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Sun Shine 38 Team / Fin keel

Sailboat specifications

The Sun Shine 38 is a 36’8” (11.2m) cruising sailboat designed by Tony Castro Yacht Design (Argentina). She was built between 1982 and 1989 by Jeanneau (France). The Team / Fin keel version adopts a classical fin configuration, the easiest option to provide a low center of gravity.

The Sun Shine 38 is as well listed, on Boat-Specs.com, in Owner / Keel and centerboard version (see all the versions compared).

Sun Shine 38's main features

Model
Sun Shine 38
Version
Team / Fin keel
Hull type
Monohull
Category
Cruising sailboat
Sailboat builder
Sailboat designer
Country
France
Construction
GRP (glass reinforced polyester):
- Hull: Single skin fiberglass (Kevlar optional) polyester
- Deck: Sandwich balsa fiberglass polyester
Number of hulls built
About 750
First built hull
1982
Last built hull
1989
Appendages
Keel : fin without bulb
Helm
Single tiller (helm wheel in option)
Rudder
Single semi-spade rudder
Unsinkable
No
Trailerable
No
Former French navigation category
1
Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only)
N/A

Sun Shine 38's main dimensions

Overall length
36’ 8”11.2 m
Hull length
36’ 8”11.2 m
Waterline length
30’ 8”9.35 m
Beam (width)
12’ 7”3.85 m
Draft
6’ 2”1.9 m
Mast height from DWL
55’ 1”16.8 m
Light displacement (MLC)
11905 lb5400 kg
Ballast weight
5027 lb2280 kg
Ballast type
Cast iron
French customs tonnage
12.16 Tx

Sun Shine 38's rig and sails

Upwind sail area
818 ft²76 m²
Downwind sail area
1453 ft²135 m²
Mainsail area
301 ft²28 m²
Genoa area
517 ft²48 m²
Solent area
409 ft²38 m²
Jib area
215 ft²20 m²
Symmetric spinnaker area
1152 ft²107 m²
J
 iFore triangle base (from mast foot to bottom of forestay)
13’ 6”4.12 m
P
 iMainsail hoist measurement (from tack to head)
40’12.19 m
E
 iMainsail foot measurement (from tack to clew)
13’ 6”4.11 m
Rigging type
Sloop Marconi masthead
Mast configuration
Deck stepped mast
Rotating spars
No
Number of levels of spreaders
2
Spreaders angle
0 °
Spars construction
Aluminum spars
Standing rigging
1x19 strand wire

Sun Shine 38's performances

HN (French rating)
 iHN or "Handicap Nationale" is an empirical rating system used in France allowing various monohulls, of different sizes and designs, to race each other fairly. It is particularly suitable for cruiser and cruiser-racer. Therefore, by comparing these values, we can have an indication of the relative speed of 2 boats.
22.0
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.
266 ft²/T24.69 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.
472 ft²/T43.86 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.
187
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.
42 %
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.
7.42 knots

Sun Shine 38's auxiliary engine

Engine(s)
1 inboard engine
Engine(s) power
30 HP
Fuel type
Diesel
Fuel tank capacity
22.5 gal85 liters

Sun Shine 38's accommodations and layout

Cockpit
Closed aft cockpit
Cabin(s) (min./max.)
2 / 3
Berth(s) (min./max.)
6 / 10
Head(s)
1
Freshwater tank capacity
52.8 gal200 liters
Fridge/ice-box capacity
26.4 gal100 liters
Boiler capacity
11.4 gal43 liters
Maximum headroom
6’ 1”1.86 m
Galley headroom
5’ 11”1.8 m
Head headroom
5’ 8”1.75 m

Sun Shine 38's saloon

Maximum headroom
6’1.83 m
Saloon table length
3’ 7”1.1 m
Saloon table width
3’ 4”1 m

Sun Shine 38's fore cabin

Maximum headroom
5’ 8”1.75 m
Berth length
6’ 7”2 m
Berth width
5’ 6”1.68 m

Sun Shine 38's aft cabin

Maximum headroom
5’ 11”1.8 m
Berth length
6’ 5”1.95 m
Berth width
4’ 11”1.5 m
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