TA Yang Yacht Building Co. Ltd. Ct-37

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The TA Yang Yacht Building Co. Ltd. Ct-37, 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 43 — a heavy, notably soft motion offshore.

Comfort ratio 43

CoastalBluewater

At 1.60 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.

Capsize screening 1.60

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 330

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 16.1

TenderStiff

31% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 31%

Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.

Heavier than ~85% of boats her size on file
Draws more than ~83% of boats her size on file

Compared with 426 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The TA Yang Yacht Building Co. Ltd. Ct-37, as the fleet has seen it

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The Ta Yang Yacht Building Co. Ltd. Ct-37 is a Robert H. Perry-designed sailboat, built from 1976 to the present, featuring a long keel hull and a cutter rig. It measures 11.2 meters LOA, with a 3.5-meter beam, 1.7-meter draft, and 10827 kg displacement.3:20 The model was also available as a ketch or with a pilot house.3:20 The Tayana 37, a full-keel double-ender, is a semi-custom cruising yacht with 588 hulls produced, known for its global cruising capability.3:37 It is often compared to other robust cruising boats like the Passport Yachts 40, Westsail 32, Alberg 30, and Contessa 32, all recognized for their performance in extreme conditions.10:56

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

30.8%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Cutter

Ratios

SA / displacement

16.1

Displacement / length

330.4

Comfort ratio

42.9

Capsize screening

1.60

Hull speed

7.6 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1308

Hull

Hull type

Long Keel

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

First built 1976

Designer

Robert H. Perry

Builder

Ta Yang Yacht Building Co. Ltd

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Cabo Rico 3811.58 mSame hull family0.4 m longerAn aft-cockpit evolution of the Tiburon 36, offering a heavy-displacement cutter platform for stable blue-water sailing

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Related models

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

Tayana 37A Robert Perry-designed long-keel cutter with a heavy displacement and a production run of nearly 600 hulls Tayana 47 CCA Robert Perry-designed center cockpit cutter built for offshore comfort with a high sail area to displacement ratio TA Chaio Shipbuilding Co. (Taiwan) Ct-48A Robert Perry-designed staysail ketch built for offshore comfort with a heavy displacement and skeg-mounted rudder Tayana 47 DSA Robert Perry-designed cutter featuring a deck salon and skeg-hung rudder, built for comfortable blue-water cruising

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