OCEANIC 38
Specifications
Hull
| LOA | 37.83 ft |
| LWL | 31.42 ft |
| Beam | 11.92 ft |
| Draft | 5.5 ft |
| Displacement | 18,750 lb |
| Ballast | 6,999.4 lb |
| Hull speed1.34·√LWL | 7.5 kn |
Rig & Sails
| Iforetriangle height | 49 ft |
| Jforetriangle base | 15.33 ft |
| Pmainsail luff | 44 ft |
| Emainsail foot | 14.8 ft |
| FLforestay | 15.3 ft |
| Mainsail | 727.2 sq ft |
| Jib (100%) | 375.6 sq ft |
| Spinnaker | 638.5 sq ft |
Direct variant of the OCEANIC 38
Near-identical models — same hull, builder and designer, re-badged or lightly changed. Specs and owner-reported issues are typically shared across the group, so a sister model's page may carry detail this one doesn't.
Performance
Estimated Value
Low ConfidenceAsking price by model year
22 listings · boat years 1986–2019 · median $275,000
Each dot is one listing · hover for details · dashed red line marks the median · obvious data-entry outliers (top & bottom 2.5%) excluded.
Estimated Cost of Ownership
Based on 37.83ft LOA. Actual costs vary by condition, usage, and local rates.
Known Issues & Pre-Purchase Inspection
We don't have enough data on the OCEANIC 38yet to publish model-specific findings we'd stand behind — but here's a free general inspection checklist, built from our research into what actually goes wrong on boats of this kind.
Drawn from 7,029 documented issues across 2,391 models, ordered so the areas that most often turn up problems come first.
Own a OCEANIC 38? Reports from owners are what turn this into a model-specific checklist — and they're the reason the boats above it have one.
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