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The Catalina 38 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig with aluminum spars, a raked stem , a raised counter reverse transom , an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin standard draft or shoal draft keel .
The Yankee 38 is an American sailboat that was designed by Sparkman & Stephens as racer-cruiser and first built in 1972. [1] [2] The design was a development of the 1971 IOR One Ton Cup racing boat Lightnin. [1] The Yankee 38 design was developed into the Catalina 38 in 1978, after Yankee Yachts went out of business and the molds were sold to ...
The Swan 38 is a racing keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, with wood trim and aluminum spars. The hull is made from solid glassfibre, reinforced with a galvanized I-beam . It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem , a raised counter reverse transom , a skeg -mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel .
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.
The design was built by North Star Yachts in Canada, after Hughes Boat Works was purchased by U.S. Steel and renamed in 1969. The boat was built from 1971 until 1976. It was replaced by the Hughes 38-3 in 1977 after previous owner Howard Hughes bought the company back.
The S-38 was developed based upon experience with the Sikorsky S-34 and S-36. The S-38 first flew in May 1928. According to Sikorsky, "The ship had very good takeoff characteristics from land and water. It had a climb of 1,000 feet (300 m) per minute fully loaded, and a maximum speed close to 130 miles per hour (210 km/h).
The Mark 12 5"/38-caliber gun was a United States dual-purpose naval gun, but also installed in single-purpose mounts on a handful of ships.The 38-caliber barrel was a mid-length compromise between the previous United States standard 5"/51 low-angle gun and 5"/25 anti-aircraft gun.
The first USS Keosanqua (AT-38) was launched 26 February 1920 by Staten Island Shipbuilding Company, Port Richmond, New York; and commissioned 9 December 1920 at New York Navy Yard. Departing New York on 2 February 1921, Keosanqua sailed for Hawaii via Charleston, the Panama Canal , and San Diego.