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Cruising Consultants Crealock 37

Masthead Sloop · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · First built 1979

A William Crealock-designed masthead sloop with a skeg-hung rudder, built for offshore stability and heavy-weather comfort

Designed by William Crealock.

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

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The Cruising Consultants Crealock 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 narrow beam gives 34 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 34
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.72
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 334
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 15.7
TenderStiff

38% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 38%

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

What the fleet has seen

The Cruising Consultants Crealock 37, as the fleet has seen it

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The Cruising Consultants Crealock 37 is a masthead sloop designed by William Crealock, first built in 1978 by Cruising Consultants Inc. with a displacement of 7257 kg, an LOA of 11.2 m, and a 1.6 m draft. It was originally designed as the Clipper Marine 37 but was produced by Cruising Consultants and later by Pacific Seacraft as the Pacific Seacraft 37. The design features a fin keel with a rudder on a skeg. Aboard *Bella Sarah*, a Crealock 37, the crew prepared for relaunch by painting the masthead fluorescent green and applying reflective tape for visibility.3:24 They installed a new B&G depth, speed, and temperature transducer with a 10-degree shim to account for the hull's 30-degree deadrise.0:45 The mast received a new B&G anemometer, a Lunacy tricolor light, and a Navico VHF-AIS antenna.7:20 After splashing, an airlock in the raw water intake temporarily prevented engine cooling, and a minor stuffing box leak required adjustment.16:46

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Sailed by the fleet

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Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
37.5%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
15.7
Displacement / length
334.3
Comfort ratio
34.0
Capsize screening
1.72
Hull speed
7.1 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1073
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 1979
Designer
William Crealock
Builder
Cruising Consultants, Inc, Pacific Seacraft

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Hunter Marine 3711.28 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA John E. Cherubini-designed cutter featuring a fin keel and spade rudder, built for stable cruising since 1978
Irwin Yachts 37-111.28 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA masthead sloop designed by Ted Irwin as a no-compromise cruiser, featuring a fin keel and skeg-mounted rudder

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