BoatsWaarschip 36 LD

Waarschip 36 LD

Fractional Sloop · Fin keel, spade rudder · First built 1987

A high-performance fractional sloop featuring optional water ballast and a deep-draft keel for serious speed

LOA
Beam
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/spade Rudder

See her sail

The Waarschip 36 LD, on the water

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

Footage from Hashtag Sal

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 20 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 20
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 2.02
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 156
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 23.6
TenderStiff

52% of her weight is ballast — very stiff, carrying full sail in a blow.

Ballast 52%

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

What the fleet has seen

The Waarschip 36 LD, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Waarschip 36 LD is a fractional sloop with a fin and spade rudder, built by Waarschip from 1987 to the present, measuring 10.8 meters LOA with a 3.4-meter beam and displacing 4799 kg. It is offered with optional 600-liter water ballast tanks, adding up to 615 kg of ballast, and a deep draft keel option of 2.2 meters. Aboard *Balanço*, a 1988 model, the crew undertook extensive hull and keel restoration at Yacht Club Aratu in Bahia, Brazil.20:51 This involved applying monomer to activate old fiberglass at the keel-to-hull joint before sealing it with epoxy resin and tightening keel bolts with a 38mm socket.22:20 The restoration also included replacing the propeller and installing a new sonar transducer, tasks complicated by the need to maintain a watertight seal while the boat was in the water.18:46 Persistent rain and high humidity frequently stalled exterior work, leading the crew to prioritize interior tasks like varnishing furniture.2:17

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

What they go for

Market signal

Where the fleet has seen this model come up for sale.

1seen for sale

From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.

The record

Full specifications

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

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
52.1%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
23.6
Displacement / length
156.0
Comfort ratio
20.4
Capsize screening
2.02
Hull speed
7.5 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1235
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/spade rudder
Construction
Wood
Production
Years built
First built 1987
Builder
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