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The Express 37 is an American light displacement sailboat designed by Carl Schumacher as a racer-cruiser.


Production

The design was built by Alsberg Brothers Boatworks in Santa Cruz, California from 1984 to 1988, but is now out of production. A total of 65 were completed.


Design

The Express 37 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces and carries of lead ballast. The boat has a draft of with the standard keel fitted. The later Mk II model offered an optional shallow draft keel of . The first 25 boats built were fitted with a Japanese Yanmar 2GMF two cylinder diesel engine of . Later boats had a three cylinder Yanmar 3GMF diesel engine of . The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of . The later Mk II version has a taller rig, an updated keel and rudder and a more cruising oriented interior. Only ten were built in this configuration.


Operational history

The Express 37 finished first, second and third in its debut at the 1985 Transpacific Yacht Race. In a 2005 used boat review in ''Sailing Magazine'', writer John Kretschmer concluded of the design, "The Express 37 offers exhilarating performance both on and off the racecourse. And although one-design fleets are shrinking, most 37s have a lot of speed left in them. Also, following the trend of their boats, as racing sailors get older and migrate toward more casual sailing, a logical decision might be to convert a 37 into more of a cruising boat." Marine surveyor and naval architect, Jack Hornor described the design in a 2007 review, "the Express 37 will appeal to sailors interested in racing more than the dedicated cruiser; although, there is no reason these mid-1980s models can’t serve double duty for prospective buyers looking for a reasonably priced, solidly constructed racer/cruiser...Although contemporary in appearance, Schumacher’s respect for the beauty of traditional, well balanced boats is apparent in this design."


See also

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List of sailing boat types The following is a partial list of sailboat types and sailing classes, including keelboats, dinghies and multihull ( catamarans and trimarans). Olympic classes World Sailing Classes Historically known as the IYRU (International Yacht Racing ...
Related development * Express 27 * Express 34 Similar sailboats * Alberg 37 * Baltic 37 * C&C 37 *
Dickerson 37 The Dickerson 37 is an American sailboat that was designed by George Hazen as a cruiser and first built in 1980.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 304-305. Houghton Mifflin Company, 199 ...
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Dockrell 37 The Dockrell 37 is a British sailboat that was designed by Dockrell Yachts as a cruiser and first built in 1981.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 306-307. Houghton Mifflin Company, 199 ...
* Endeavour 37 *
Hunter 36-2 The Hunter 36-2 is an American sailboat, that was designed by Glenn Henderson and first built in 2008. The Hunter 36-2 is a development of the slightly smaller 2000 model Hunter 356. The design was sold as the Hunter 36 but is now usually ref ...
* Nor'Sea 37 * Tayana 37


References

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