[C38] Skegs (not kegs!)

[Joseph Launie]

Max,
     I raced a number of times on a Yankee 38. That boat was designed by 
Sparkman Stevens as a One Ton Racer.  Frank Butler replaced the flush 
deck with the cabin we all know.  Frank redid the rudder assembly - 
possibly twice. He also made the mast taller and shortened the boom to 
get a better IOR rating.  I did a 2 day race from LA Harbor around San 
Nickolas Island and return.The  cockpit was extremely uncomfortable 
because of low seat backs.  The flush deck made the boat very wet going 
to weather.

     The early C-38s had a tiller and a gas Atomic 4 engine. A number of 
members of Long Beach YC bought the boats and made them available for 
the Congresssional Cup  match racing. Joe Launie/Macavity


ever seen a Yankee 38, but I read that one of the modifications that 
Frank Butler did to the 38 was replacing the skeg mounted rudder for a 
spade rudder. Also said that the mast was replaced for a taller one with 
small boom, but still, hull #1 came with the Yankee mast... So, who 
knows... Could there be a 38 with skeg rudder?? We have noticed many 
differences between early and later models during this year, so who 
knows... Butler, perhaps??
> Regards,
> Max
> Sent from my iPod
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> On Sep 14, 2011, at 18:29,"tdtron at earthlink.net"  <tdtron at earthlink.net>  wrote:
>
>    
>> I sold my 38 but it was a 1981, hull  #95, shoal draft with a skeg mounted
>> cutlass bearing but the rudder was the same as on the deep fin models.  The
>> skeg mounted cutlass gave some additional keel surface to compensate for
>> the shorter keel but I don't think there was any difference in the rudder.
>>
>> Does anyone know if the Yankee 38 had a skeg rudder?
>>
>> Tom Troncalli
>> Recovering ex-Catalina 38 owner
>>
>>
>>      
>>> [Original Message]
>>> From: John Felkins<jrfelkins at gmail.com>
>>> To:listserve at catalina38.org  <listserve at catalina38.org>
>>> Date: 9/14/2011 5:31:52 PM
>>> Subject: [C38] Skegs (not kegs!)
>>>
>>> Are there certain years that the Cal38 was built with a skeg rudder? I'm
>>>        
>> pretty sure I've seen a pic of one but don't know if it's a mod. Thanks!
>>      
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