The purpose-built passagemaker of the under-$30K market, and the easiest big cutter to sail alone.
Photo: The Shoreline Yacht Group listing, Long Beach (YachtWorld). Editorial/review use — licensing to be confirmed before commercial launch.
Price
$24,000 asking (Long Beach, Oct 2026)
Length
38' 0" LOA / 29' 0" LWL
Weight
19,500 lb displacement
Capacity
90 gal fuel / 50 gal water · headroom ~6'5"
Drive
Westerbeke 45 hp diesel
Best for: The 6'4"+ sailor who wants a heavy, forgiving boat for a solo Hawaii crossing and back.
The good
Cutter rig with two Furlex furlers splits the sail plan into small pieces one person can handle.
D/L 357, Comfort Ratio 35, CSF 1.76: a long-keel hull that carries stores and tracks under a windvane.
This listing has the solo kit: electric windlass with 300 ft of chain, davits, 2,000 W inverter, five AGMs, radar mast.
The bad
7.2-knot hull speed makes it the slowest of the tall-headroom picks; plan on 16+ days.
50 gal of water is light for a 19,500 lb boat; carry jerry cans or fit a watermaker.
Long-keel boats back into a slip like a shopping cart. Irrelevant at sea, annoying in a marina.
The honest take
Of 140 boats under $30K on the West Coast, this is the one that was drawn to do the job you are asking of it. A sister ship lists 6'5" headroom and the seller says full standing headroom throughout. Survey the 1978 hull and the chainplates, re-rig if the wire is over ten years old, and go.
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