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Built by Baja Marine · Luxury Performance line

38 Special

3 records from the builder's own pages, oldest first. Where the builder changed a figure, the row is marked.

Published figures

3 records side by side. On a narrow screen, scroll the table sideways to see them all.

Published figures for the 38 Special, one column per record
Figure Record 1
Builder model page, as captured 26 Dec 1996 1		 Record 2
Builder model page, as captured 21 Jan 1998 2		 Record 3
Builder spec sheet, 1999 line-up 3
Length 37'7" 11.46 m 37'7" 11.46 m 37'7" 11.46 m
Beam 9'3" 2.82 m 9'3" 2.82 m 9'3" 2.82 m
Weight changed 9,100 lb 4,127.7 kg 9,610 lb 4,320 kg 9,610 lb 4,324.5 kg
Draft 40" 101.60 cm 40" 101.60 cm 40" 101.60 cm
Deadrise at transom 24° 24° 24°
Fuel capacity 220 gal 832.5 L 220 gal 832.5 L 220 gal 832.5 L
Passengers 9 9 9
Sleeps 4 4 4

Imperial and metric figures are both as the builder printed them; the builder's own conversions vary slightly from page to page. "Changed" compares the imperial figure only.

Engine options

As listed on record 3 (Builder spec sheet, 1999 line-up), word for word. 3

  • Yanmar / Bravo 1 / SS Props / 350 HP Diesel
  • MerCruiser 454 Magnum MPI / Bravo I / SS Props / 385 HP / OER
  • MerCruiser 502 Magnum MPI / Bravo I / SS Props / 415 HP / OER
  • MerCruiser HP 500 / Bravo I / SS Props / 470 HP / OER
  • MerCruiser 500 Bulldog / Bravo I / SS Props / 470 HP / OER
  • MerCruiser 525 SC / Bravo I / SS Props / 500 HP / OER

Not recorded here

Top speed, price, hull identification numbers and production counts: none of the builder pages we found states them for this model, so the register leaves them out rather than estimate.

Trips in this model

No logged trips in a 38 Special yet. Send one.

Sources

  1. Baja Marine, bajamarine.com: 38 Special (model page). Baja Marine, Inc. (archived by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine). Captured 26 Dec 1996, read 2026-10-14. Archived page
  2. Baja Marine, bajamarine.com: 38 Special (model page). Baja Marine, Inc. (archived by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine). Captured 21 Jan 1998, read 2026-10-14. Archived page
  3. Baja Marine, bajamarine.com: 38 Special (spec sheet). Baja Marine, Inc. (archived by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine). Captured 22 Aug 1999, read 2026-10-14. Archived page