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Review of CSY 37


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The CSY 37 is a sailboat designed by the maritime architect Peter Schmitt.

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Hull

The hull is made of fibreglass. A hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season.


Keel

The CSY 37 has been built with different keel alternatives.

Unknown keel type

The boat can only enter major marinas as the draft is about 1.83 - 1.93 meter (6.00 - 6.30 ft) dependent on the load.

Full keel

The CSY 37 is built with a long keel. A long keel provide a better directional stability than a similar boat with a fin keel; on the other hand, better directional stability means also that the boat is more difficult to handle in a harbour with less space.

The boat can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 1.43 - 1.53 meter (4.69 - 4.99 ft) dependent on the load.


Engine

CSY 37 may be equipped with an inboard Perkins 4.107 diesel engine at 50 hp (37 kW). Calculated max speed is about 6.4 knots


Sailing characteristics

This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.

Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed

What is Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed?

The theoretical maximal speed of a displacement boat of this length is 7.2 knots. The term "Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed" is widely used even though a boat can sail faster. The term shall be interpreted as above the theoretical speed a great additional power is necessary for a small gain in speed.


Sailing statistics

This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.

D/L (Displacement Length Ratio)

What is Displacement Length Ratio?

The DL-ratio for CSY 37 is 356 which categorizes this boat among 'heavy cruisers'.

Heavy Light 12% 0 50 100
12% of all similar sailboat designs are categorized as heavier. A heavy displacement combined with smaller water plane area has lower acceleration and is more comfortable.


Maintenance

Rig

Dimensions of sail.

mainsail specifications headsail specifications

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Guiding dimensions of running rig
UsageLengthDiameter
Mainsail halyard 32.2 m(105.7 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Jib/genoa halyard32.2 m(105.7 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Spinnaker halyard32.2 m(105.7 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Jib sheet 11.3 m(37.0 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Genoa sheet11.3 m(37.0 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Mainsheet 28.2 m(92.5 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Spinnaker sheet24.8 m(81.4 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Cunningham4.0 m(13.1 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Kickingstrap8.0 m(26.2 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Clew-outhaul8.0 m(26.2 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)

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