Santana 39

{{Short description|Sailboat class}}

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|designer = Gary Mull and W. Shad Turner

|location = United States

|year = 1972

|no built = 20

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|builder = W. D. Schock Corp

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|displacement = {{convert|18000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

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|hull type = Monohull

|construction = Fiberglass

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|lwl = {{convert|32.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|beam = {{convert|11.67|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|hull draft = {{convert|5.58|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|engine = Perkins Engines diesel engine {{convert|50|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}

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|keel type = fin keel

|ballast = {{convert|6600|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

|rudder type = Skeg-mounted rudder

|rigs = Masthead sloop

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The Santana 39 is an American sailboat, that was designed by Gary Mull and W. Shad Turner and first built in 1972.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/santana-39|title = Santana 39 sailboat specifications and details|accessdate = 1 January 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220101160004/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/santana-39|archive-date= 1 January 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/2103/santana-39|title = Sailboat Specifications for Santana 39 |accessdate = 17 October 2016|work = Sailing Joy|author= InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161019001525/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/2103/santana-39|archive-date= 19 October 2016|url-status= dead}}{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/designer/mull-gary|title = Garry Mull (1939-1994)|access-date = 20 December 2021|last = McArthur|first = Bruce|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url = https://archive.today/20210418231901/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/mull-gary|archive-date = 18 April 2021|url-status = live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/gary-mull|title= Gary Mull|access-date= 20 December 2021|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211220135325/https://sailboat.guide/gary-mull|archive-date= 20 December 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/turner-w-shad|title= W. Shad Turner|access-date = 1 January 2022|last= McArthur|first = Bruce|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200829192749/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/turner-w-shad|archive-date= 29 August 2020|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/schock/santana-39|title= Santana 39|access-date= 1 January 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220101184142/https://sailboat.guide/schock/santana-39|archive-date= 1 January 2022|url-status= live}}

Production

The boat was built by W. D. Schock Corp in the United States between 1972 and 1979, with 20 examples completed. The design is out of production.{{cite web|url= http://wdschock.com/history/boatlist.htm|title= Boats built by W.D. Schock|access-date= 9 August 2022|author= W. D. Schock Corp|author-link= W. D. Schock Corp|work= wdschock.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100221183356/http://wdschock.com/history/boatlist.htm|archive-date= 21 February 2010|url-status= dead}}

Design

The Santana 39 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a masthead sloop rig, a skeg-mounted rudder and a fixed fin keel. It displaces {{convert|18000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|6600|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of lead ballast. The boat has a draft of {{convert|5.58|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel.

The boat is fitted with a British Perkins diesel engine of {{convert|50|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}.

The boat has a hull speed of {{convert|7.46|kn|km/h|2|abbr=on}}.

See also

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