title: Lancer 39
text: # Lancer 39
  
  The Lancer 39 is an American sailboat that was designed by Herb David as an motorsailer and a cruiser and first built in 1982.
  
  ## Production
  
  The design was built by Lancer Yachts in the United States, from 1982 to 1983, but it is now out of production.
  
  ## Design
  
  The Lancer 39 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a plumb transom, with a fixed swimming platform, a pilothouse, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 16,000 lb (7,257 kg) and carries 3,500 lb (1,588 kg) of ballast.
  
  The boat has a draft of 5.67 ft (1.73 m) with the standard keel and is fitted with an inboard engine for cruising, docking and maneuvering.
  
  The design has a hull speed of 7.76 kn (14.37 km/h).
  
  