Cabo Rico 36

BoatsCabo Rico 36

See her sail

The Cabo Rico 36, on the water

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

Footage from Wicked Salty

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 narrow beam gives 36 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 36

CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.70

LightHeavy

402 — very heavy for her waterline, a serious load-carrying cruiser.

Displacement / length 402

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 14.9

TenderStiff

34% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 34%

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

What the fleet has seen

The Cabo Rico 36, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Cabo RICO 36 is a cutter-rigged, long-keeled sailboat designed by W.I.B. Crealock and built by Cabo Rico Yachts, Inc. from 1988 to the present. It measures 11.8 meters LOA, with a 3.4-meter beam, 1.5-meter draft, and displaces 7892 kg.0:24 The design is derived from the CR 34, with a stretched stern that brings the transom out of the water.1:41 Aboard *Wicked Salty*, a 1975 Cabo RICO 36 was evaluated for liveaboard potential, with specific attention paid to interior layout, storage, engine accessibility, and maintenance condition.0:20 The crew considered fiberglass head finishes for mold prevention, folding tables for space, and a functional galley.6:12

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

What they go for

Market signal

Where the fleet has seen this model for sale, and the asking prices that came with it.

1channel weighed buying one

US$28,000Median asking

Reviewed for potential purchase at $28,000
from Wicked Saltyseen May 20170:22

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

33.9%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Cutter

Ratios

SA / displacement

14.9

Displacement / length

402.2

Comfort ratio

36.3

Capsize screening

1.70

Hull speed

6.9 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1055

Hull

Hull type

Long Keel

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

First built 1988

Designer

W.I.B. Crealock, William Crealock

Builder

Cabo Rico Yachts, Inc

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The family

Boats like this

Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.

Cabo Rico 34A heavy-displacement cutter designed by W.I.B. Crealock, featuring a long keel for steady, comfortable blue-water cruising Cabo Rico 38An aft-cockpit evolution of the Tiburon 36, offering a heavy-displacement cutter platform for stable blue-water sailing Cabo Rico 38 PHA pilothouse evolution of the Crealock hull, offering protected watch-keeping in a heavy-displacement cutter Cabo Rico 40/42A stretched-stern evolution of the original CR 40, this long-keeled cutter offers a stable, heavy-displacement platform

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