Seafarer 36C
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2022}}
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|designer = Philip Rhodes
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|location = United States
|year = 1968
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|builder = Seafarer Yachts
|role = Cruiser
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|draft = {{convert|4.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|16350|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = monohull
|construction = fiberglass
|loa = {{convert|36.33|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|26.25|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|10.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = Universal {{convert|70|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} diesel engine
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|keel type = modified long keel
|ballast = {{convert|5500|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = keel-mounted rudder
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|rig type = Masthead ketch
|I = {{convert|36.83|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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The Seafarer 36C is an American sailboat that was designed by Philip Rhodes as a cruiser and first built in 1968. The boat was built with a ketch rig or an optional sloop rig, without the mizzen mast, but with a taller main mast. The design was based on Rhodes Design #702.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/seafarer-36c|title= Seafarer 36C sailboat |access-date= 9 January 2022|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220109151124/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/seafarer-36c|archive-date= 9 January 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/seafarer-36c-sloop|title= Seafarer 36C Sloop sailboat |access-date= 9 January 2022|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220109151005/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/seafarer-36c-sloop|archive-date= 9 January 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/rhodes-philip|title= Philip Rhodes|access-date = 9 January 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201110235611/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/rhodes-philip|archive-date= 10 November 2020|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/seafarer/36c|title= Seafarer 36C|access-date= 9 January 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220109151246/https://sailboat.guide/seafarer/36c|archive-date= 9 January 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/seafarer/36c-sloop|title= Seafarer 36C Sloop|access-date= 9 January 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220109151405/https://sailboat.guide/seafarer/36c-sloop|archive-date= 9 January 2022|url-status= live}}
Production
The design was built by Seafarer Yachts in the United States, starting in 1968, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/builder/seafarer-yachts|title= Seafarer Yachts 1965 - 1985|access-date = 9 January 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211118142450/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/seafarer-yachts|archive-date= 18 November 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/seafarer|title= Seafarer Yachts|access-date= 9 January 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211225171425/https://sailboat.guide/seafarer|archive-date= 25 December 2021|url-status= live}}
Design
The Seafarer 36C is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a ketch or optional masthead sloop rig; a spooned, raked stem; a raised counter, angled transom; a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed, modified long keel, with a cutaway forefoot. It displaces {{convert|16350|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|5500|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|4.50|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard long keel.
The boat is fitted with a Universal {{convert|70|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} diesel engine for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds {{convert|35|u.s.gal}} and the fresh water tank has a capacity of {{convert|75|u.s.gal}}.
The design has two accommodations plans. Plan "A" has sleeping space for six people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, a starboard dinette table that converts to a double berth and an aft cabin in the deckhouse with a single berth on each side. The galley is located on the port side of the main cabin. The galley is located in the main cabin, is U-shaped and is equipped with a three-burner stove, ice box and a sink. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the port side and includes a shower.
Plan "B" also has sleeping accommodation for six people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, a starboard dinette table that converts to a double berth in the main cabin, along with a main cabin single berth on the port side and an aft cabin in the deckhouse with a single berth also on the port side. The galley is located in the deckhouse, just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is straight and is equipped with a three-burner stove, an icebox and a sink. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the port side and includes a shower.
The design has a hull speed of {{convert|6.87|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.
See also
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External links
- [https://archive.today/20220109182243/https://images.yachtworld.com/resize/1/1/86/6180186_20170503084520626_1_XLARGE.jpg?f=/1/1/86/6180186_20170503084520626_1_XLARGE.jpg&w=1870&h=1625&t=1493830044000 Photo of a Seafarer 36C with bowsprit and cutter rig]
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