Bombardier 3.8

{{Short description|Sailboat class}}

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{{Use Canadian English|date=July 2019}}

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|location = Canada

|year = 1974

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|builder = Bombardier Limited

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|hull type = Monohull

|construction = Fibreglass

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|engine = none

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|keel type = daggerboard

|ballast = none

|rudder type = transom-mounted rudder

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|rig type = catboat

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The Bombardier 3.8 is a Canadian sailing dinghy, first built in 1974.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/bombardier-38|title = Bombardier 3.8 sailboat specifications and details|access-date = 22 July 2019|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190720185844/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/bombardier-38|archive-date =20 July 2019|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/bombardier/38|title= Bombardier 3.8|access-date= 10 April 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220410183033/https://sailboat.guide/bombardier/38|archive-date= 10 April 2022|url-status= live}}

The design is a development of the 1973 Bombardier Invitation, although smaller and lighter.

The boat was sold in Sweden as the Triss Racer.