Cheoy Lee Offshore 36 (Flying Buffalo 36)
Description
The Cheoy Lee Offshore 36 (also known as the Offshore 36 or Flying Buffalo 36) is a classic mid-1960s to 1970s fiberglass cruising/racing sailboat built by Cheoy Lee Shipyard in Hong Kong. It was based on the successful one-off racer Flying Buffalo (designed by Maurice DeClercq for Great Lakes racing), with the design licensed to Cheoy Lee for production. This made it one of Cheoy Lee's most popular models, with over 1,000 hulls reportedly built over about a decade starting in 1966. It's a masthead sloop (some later modified to cutter), with a moderate fin keel and skeg rudder for balanced performance—decent speed for its era while offering solid cruising capability. Unlike the heavier, more traditional Luders-designed Cheoy Lees (e.g., Offshore 47 Yawl or Clipper series), the Offshore 36 has a lighter, more performance-oriented hull shape with a narrower beam and finer entry, making it quicker in moderate conditions but with a livelier motion offshore compared to full-keel designs.
Construction Details
| Designer | Maurice DeClercq |
|---|---|
| Builder | Cheoy Lee |
| Length | 35.800 ft |
| LOA | 35.830 ft |
| LWL | 25.830 ft |
| Beam | 10.000 ft |
| Displacement | 15000 lb |
| Ballast | 5000 lb |
| Max Draft | 5.000 ft |
| Year Built | 1966 |
The standard boat dimensions
| i | 38.50 ft |
|---|---|
| j | 18.75 ft |
| p | 34.50 ft |
| e | 14.50 ft |
| p2 | - |
| e2 | - |
| i2 | - |
| j2 | - |
| I | J | P | E | P2 | E2 | I2 | J2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38.50 ft | 18.75 ft | 34.50 ft | 14.50 ft | - | - | - | - |
Sails
Cheoy Lee Offshore 36 (Flying Buffalo 36) - MAINSAIL
| Luff | * 34.5 ft - (10516 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 14.5 ft - (4420 mm) |
| Leech | * 36.67 ft - (11177 mm) |
| Tack Angle | * 88 ° |
| Diagonal | * 36.95 ft - (11262 mm) |
| Head (inches) | * 6 in - (152 mm) |
| Area | * 257.59 ft² |
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Cheoy Lee Offshore 36 (Flying Buffalo 36) - JIBSAIL
| Luff | * 34.26 ft - (10442 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 27.35 ft - (8336 mm) |
| Leech | * 27.73 ft - (8452 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 114.99 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 21.56 ft - (6571 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 12 ° |
| Area | * 369.37 ft² |
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Cheoy Lee Offshore 36 (Flying Buffalo 36) - JIBSAIL
| Luff | * 34.26 ft - (10442 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 27.35 ft - (8336 mm) |
| Leech | * 27.73 ft - (8452 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 114.99 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 21.56 ft - (6571 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 12 ° |
| Area | * 369.37 ft² |
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Cheoy Lee Offshore 36 (Flying Buffalo 36) - GENOA
| Luff | 39.75 ft - (12116 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | 28 ft - (8534 mm) |
| Leech | 35.75 ft - (10897 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 130.35 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 24.44 ft - (7449 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 3.23 ° |
| Area | * 485.78 ft² |
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Cheoy Lee Offshore 36 (Flying Buffalo 36) - GENOA
| Luff | * 40.68 ft - (12399 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 32.47 ft - (9897 mm) |
| Leech | * 37.28 ft - (11363 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 150.03 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 28.13 ft - (8574 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 4 ° |
| Area | * 572.18 ft² |
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Cheoy Lee Offshore 36 (Flying Buffalo 36) - ASYMMETRICAL
| Luff | 41 ft - (12497 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | 32 ft - (9754 mm) |
| Leech | 38 ft - (11582 mm) |
| Perc LP | * 165 % |
| Area | * 984 ft² |
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Cheoy Lee Offshore 36 (Flying Buffalo 36) - STORMTRYSAIL
| Luff | * 14.47 ft - (4410 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 13.31 ft - (4057 mm) |
| Leech | * 12.06 ft - (3676 mm) |
| Length Perp | * 12.06 ft - (3676 mm) |
| Tack Angle | * -25 ° |
| Area | * 75 ft² |
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Disclaimer. Boats are not all the same -- even when produced in the same factory of the same model. Sailrite does its best to publish accurate dimensions, but we often find it worthwhile to have our customers measure their boats carefully before we produce kits for them. You should take the same precautions, especially when the data is not from Sailrite. The information on this site is not guaranteed to be accurate. Sailrite offers this content as a service to our community, but takes no responsibility for the reliability of the data provided.
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