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Seafarer Yachts 36C

Masthead Ketch · Long Keel · First built 1968

A masthead ketch based on Rhodes Design 702, featuring a long keel and a high comfort ratio for steady cruising

Designed by Philip L. Rhodes.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Long Keel

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 38 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 38
CoastalBluewater

At 1.66 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.

Capsize screening 1.66
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 404
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 11.2
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.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
33.6%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Ketch
Ratios
SA / displacement
11.2
Displacement / length
403.5
Comfort ratio
37.7
Capsize screening
1.66
Hull speed
6.9 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
985
Hull
Hull type
Long Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1968
Designer
Philip L. Rhodes
Builder
Seafarer Fiberglass Yachts

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Alberg 3711.33 mSame hull family0.3 m longerA long-keeled masthead sloop produced for two decades with a transition from wood-heavy interiors to moulded fiberglass
Rustler Yachts 3610.77 mSame hull family0.3 m shorterA Holman and Pye designed masthead sloop featuring a heavy-displacement long keel hull built for offshore stability
Seafarer Yachts 38C11.51 mSame hull family0.4 m longerA versatile cruiser available in multiple rig configurations and often sold in kit form for owner completion
Cape Dory 3611.01 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthProduced from 1978 to 1990, this long-keeled cutter was later marketed as the Robinhood 36
Mariah 3111.28 mSame hull family0.2 m longerA heavy-displacement cutter designed by Henry Mohrschladt with a long keel and a signature extended bowsprit
Henry R. Hinckley Pilot 3510.90 mSame hull family0.2 m shorterA Sparkman & Stephens fiberglass classic designed for Hinckley, featuring a long keel and available as a sloop or yawl

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