Californian 38 Motor Yacht
Built 1983–1987 by Californian Yachts
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About the Californian 38 Motor Yacht
Researched from public sources for this model. Any individual boat may have been modified or repowered — confirm before relying on any figure.
- Built
- 1983–1987
- Builder
- Californian Yachts
- Length
- 37.67 ft
- Beam
- 13.25 ft
- Draft
- 3.5 ft
- Displacement
- 28,000 lb
- Hull
- fiberglass
- Hull / keel
- planing
- Propulsion
- inboard
- Fuel
- 365 gal
- Water
- 100 gal
- Stern thruster
- none
Sources disagree on waterline — left blank rather than guessed.
Solid fiberglass low-deadrise hull with a three-quarter skeg keel. Two heads with stall showers; lower helm with deck door; roomy engine room. The 43 Cockpit MY is the same boat with a cockpit. Californian was owned by Wellcraft from 1982, bought back by its founder in 1987, then sold to Carver.
Known problems for this model
No well-sourced problem reports found yet.
Model sources (2)
Other Californian models
- Californian 43 Cockpit Motor Yacht 1983–1987
- Californian 45 Motor Yacht 1988–1991
Researched from public sources. Spotted an error? The sources are listed above — tell us what they got wrong.