Yankee 38 Owners List as of November 2005-----Hist

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Michael Kelly

Please share any and all knowledge, history, and performance characteristics on this beautiful old Sparkman & Stephens design. Keep an internal list of boats for sale and keep the discussion of value alive. Share upgrade and improvement stories
 
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John Bradshaw

Yankee 38 Questor

Just getting to know the boat but have been out in 35 knots and she has done well. The more I sail her the more I like her.
 
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James Oppy

Yankee 38 hull #14

I've sailed my Yankee 38 in Western Long Island quite a bit. She is solid and over-built, and sails very well in windy and rough conditions. She does have excessive weather helm, which I am trying to figure out how to fix. And her rudder is a bit undersized, in that she turns slowly. I don't know if that's good for ocean passages and bad for round-the-buoys racing, or if it's just bad all around. I tend to reef the main first, then the headsails to counter the weather helm. I have a wierd hollow spot in my keel, and would love to talk to other Yankee 38 owners about particulars that I am curious about.
 
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