| Hinckley 38 | |
| Designer: | Sparkman & Stephens |
| Location: | Canada and United States |
| Year: | 1968 |
| No Built: | 28 |
| Builder: | Hughes Boat Works Hinckley Yachts |
| Role: | Cruiser-Racer |
| Draft: | 5.67feet |
| Displacement: | 139200NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | fibreglass |
| Loa: | 37.5feet |
| Lwl: | 27.5feet |
| Beam: | 10.5feet |
| Engine: | Inboard engine |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 60000NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | skeg-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 45feet |
| J: | 40feet |
| P: | 15feet |
| E: | 14feet |
| Sailplan: | masthead sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 280square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 337.5square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 617.5square feet |
| Previous: | Hughes 38-1 |
The Hinckley 38 is a sailboat that was designed by Sparkman & Stephens as a cruiser-racer and first built in 1968.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The boat is a development of the Hughes 38-1 and, like that design and the Hughes 38-2, Hughes 38-3 and the North Star 38, is a version of Sparkman & Stephens' design number 1903.[1] [2] [5] [6]
The design's hulls were built by Hughes Boat Works in Centralia, Ontario, Canada and then shipped to Hinckley Yachts in Southwest Harbor, Maine, where the deck was added and the boat finished. Production ran from 1968 to 1970 with at total of 28 boats completed.[1] [2] [7] [8] [9] [10]
The Hinckley 38 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig with a keel-stepped mast; a raked stem; a raised counter, reverse transom; a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed, swept fin keel. It displaces 139200NaN0 and carries 60000NaN0 of ballast.[1] [2]
The boat has a draft of 5.67feet with the standard keel and is fitted with an inboard engine for docking and manoeuvring.[1] [2]
The design has sleeping accommodation for six people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin and two a straight settees, plus two pilot berths in the main cabin. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a three-burner stove, an ice box and a sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the port side.[1] [2]
For upwind sailing the design may be equipped with one of a series of jibs or genoas and for sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker.[1] [2]
The design has a hull speed of 7.03kn.[2]