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Salona 38 Medium draft

Sailboat specifications

The Salona 38 is a 37’8” (11.5m) cruiser-racer sailboat designed by J&J Design (Slovenia) and Ker Yacht Design (United Kingdom). She was built since 2011 (and now discontinued) by AD Boats (Croatia). The Medium draft version offers a compromise between draft and performance.

The Salona 38 is as well listed, on Boat-Specs.com, in Shoal draft and Deep draft version (see all the versions compared).

Salona 38's main features

Model
Salona 38
Version
Medium draft
Hull type
Monohull
Category
Cruiser-racer sailboat
Sailboat builder
Sailboat designer
Sailboat range
Country
Croatia
Construction
GRP (glass reinforced polyester):
Sandwich fiberglass polyester with galvanized steel frame
First built hull
2011
Last built hull
Discontinued
Appendages
Keel : L-shaped keel (with bulb)
Helm
Twin helm wheels
Rudder
Single spade rudder
Unsinkable
No
Trailerable
No
EC design category
 iThe CE design category indicates the ability to cope with certain weather conditions (the sailboat is designed for these conditions)

A: Wind < force 9, Waves < 10m
B: Wind < force 8, Waves < 8m
C: Wind < force 6, Waves < 4m
D: Wind < force 4, Waves < 0,5m
A
Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only)
N/A

Salona 38's main dimensions

Hull length
37’ 8”11.5 m
Waterline length
33’ 4”10.15 m
Beam (width)
11’ 11”3.62 m
Draft
6’ 6”1.98 m
Light displacement (MLC)
14330 lb6500 kg
Ballast weight
5004 lb2270 kg

Salona 38's rig and sails

Upwind sail area
952 ft²88.4 m²
Downwind sail area
1492 ft²138.6 m²
Mainsail area
490 ft²45.5 m²
Genoa area
462 ft²42.9 m²
Symmetric spinnaker area
1002 ft²93.1 m²
I
 iFore triangle height (from mast foot to fore stay top attachment)
49’ 5”15.05 m
J
 iFore triangle base (from mast foot to bottom of forestay)
12’ 6”3.8 m
P
 iMainsail hoist measurement (from tack to head)
46’ 11”14.3 m
E
 iMainsail foot measurement (from tack to clew)
18’5.5 m
Rigging type
Sloop Marconi 9/10
Mast configuration
Keel stepped mast
Rotating spars
No
Number of levels of spreaders
3
Spreaders angle
Swept-back
Spars construction
Aluminum spars (carbon fiber spars as an option)

Salona 38's performances

Upwind sail area to displacement
 iThe ratio sail area to displacement is obtained by dividing the sail area by the boat's displaced volume to the power two-thirds.

The ratio sail area to displacement can be used to compare the relative sail plan of different sailboats no matter what their size.

Upwind: under 18 the ratio indicates a cruise oriented sailboat with limited performances especially in light wind, while over 25 it indicates a fast sailboat.
273 ft²/T25.38 m²/T
Downwind sail area to displacement
 iThe ratio sail area to displacement is obtained by dividing the sail area by the boat's displaced volume to the power two-thirds.

The ratio sail area to displacement can be used to compare the relative sail plan of different sailboats no matter what their size.
428 ft²/T39.79 m²/T
Displacement-length ratio (DLR)
 iThe Displacement Length Ratio (DLR) is a figure that points out the boat's weight compared to its waterline length. The DLR is obtained by dividing the boat's displacement in tons by the cube of one one-hundredth of the waterline length (in feet).
The DLR can be used to compare the relative mass of different sailboats no matter what their length:

a DLR less than 180 is indicative of a really light sailboat (race boat made for planning), while a DLR greater than 300 is indicative of a heavy cruising sailboat.
176
Ballast ratio
 iThe Ballast ratio is an indicator of stability; it is obtained by dividing the boat's displacement by the mass of the ballast. Since the stability depends also of the hull shapes and the position of the center of gravity, only the boats with similar ballast arrangements and hull shapes should be compared.

The higher the ballast ratio is, the greater is the stability.
35 %
Critical hull speed
 iAs a ship moves in the water, it creates standing waves that oppose its movement. This effect increases dramatically the resistance when the boat reaches a speed-length ratio (speed-length ratio is the ratio between the speed in knots and the square root of the waterline length in feet) of about 1.2 (corresponding to a Froude Number of 0.35) . This very sharp rise in resistance, between speed-length ratio of 1.2 to 1.5, is insurmountable for heavy sailboats and so becomes an apparent barrier. This leads to the concept of "hull speed".
The hull speed is obtained by multiplying the square root of the waterline length (in feet) by 1.34.
7.73 knots

Salona 38's auxiliary engine

Engine(s)
1 inboard engine
Engine(s) power
29 HP
Fuel type
Diesel
Fuel tank capacity
26.4 gal100 liters

Salona 38's accommodations and layout

Cockpit
Open aft cockpit
Cabin(s) (min./max.)
2 / 3
Berth(s) (min./max.)
4 / 8
Head(s) (min./max.)
1 / 2
Freshwater tank capacity
47.6 gal180 liters
Holding tank capacity
11.1 gal42 liters

Salona 38's saloon

Maximum headroom
6’ 2”1.89 m
Berth length
6’ 8”2.04 m
Berth width
1’ 10”0.56 m

Salona 38's fore cabin

Maximum headroom
6’ 2”1.88 m
Berth length
7’ 4”2.24 m

Salona 38's aft cabin

Berth length
6’ 7”2 m
Berth width
3’ 5”1.04 m
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