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Tripp 36

Masthead Sloop · Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder · First built 1991

A high-performance masthead sloop with a 22.19 SA/displacement ratio, designed by Bill Tripp for speed and agility

Designed by William H. Tripp Jr, built by Carol Marine.

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

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The Tripp 36, on the water

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

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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 19 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 19
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 2.13
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 162
EasygoingPowered-up

22.2 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 22.2
TenderStiff

46% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 46%

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

  • Draws more than ~89% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2968 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Tripp 36, as the fleet has seen it

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The Tripp 36 is a William H. Tripp Jr.-designed masthead sloop, built by Carol Marine and Carroll Marine from 1991 to the present, featuring a fin with bulb and spade rudder hull. It measures 10.97 meters LOA, with a 3.45-meter beam, 2.12-meter draft, and 4393 kg displacement. The rig includes a 48.99-foot I, 13.95-foot J, 42.85-foot P, and 14.50-foot E, yielding a sail area of 652.37 square feet.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
46.5%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
22.2
Displacement / length
161.8
Comfort ratio
18.6
Capsize screening
2.13
Hull speed
7.3 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1210
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 1991
Designer
William H. Tripp Jr
Builder
Carol Marine, Carroll Marine

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