Stag 38
CHARLIE PAPA · Taddei · 1983
Updated
The Stag 38 is a 11.41 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Taddei and built by CHARLIE PAPA, first launched in 1983. It races in Class C.
Length
11.41 m
37′ 5″
Beam
3.91 m
Draft
2.10 m
Displacement
5.6 t
Sail area
85 m²
On the podium
Where a Stag 38 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
11%
of 18 starts by 2 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 18 starts by 2 boats between 2015 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Stag 38 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Campionato Nazionale d'Area - Isole Sicilia e Sardegna2026- 49° Campionato Invernale Vela d'Altura2026
- Campionato Invernale del Sabato2025
- Campionato Invernale del Sabato2024
- Campionato Invernale del Sabato2023
Raced one we are missing?
Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat. Here is how this one does in each.
Round the buoys
14%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
—
Not enough data yet: 4 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Stag 38 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Oceanis 46.1 (7 meetings), More 40 (5 meetings), Vismara 40 (4 meetings), Polaris 33 (4 meetings), Dufour 34 (4 meetings), Comet 12 (4 meetings), Rimar 44.3 (3 meetings), First 44.7 (3 meetings), Dufour 310 (3 meetings), First 31.7 (3 meetings), Swan 38 (3 meetings), Farr 31 (2 meetings), Xp 38 (2 meetings), First 47.7 (2 meetings), Este 31 (2 meetings), Sun Fizz 40 (2 meetings), Dufour 382 (2 meetings), Show 42 (2 meetings), Centurion 40 (2 meetings), Sly 42 (1 meeting), Canados 37 (1 meeting), Platu 25 (4 meetings), X-412 (2 meetings), X-442 (2 meetings), Dufour 44 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 42 (Frers) (1 meeting), First 40.7 (1 meeting), Dufour 41 (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Stag 38 has fared against each of them, boat against boat on corrected time. Ordered by how often the two meet, not by who wins.
Speed at every angle
The shape of this design's speed, drawn from the measured fleet. Pick a wind and watch it stretch.
Upwind VMG
5.25
37°
Beam reach
8.21
90°
Broad reach
8.88
135°
Downwind VMG
7.84
170°
Speed in knots at 20 knots of true wind. Green marks the angles that pay: the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Where it wins and where it pays
Every boat is judged against its own measurements — length, weight, sail area. The quicker those say it should be, the more it has to deliver just to break even. Going fast is not enough: it has to go faster than its own numbers promised.
This is a light-air boat. In the light it does more than its numbers promise, and gives some of that back when the wind arrives.
Where it gains
Its best ground is to windward when the breeze is soft, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage across the wind as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short cracked off once it pipes up, giving away time it never gets back. That is weight that has to be driven rather than released.
Above the line it delivers more than promised and gains on the fleet. Below, it falls short. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the upwind.
How fast is a Stag 38
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.77 | 4.93 | 5.19 | 5.25 |
| 52° | 5.67 | 6.90 | 7.16 | 7.27 |
| 60° | 5.94 | 7.04 | 7.33 | 7.47 |
| 75° | 6.10 | 7.16 | 7.56 | 7.82 |
| 90° | 6.01 | 7.18 | 7.69 | 8.21 |
| 110° | 5.77 | 7.27 | 7.91 | 8.54 |
| 120° | 5.58 | 7.17 | 7.91 | 8.84 |
| 135° | 4.98 | 6.85 | 7.67 | 8.88 |
| 150° | 4.21 | 6.28 | 7.33 | 8.46 |
| Run VMG | 3.65 | 5.46 | 6.73 | 7.84 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 650 kg.
Rigging
Stag 38 rig and sail dimensions
A Stag 38 carries 14.93 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.15 m boom, a forestay 14.93 m above the deck. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 75 to 93 m² depending on bowsprit and set-up. Before ordering a sail, read the figure on your own measurement record rather than the typical one for the design.