Bayfield 36

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The Bayfield 36, on the water

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Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a moderate beam gives 32 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 32

CoastalBluewater

1.82 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.82

LightHeavy

291 — heavy for her waterline, built to carry stores and ride steadily.

Displacement / length 291

EasygoingPowered-up

17.6 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 17.6

TenderStiff

35% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 35%

A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.

Beamier than ~82% of boats her size on file

Compared with 430 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Bayfield 36, as the fleet has seen it

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The Bayfield 36 is a heavy-displacement, cutter-rigged cruiser built by Bayfield Boat Yard Ltd. from 1984 to 1988, designed by Haydn Gozzard.0:45 It features a traditional clipper bow, a bowsprit, and extensive teak joinery.2:20 The boat measures 11.0 m LOA, including the bowsprit, with a 9.3 m waterline, a 3.7 m beam, and a 1.5 m draft.1:36 It displaces 8391 kg, with 2948 kg of encapsulated lead ballast within a long, full keel.1:36 The rudder attaches directly to the keel’s trailing edge, protecting the propeller in an aperture.2:58 Construction includes a solid fiberglass hull and a balsa-cored deck.3:51 The interior layout offers two private cabins, a saloon, a galley, and a head with a small bathtub.7:06 Originally powered by a 44-horsepower Yanmar 4JHE diesel, the Bayfield 36 tracks well in heavy weather but requires planning for close-quarters maneuvering.10:02

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Sailed by the fleet

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Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

35.1%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Cutter

Ratios

SA / displacement

17.6

Displacement / length

291.1

Comfort ratio

32.5

Capsize screening

1.82

Hull speed

7.4 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1308

Hull

Hull type

Long Keel

Construction

Fiberglass

Ballast type

Lead

Production

Years built

1984–1988

Designer

Haydn Gozzard

Builder

Bayfield Boat Yard Ltd

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