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Cascade Yachts 36

Cutter · Fin keel, spade rudder · First built 1967

A cutter-rigged cruiser with a fin keel and spade rudder, evolving from a 1967 design into a versatile offshore platform

Designed by Robert A. Smith, built by Yacht Constructors Inc.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/spade Rudder

See her sail

The Cascade Yachts 36, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from Sailing Palomita

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a narrow beam gives 29 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 29
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.73
LightHeavy

232 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 232
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 offshore cruiser with an easy motion when the sea gets up.

  • Narrower than ~78% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2967 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Cascade Yachts 36, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Cascade Yachts 36 is a Robert A. Smith-designed cutter-rigged sailboat, built by Yacht Constructors Inc. since 1967, with an LOA of 10.8 meters and a displacement of 5669 kg. Early models featured a traditional transom, a longer fin keel, and a sloop rig without a bowsprit, while later versions adopted a cutter rig and a spade rudder. Aboard *Sailing Palomita*, a crew sailing a Sabre Yachts 42 encountered a Cascade Yachts 36 named *De Novo* at Santa Rosa Island, where a crew member from *De Novo* sustained a knee injury.2:43

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
35.5%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cutter
Ratios
SA / displacement
17.6
Displacement / length
231.9
Comfort ratio
29.1
Capsize screening
1.73
Hull speed
7.2 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1032
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1967
Units built
156
Designer
Robert A. Smith
Builder
Yacht Constructors Inc, Cascade Yachts, Inc

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The family

Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

Cascade Yachts 29The original 1961 Cascade model, offered as a bare hull for custom finishing and featuring a versatile cutter rigCascade Yachts 42A Robert A. Smith-designed cutter with a fin keel and bulb, built for offshore stability since 1964Cascade Yachts 42 HSA high-freeboard evolution of the original 42 hull, featuring increased beam and an updated interior for cruisingCascade Yachts 27A masthead sloop with a fin keel and spade rudder, designed by Robert A. Smith for balanced coastal cruisingCascade Yachts 23A Robert A. Smith-designed fractional sloop with a lifting keel and a high sail area-to-displacement ratio for lively performance

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