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HANS CHRISTIAN 38

This stunning, long-keeled, canoe-sterned yacht was one of designer Harwood Ives’ most popular yachts. Built in Taiwan, three versions were produced – the original HC38T cutter, a MkII model from 1978 with some interior and rig changes, and in 1984 a ‘performance’ version featuring a taller mast, shorter fin keel and skeg-mounted, semi-balanced rudder, called the HC38 Telstar.

Her cockpit is deep and all had wheel steering. Under sail she exhibits a sea kindly motion yet she stays doggedly

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