailboatdata.com. 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20190930062148/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/lapworth-c-william. 30 September 2019. live.
  5. Web site: Cal 39 Mk III sailboat . 25 March 2020. McArthur. Bruce . sailboatdata.com. 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20181018171806/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/cal-39-mk-iii. 18 October 2018. live.
  6. Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 330-331. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994.