Californian 38 Motor Yacht
Built 1983–1987 by Californian Yachts
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.