Soverel 37 Ketch

Soverel 37 Ketch

Description

The Soverel 37 Ketch is a staysail ketch designed by Soverel/Walters and built by Soverel Marine (USA) from 1971 to 1978. This 37-foot vessel represents classic American coastal cruiser design philosophy, creating a light sailboat that's a good performer with reasonable stability and excellent righting capability if capsized, making it best suited as a coastal cruiser. The boat features the signature keel/centerboard configuration that made Soverel designs famous for their versatility.

Construction Details

Designer Bill Soverel and Walt Walters
Builder Soverel Marine (USA)
Length 37.000 ft
LOA 37.000 ft
LWL 31.000 ft
Beam 9.330 ft
Displacement 12000 lb
Ballast 4000 lb
Max Draft 9.500 ft
Min Draft 3.500 ft
Year Built 1971
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The standard boat dimensions

i 41 ft
j 15 ft
p 36 ft
e 12 ft
p2 22 ft
e2 8 ft
i2 -
j2 -

Sails

Soverel 37 Ketch - MAINSAIL

Luff * 36 ft - (10973 mm)
Foot * 12 ft - (3658 mm)
Leech * 37.31 ft - (11372 mm)
Tack Angle * 88 °
Diagonal * 37.55 ft - (11445 mm)
Head (inches) * 5.25 in - (133 mm)
Area * 222.72 ft²
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Soverel 37 Ketch - JIBSAIL

Luff * 34.93 ft - (10647 mm)
Foot * 20.36 ft - (6206 mm)
Leech * 29.65 ft - (9037 mm)
Percentage LP * 115 %
Length Perpendicular * 17.25 ft - (5258 mm)
Deck Angle * 11.99 °
Area * 301.28 ft²
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Soverel 37 Ketch - JIBSAIL

Luff 39.75 ft - (12116 mm)
Foot 19 ft - (5791 mm)
Leech 37 ft - (11278 mm)
Percentage LP * 117.2 %
Length Perpendicular * 17.58 ft - (5358 mm)
Deck Angle * 2.16 °
Area * 349.5 ft²
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Soverel 37 Ketch - GENOA

Luff * 41.47 ft - (12640 mm)
Foot * 24.65 ft - (7513 mm)
Leech * 38.63 ft - (11774 mm)
Percentage LP * 150 %
Length Perpendicular * 22.5 ft - (6858 mm)
Deck Angle * 4.01 °
Area * 466.53 ft²
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Soverel 37 Ketch - ASYMMETRICAL

Luff 42 ft - (12802 mm)
Foot 26.25 ft - (8001 mm)
Leech 39.5 ft - (12040 mm)
Perc LP * 165 %
Area * 827 ft²
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Soverel 37 Ketch - MIZZEN

Luff * 22 ft - (6706 mm)
Foot * 8 ft - (2438 mm)
Leech-AftHdBd * 22.93 ft - (6989 mm)
Tack Ang * 88.03 °
Diag (clew/head) * 23.15 ft - (7056 mm)
Head (inches) * 3.5 in - (89 mm)
Area (no Roach) * 90.16 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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