37½' Sailing Dory
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Design Number 174
1978 |
The 37½' design is a slight variation on the 36-footer, with the stem tilted slightly more forward, a raised
flush deck through the middle of the boat, and a slight length gain at the stern with the extension of the
sternpost. The basic keel, bottom and structure are identical, using many of the drawings done for the 36-footer
in the construction plan set. The interiors are pretty much interchangeable, and some of the ideas from one can
be used in the other. The trick is to be sure the masts fall in areas that do not complicate the use of the
interior space and that the reinforcing for the rigging structure is put in the right place. The raised deck
version would again be my recommendation, for the same reasons mentioned about Badger, primarily more space and
better stability.
There are a couple more variations on the interior layout that are drawn, that are not included here, but are a
part of the plans.
Some alternatives to the layouts shown that would be practical would include the addition of a hard dodger or
pilothouse to the forward end of the cockpit. If this was done with a version with an aft cockpit and quarter
berths, the berths could be shifted aft and the pilothouse covering up this part of the accommodations. Note that
the trunk cabin version has the same layout as the 36-footer, with the exception of having a double berth in the
bow.
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