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Dockrell 37

Cutter · Keel/centreboard · First built 1981

A cutter-rigged cruiser featuring a keel-centerboard configuration for versatile draft control in a 37-foot hull

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.

Is it for you?

Character

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

Shoal draftDraws 1.14 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a narrow beam gives 25 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 25
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.81
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 190
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 15.5
TenderStiff

48% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 48%

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

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
47.8%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cutter
Ratios
SA / displacement
15.5
Displacement / length
190.2
Comfort ratio
25.2
Capsize screening
1.81
Hull speed
7.3 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1090
Hull
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1981
Builder
Dockrell (UK)

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Tartan Marine 34 C10.49 mSame hull family0.8 m shorterA Sparkman & Stephens masthead sloop featuring a keel-centerboard hull designed for shoal water and IOR competition
Southerly 11010.82 mSame hull family0.5 m shorterA Rob Humphreys-designed fractional sloop with a swing keel that allows for shallow-water exploration and drying out
Ovni 4012.60 mSame hull family1.3 m longerA 12.6-metre cutter with a high 25.21 sail-area-to-displacement ratio, built for agile performance during her 1984-1987

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