Dockrell 37
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2020}}
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|designer = Dockrell Yachts
|location = United Kingdom
|year = 1981
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|builder = Dockrell Yachts
|role = Cruiser
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|draft = {{convert|7.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}, with centreboard down
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|displacement = {{convert|16000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = Monohull
|construction = Glassfibre
|loa = {{convert|36.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|30.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|10.17|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = Watermota Sea Panther or Yanmar {{convert|30|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} diesel engine
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|keel type = Stub keel with centreboard
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|rudder type = Skeg-mounted rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|38.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|15.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|P = {{convert|34.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|E = {{convert|12.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailplan = Cutter rigged sloop
|sailarea main = {{convert|207.00|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|285.00|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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The Dockrell 37 is a British sailboat that was designed by Dockrell Yachts as a cruiser and first built in 1981.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/dockrell-37|title = Dockrell 37 sailboat |access-date = 12 February 2020|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20200213004556/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/dockrell-37|archivedate =13 February 2020|url-status= live}}Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 306-307. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. {{ISBN|0-395-65239-1}}
Production
The design was built by Dockrell Yachts in the United Kingdom, a company started by the American John Dockrell. The design is now out of production.{{cite web|url =https://sailboatdata.com/builder/dockrell-yachts-ltd|title = Dockrell Yachts Ltd.|access-date = 12 February 2020|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20190207190719/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/dockrell-yachts-ltd|archivedate =7 February 2019|url-status= live}}
Design
The Dockrell 37 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, with wood trim. It has a cutter rig, with aluminum spars and with the staysail utilizing a boom. The design features a spooned raked stem, a slightly reverse transom, a skeg-internally mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed stub keel with a retractable centreboard. It displaces {{convert|16000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|7.50|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the centreboard extended and {{convert|3.75|ft|m|abbr=on}} with it retracted, allowing operation in anchorages and other shallow water.
The boat is fitted with either a Ford Motors derivative Watermota Sea Panther or a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of {{convert|30|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} for docking and manoeuvring. The propeller is keel-mounted. The fuel tank holds {{convert|20|u.s.gal}} and the fresh water tank has a capacity of {{convert|40|u.s.gal}}.
The design provides sleeping accommodation for up to seven people. There is a bow "V"-berth, two settee berths in the main cabin and an aft double berth in a small stateroom. The galley is located aft on the starboard side, behind the companionway steps and includes a two-burner propane-fired stove, an electric refrigerator and a double sink. The head is located on the port side, just aft of the bow cabin. The main cabin has teak and mahogany wooden trim. An alternate cabin arrangement relocates the galley to the main cabin area, oriented fore-and-aft.
Ventilation is provided by two hatches, one over the main cabin and one over the aft cabin. The blunt front of the coach house also has opening ports. During production several different port configurations were used.