The Pardo 38 is a testament to Italian craftsmanship and innovation, seamlessly blending elegance with high performance. This open yacht is designed for the discerning boater who values style and functionality. Measuring approximately 12 meters in length, the Pardo 38 features a sleek, modern exterior that is both striking and practical. Its hull is constructed from high-quality GRP, ensuring durability and a smooth ride even in choppy waters. The interior layout is thoughtfully designed to maximize space and comfort, accommodating up to 8 guests during the day and providing sleeping arrangements for 4 with its well-appointed cabins. The Pardo 38 is powered by inboard engines, offering a cruising speed of 25 knots and a top speed of 35 knots, making it an ideal choice for those seeking both a leisurely cruise and a thrilling ride. With a fuel capacity of 1000 liters, it offers an impressive range for extended journeys. The deck layout is open and inviting, perfect for socializing, sunbathing, or simply enjoying the sea breeze. Designed by Cantiere del Pardo’s in-house team, the Pardo 38 showcases meticulous attention to detail in its engineering, ensuring a seamless blend of aesthetics and functionality. Whether you’re exploring coastal waters or enjoying a sunset cruise, the Pardo 38 promises an unforgettable experience. Its combination of performance, comfort, and style makes it a standout choice in the luxury open yacht category.
Length
11.9M
Beam
3.6M
Draft
0.9M
Day Guests
8
Sleeping
4
Cabin
2
Crew
1
Cruise Speed
25KT
Max Speed
35KT
Fuel
1000L
Range
300NM
Engine
2 x Volvo Penta D6-380
Option 1
2 x Volvo Penta D6-440
Option 2
2 x Mercury Verado 300
Naval
Cantiere del Pardo
Exterior
Cantiere del Pardo
Interior
Cantiere del Pardo
New Starting From
€450,000
High Price Brokerage
€400,000
Low Price Brokerage
€350,000
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She handles like a boat half her size, and doubles as three different yachts depending on how she is powered.
Twin Volvo Penta D6-380 diesels come as standard, engineered by Cantiere del Pardo’s own team to a cruising speed of 25 knots and a top speed of 35 knots, with twin D6-440s available for owners who want more in reserve. A pair of Mercury Verado 300 outboards sits at the other end of the range, trading weight for immediacy and lifting the transom clear for easier servicing. Whichever route an owner takes, the sums stay generous: 1,000 litres of fuel and a genuine 300 nautical mile range mean a full day on the water, or several, without returning to the pump. Low draught, just 0.9 metres, opens shallow anchorages a deeper hulled yacht at this length would have to pass by.
Her deck reads as one uninterrupted space, the mark of a yacht drawn rather than assembled.
At 3.6 metres of beam carried well forward, the Pardo 38 keeps her walkaround layout genuinely open, with side decks wide enough to move fore and aft without ducking under a hardtop or squeezing past seating. Cantiere del Pardo, an Italian yard with four decades of composite hull building behind it, applies the same discipline here as on its sailing yachts: a fibreglass hull finished to a standard that rewards close inspection, not just a photograph from the quay. The result is a profile that stays clean at rest and settles flat and level underway, giving guests a stable, sociable platform rather than a boat that has to be driven to be enjoyed.
Eight for lunch, four for the night. The Pardo 38 does not pretend to be more than a dayboat, and that honesty is exactly her appeal.
The cockpit and foredeck combine to seat eight guests comfortably for a day of swimming stops and sundowners, while below deck two cabins sleep four when a night at anchor extends into a weekend. A single crew member is enough to run her, keeping the yacht simple to own and inexpensive to operate compared with anything larger in the range. It is this restraint, rather than any single feature, that defines her: everything on board earns its place, from the sunbathing space forward to the practical stowage worked into the cockpit seating.
Every mechanical choice on the Pardo 38 was made in-house, by the same engineers who build the hull around it.
Naval architecture, exterior design, interior fit-out and mechanical engineering all sit under one roof at Cantiere del Pardo, a rare degree of control at this size of yacht. It shows in details that owners feel rather than see: engine access, wiring runs, the placement of tanks against her 8,500 kilogram displacement, all resolved by a team that also has to sail on what it builds. The payoff is a yacht that behaves predictably in a following sea and holds her trim at speed, the product of engineering decisions made together rather than bolted on afterwards.
The Pardo 38 is the accessible end of a shipyard that has spent forty years building to a higher standard than the segment usually asks for.
She measures 11.9 metres overall on a 3.6 metre beam, with a shallow 0.9 metre draught that keeps her tender to handle and easy to berth in tight marinas. Two cabins sleep four, eight can gather on deck by day, and one crew member covers day to day running. With three distinct engine packages available, from diesel sterndrives to twin outboards, and Cantiere del Pardo’s own naval architects, designers and engineers behind every version, she is less an entry point to the range than a fully resolved yacht in her own right, built for owners who want less boat to manage and no less craft behind it.
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