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Little Harbor 38

Little Harbor (Lien Hwa) · 1982–1988 · Sloop rig

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Little Harbor 38 profile drawing
LOA38'
Beam11.83'
Draft4.5'
Displ.10.3t
Rigsloop
HullFiberglass

Bluewater Evidence · Ocean Proven

88% confidence
Doc.CapableProven

A named boat of this design has finished an ocean race in the official results: Puritan (Newport Bermuda Race 2006). Its capsize screen value is 1.73.

Overview

The Little Harbor 38 is a Ted Hood keel-centerboard design built for Little Harbor by Lien Hwa in Taiwan, built from 1982 to 1988, with 31 completed.

Design and Construction

sailboatdata.com lists a keel and centerboard with a spade rudder, 38 ft overall on a 31 ft waterline, 11.83 ft of beam and 4.5 ft of draft with the board up and 9.5 ft with it down. Displacement is 20,600 lb with 8,400 lb of ballast, and the masthead sloop carries about 739 sq ft.

Ocean Racing Record

Puritan (William G. Gunther) finished the Newport Bermuda Race in 2006.

Buyers Notes

Inspect the centerboard, its pennant and the trunk. Neal’s Little Harbor row covers the 42 to 90 ft boats and does not include the 38.

Passage records

Puritan· William G. Gunther2006

Newport Bermuda Race (2006)

Finished 1 time in the official results.

Source: Newport Bermuda Race official results

Altair· Donald Cody2001

Marion-Bermuda Race (2001)

Finished.

Source: Marion-Bermuda Race 2001 results

Documented repairs and system-specific fixes reported for the Little Harbor 38, drawn from known-issue write-ups and video transcripts.

Repairs Documented on Video

⚙ mast⚙ masthead electronics⚙ furling

A rigger shows a refit of a 1982 Hood Stoway mast from a Little Harbor 38. He stripped all the hardware, polished the fittings, rebuilt the swivel in the manual rope drive unit, and put in a new track system. At the masthead he replaced a seized antenna with a new combination VHF antenna, and fitted new LED spreader lights and a tri-color anchor light with a photocell.

What sailing channels say about the Little Harbor 38, quoted from video transcripts with a link to the exact moment. Opinions belong to the speakers; the written review above stays independent of them.

repairs⚙ mast⚙ masthead electronics⚙ furling

A rigger shows a refit of a 1982 Hood Stoway mast from a Little Harbor 38. He stripped all the hardware, polished the fittings, rebuilt the swivel in the manual rope drive unit, and put in a new track system. At the masthead he replaced a seized antenna with a new combination VHF antenna, and fitted new LED spreader lights and a tri-color anchor light with a photocell.

  1. [1]SpecificationsLITTLE HARBOR 38 - SailboatData.com- Dimensions, displacement, ballast, sail area, keel, rig, designer and builder.
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