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Pearson Yachts 36 Cutter

Cutter · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · 1981–1982

A William Shaw-designed cutter with a skeg-mounted rudder, built for offshore stability and heavy-weather versatility

Designed by William H. Shaw.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin With Rudder On Skeg

Is it for you?

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 33 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 33
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.77
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 293
EasygoingPowered-up

14.2 — modest power for her weight; easygoing rather than lively, and happier with a breeze.

Sail area / displacement 14.2
TenderStiff

41% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 41%

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

  • Heavier than ~76% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2960 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
41.2%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cutter
Ratios
SA / displacement
14.2
Displacement / length
292.7
Comfort ratio
33.1
Capsize screening
1.77
Hull speed
7.3 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1233
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
1981–1982
Designer
William H. Shaw
Builder
Pearson Yachts

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