Prout Snowgoose 37

1983

Prout Snowgoose 37 is a 37′ 0″ / 11.3 m catamaran sailboat designed by Prout and built by Prout & Sons starting in 1983.

Designer: Prout

Builder: Prout & Sons

Associations: ?

# Built: ?

Hull: Catamaran

Keel: Twin

Rudder: ?

Construction: FG

Dimensions

Length Overall: 37′ 0″ / 11.3 m

Waterline Length: 33′ 0″ / 10.1 m

Beam: 15′ 0″ / 4.6 m

Draft: 2′ 0″ / 0.6 m

Displacement: 12,130 lb / 5,500 kg

Ballast: ?

Rig and Sails

Type: Cutter

Reported Sail Area: 570′² / 53 m²

Total Sail Area: ?

Mainsail

Sail Area: ?

P: ?

E: ?

Mast Height: ?

Foresail

Sail Area: ?

I: ?

J: ?

Forestay Length: ?

Auxilary Power

Make: Yanmar

Model: ?

HP: ?

Fuel Type: diesel

Fuel Capacity: 35 gal / 132 l

Accomodations

Water Capacity: 75 gal / 284 l

Holding Tank Capacity: ?

Headroom: ?

Cabins: ?

Calculations

Hull Speed: 7.7 knots

Sail Area/Displacement: 17.28
good performance

Ballast/Displacement: ?

Displacement/Length: 150.62
light

Comfort Ratio: 14.72
lightweight racing boat

Capsize Screening: 2.62
better suited for coastal cruising

Notes

Early hulls, which include molded stub keels, are solid fiberglass, while more recent versions are solid below the waterline and cored above.
A later version became the SNOWGOOSE ELITE (1986) had 1 foot more beam.
The SNOWGOOSE 37 (all iterations) was enormously popular with more than 500 built.

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