CHALLENGER 38 (ALDEN)
Masthead Yawl • Keel/Cbrd. • Built 1960–1965
Dimensions
- LOA
- 38.5 ft
- LWL
- 27.25 ft
- Beam
- 11 ft
- Max Draft
- 8 ft
- Min Draft
- 4 ft
- Displacement
- 16,000 lbs
- Ballast
- — lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.75 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 15.7
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 353
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- —
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 625 sq ft
- I
- 42 ft
- J
- 14.3 ft
- P
- 36.5 ft
- E
- 17.8 ft
- PY
- 14 ft
- EY
- 7 ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Keel/Cbrd.
- Rig Type
- Masthead Yawl
- Hull Material
- FG hull
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1960
- Last Built
- 1965
- Number Built
- 50
Engine & Accommodations
- Engine Make
- Greymarine
- Engine Type
- Gas
Notes: Alden design #949. The Fiberglass hulls were molded by Halmatic Ltd. in the UK and finished with wood decks, usually covered with teak, mahogany cabin trunk and trim, by a number of other yards.
Designer
- John G. Alden (1884–1962)
Builders
- Halmatic Ltd. (1952)
- Hodgdon Bros. (USA) (1955)
- LeComte Yachts (1956–1993)
- Molich Shipyard