BoatsSalona 37

Salona 37

Fractional Sloop · Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder · First built 2006

A triple-award-winning performance cruiser from J&J Yacht Design featuring a high ballast ratio for stiff, fast sailing

Designed by J&J Yacht Design, built by Ad Boats.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder

See her sail

The Salona 37, on the water

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

Footage from SVN solovelanet

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 moderate beam gives 22 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 22
CoastalBluewater

2.01 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.01
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 167
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 20.1
TenderStiff

58% of her weight is ballast — very stiff, carrying full sail in a blow.

Ballast 58%

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

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen 2 times across one channel of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

On the water

The Salona 37 on video

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
57.6%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
20.1
Displacement / length
167.0
Comfort ratio
22.1
Capsize screening
2.01
Hull speed
7.7 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1377
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 2006
Designer
J&J Yacht Design
Builder
AD Boats, Salona Yachts (AD Boats Ltd.)

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