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Luffe Yachts 37

Fractional Sloop · Fin keel, spade rudder · First built 1979

A slender, high-performance fractional sloop with a 45% ballast ratio designed for speed and stiff, responsive sailing

Designed by Olef Jorgensen & Bent Juul Andersen.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/spade Rudder

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a narrow beam gives 20 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 20
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.80
LightHeavy

113 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 113
EasygoingPowered-up

18.9 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 18.9
TenderStiff

45% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 45%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

  • Lighter than ~80% of boats her size on file
  • Narrower than ~93% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2938 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
44.6%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
18.9
Displacement / length
113.0
Comfort ratio
20.2
Capsize screening
1.80
Hull speed
7.6 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1026
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 1979
Designer
Olef Jorgensen, Bent Juul Andersen
Builder
Luffe Yachts

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