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Vancouver 36

Cutter · Long Keel · First built 1989

A Tony Taylor-designed cutter with a heavy-displacement hull and long keel, built for steady offshore passage-making

Designed by Tony Taylore, built by Northshore Yachts Ltd.

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

See her sail

The Vancouver 36, on the water

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

Footage from Golden Globe Race Official

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 moderate beam gives 43 — a heavy, notably soft motion offshore.

Comfort ratio 43
CoastalBluewater

At 1.61 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.

Capsize screening 1.61
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 420
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 14.8
TenderStiff

37% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 37%

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

  • Heavier than ~77% of boats her size on file

Compared with 430 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Vancouver 36, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Vancouver 36 is a cutter-rigged sailboat with a long keel, designed by Tony Taylore and built by Northshore Yachts Ltd. from 1989 to the present. It measures 11.0 m LOA, with a 3.4 m beam, 1.5 m draft, and displaces 9295 kg. The model was mentioned in the context of the 2022 Golden Globe Race, where entrants were preparing various boat types for the solo, non-stop circumnavigation.13:20

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

The record

Full specifications

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

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
37.1%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cutter
Ratios
SA / displacement
14.8
Displacement / length
420.4
Comfort ratio
42.8
Capsize screening
1.61
Hull speed
7.1 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1097
Hull
Hull type
Long Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1989
Designer
Tony Taylore
Builder
Northshore Yachts Ltd

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The family

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