Oceanis 38

On the live Oceanis 38 card the overview calls the boat one of the most recognizable production yachts of Northern Europe: "Scandinavian yards", years 2014-2017, about 280-730 hulls, length 11.5 m, beam 3.99 m, displacement about 5 980 kg. It is a French Beneteau, drawn by Finot-Conq, not a Scandinavian yard. While the overview keeps the northern template and a weight that is not on the deep sheet (~6 850 kg, LWL 10.72 m), you are not yet looking at a consistent Oceanis 38 and you can easily mix it with the 38.1 update.

The model is a fractional sloop with a fin-and-bulb keel and twin rudders. Sheets: LOA 11.50 m, LWL 10.72 m, beam 3.99 m, deep draft about 2.08 m (shallow about 1.64 m), deep displacement about 6 850 kg, ballast about 1 790 kg. A lifting/centerboard option exists. Below, the 38 had three layout packs: Daysailer, Weekender, Cruiser (Daysailer lighter and slightly shorter overall). Sources start in 2013; the marketed model year is often 2014; the 38 line ends around 2016/2017, then the Oceanis 38.1. Live hull count 280-730 is not taken as SSOT. We do not invent an asking price here.

The 38.1 is an update of the same family, not a different hull length: Murray notes the removable forward bulkhead giving way to a fixed bulkhead with two doors, plus an optional L-galley. Brochures credit interiors to Nauta. Neighbor Oceanis 37 and 40 pages are not reviewed in this journal.