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Hans Christian 36

Cutter · Long Keel · First built 1974

A heavy-displacement cutter with a long keel, designed by Bob Perry for offshore stability and traditional cruising

Designed by Robert H. Perry, built by Union Ship Co. (Taiwan).

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Long Keel

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The Hans Christian 36, on the water

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

Footage from Salt & Tar

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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 narrow beam gives 37 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 37
CoastalBluewater

At 1.67 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.

Capsize screening 1.67
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 300
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 16.9
TenderStiff

33% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 33%

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

  • Draws more than ~84% of boats her size on file

Compared with 336 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Hans Christian 36, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Hans CHRISTIAN 36 is a 12.8-meter cutter-rigged sailboat with a long keel, designed by Robert H. Perry and built by Union Ship Co. and Hans Christian Yachts from 1974 to the present. It displaces 9979 kg with a 1.8-meter draft and 3.6-meter beam. The design is a lengthened version of the Hans Christian 34. Several nearly identical variants, including the MARINER POLARIS, UNION 36, MAO TA 36, and EO 36, were built by the same Taiwanese yard.17:58

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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What they go for

Market signal

Where the fleet has seen this model come up for sale.

1seen sold
1channel looked into buying

  • Purchased in Newport Beach, then sold after extensive repair attempts proved too much

    from Salt & Tarseen December 202345:07

From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
32.7%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cutter
Ratios
SA / displacement
16.9
Displacement / length
299.7
Comfort ratio
36.8
Capsize screening
1.67
Hull speed
7.6 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1334
Hull
Hull type
Long Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Iron
Production
Years built
First built 1974
Designer
Robert H. Perry
Builder
Union Ship Co. (TAIWAN), Hans Christian Yachts

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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.

Hans Christian 34A Robert Perry-designed cutter with a long keel, serving as the rare, original predecessor to the widely produced 36-foot series.Hans Christian 33A heavy-displacement cutter with a long keel, designed by Harwood Ives for comfortable, steady offshore passage-makingHans Christian 38TA traditional cutter with a long keel and high comfort ratio, built between 1976 and 1989 for steady offshore cruisingHans Christian 41A heavy-displacement cutter designed by Scott Sprague, later produced as the Traditional 41 in ThailandHans Christian 45A staysail ketch with a long keel and high comfort ratio, configured for steady, traditional offshore passage-makingHans Christian 39 PilothouseA Harwood Ives-designed cutter with a long keel and pilothouse, sharing the proven hull of the HC 38 MKII

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