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Feel the romance of the wind. If you are looking for a single-hand open water cruiser look no further. This 1978 Tartan 37 has proven herself a capable vessel for the Great Lakes and the Caribbean.
This vessel has a very comfortable liveaboard interior. Sleeps up to seven with two in the peak, one in the pilot berth, two on the port settee, and two in the double quarter berth.
She features a galley with a double stainless steel sink, a stove, a microwave oven, and lots of storage.
Cruise this nice example of Sparkman and Stephens’s most popular design (486 boats produced between 1976 and 1988). Although most of these boats were produced with a shoal draft keel, this one was produced with a fixed deep fin keel which greatly enhances her sailing characteristics and capability.
All standing rigging, except for the backstay, was replaced in 2018, along with rewiring the mast and the addition of LED nav lighting. The backstay was replaced in 2014. She is rigged for single-handed sailing and includes a mainsail (2016), roller furling 135 headsail (2016), and a Quantum asymmetrical spinnaker in a sock.
When not under sail she is powered by a Westerbeke 4-108 51 HP diesel engine. The hour meter shows 2389, however, the accuracy of that is unknown. The head, injectors, and high-pressure pump were rebuilt in 2018.
The boat has both wind and solar (two 140W panels) power as well as an inverter installed in 2018. Much of the primary wiring was redone in 2018 as well. There are three house batteries and two starting batteries.
The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.
Classic hull speed formula:
Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL
A more accurate formula devised by Dave Gerr in The Propeller Handbook replaces the Speed/Length ratio constant of 1.34 with a calculation based on the Displacement/Length ratio.
Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio.311
Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL
A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.
SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64)2/3
A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.
Ballast / Displacement * 100
A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.
D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³
This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.
Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam1.33)
This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.
CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)
Nearly the same as the earlier BLACK WATCH 37, but with all glass coach roof instead of wood, for easier maintenance.
Available also as a keel-centerboarder
(Draft: BD:9.33’/2.84m BU: 3.83’/1.17m)
Sloop or yawl.
The HOOD 37, built by Little Harbor Yachts, is said to be based on the same design.
Not to be confused with the S&S designed, TARTAN 37-2, introduced in 1976.
See BLACK WATCH 37 for more details.
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