| Hughes 38-1 | |
| Designer: | Sparkman & Stephens |
| Location: | Canada |
| Year: | 1967 |
| Builder: | Hughes Boat Works |
| Role: | Cruiser-Racer |
| Draft: | 6feet |
| Displacement: | 127000NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | fibreglass |
| Loa: | 37.82feet |
| Lwl: | 27feet |
| Beam: | 10.17feet |
| Engine: | Universal Atomic 4 gasoline engine |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 61000NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | skeg-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 43.5feet |
| J: | 14.5feet |
| P: | 39.2feet |
| E: | 13.7feet |
| Sailplan: | masthead sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 268.52square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 315.38square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 583.9square feet |
| Successor: | Hughes 38-2 |
The Hughes 38-1 or Hughes 38 Mark I, is a Canadian sailboat that was designed by Sparkman & Stephens as a cruiser-racer and first built in 1967. It is Sparkman & Stephens design number 1903.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The design was originally marketed by the manufacturer as the Hughes 38, but is now usually referred to as the Hughes 38-1 or Mark I to differentiate it from the later 1970 Hughes 38-2 and 1977 Hughes 38-3 designs.[1] [2]
The design was built by Hughes Boat Works in Canada, from 1967 until 1969, but it is now out of production.[1] [2] [5] [6]
Some hulls were also built by Hughes and sold to Hinckley Yachts of Southwest Harbor, Maine. These hulls were then fitted with a new deck design built by Hinckley and marketed as the Hinckley 38.[1] [2] [7] [8]
The Hughes 38-1 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig; a raked stem; a raised counter, reverse transom; a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 127000NaN0 and carries 61000NaN0 of lead ballast.[1] [2]
The boat has a draft of 6feet with the standard swept fin keel.[1] [2]
The boat is fitted with a Universal Atomic 4 gasoline engine for docking and manoeuvring, although a diesel engine was available as a factory option. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .[1] [2]
The design has sleeping accommodation for seven people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, a straight settee and a drop-down dinette table that forms a double berth in the main cabin and two aft quarter berths. The galley is located on the starboard side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is equipped with a two-burner stove and a sink, plus an ice box under the companionway steps. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the port side. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the port side and includes a shower.[1] [2]
For sailing the design may be equipped with one of a series of jibs or genoas.[2]
The design has a hull speed of 6.96kn.[2]