Baltic 37

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Baltic 37
Development
Designer Robert W. Ball, C&C Design
Location Finland
Year1978
No. built51
Builder(s) Baltic Yachts
Role Racer-Cruiser
NameBaltic 37
Boat
Displacement 13,600 lb (6,169 kg)
Draft 6.67 ft (2.03 m)
Hull
Type Monohull
Construction Fibreglass
LOA 37.00 ft (11.28 m)
LWL 27.25 ft (8.31 m)
Beam 12.00 ft (3.66 m)
Engine type Volvo MD11C 24 hp (18 kW) diesel engine
Hull appendages
Keel/board typefin keel
Ballast6,120 lb (2,776 kg)
Rudder(s)internally-mounted spade-type rudder
Rig
Rig type Bermuda rig
I foretriangle height49.12 ft (14.97 m)
J foretriangle base15.56 ft (4.74 m)
P mainsail luff43.48 ft (13.25 m)
E mainsail foot11.84 ft (3.61 m)
Sails
Sailplan Masthead sloop
Mainsail area257.40 sq ft (23.913 m2)
Jib/genoa area382.15 sq ft (35.503 m2)
Total sail area639.56 sq ft (59.417 m2)
Racing
PHRF 113
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The Baltic 37 is a Finnish sailboat that was designed by Robert W. Ball and C&C Design as an International Offshore Rule (IOR) racer-cruiser and first built in 1978. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

The Baltic 37 is a development of the 1975 C&C 38-2, which is also a Ball design. [1] [4]

Production

The design was built by Baltic Yachts in Finland, between 1978 and 1983. The company completed 51 examples of the design, but it is now out of production. [1] [3] [5]

Design

The company defined the design goals for the boat, "to produce a high performance, comfortable, easily handled yacht capable of offshore racing as well as offshore cruising at a size which could be best described as a 'small one-tonner'." [6]

The Baltic 37 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass with a balsa core, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig with anodized aluminum spars, a raked stem, a raised counter reverse transom, a/an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 13,600 lb (6,169 kg) and carries 6,120 lb (2,776 kg) of ballast. [1] [3]

The boat has a draft of 6.67 ft (2.03 m) with the standard keel fitted. [1]

The boat is fitted with a Swedish Volvo MD11C diesel engine of 24 hp (18 kW) for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds 22 U.S. gallons (83 L; 18 imp gal) and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 42 U.S. gallons (160 L; 35 imp gal). [1]

Below decks there is sleeping accommodation for eight people. There is an aft cabin, with a double berth, settee berths and quarter berths in the main cabin and a bow "V"-berth. The galley is amidships on the starboard side and features a three-burner propane-fuel stove, a stainless steel icebox and a foot-pumped fresh water and seawater. The wood trim is all teak. The head is located aft, on the port side. A navigation station is located opposite the galley, on the port side. [3]

Ventilation is provided by two tinted glass hatches and two opening portholes, one in the aft cabin and one in the head. The remaining cabin windows are all fixed. [3]

The cockpit is a T-shaped design. The decks could be ordered with optional teak wood. The standing rigging is all stainless steel, except the midstay. Winches are provided for the mainsail halyard and sheet, reefing, Cunningham, spinnaker pole, topping lift genoa and spinnaker sheets. [3]

The boats were factory-delivered very completely equipped, including an anchor, fenders and turning blocks. [3]

The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 113 and an IOR rating of 27.5. [3]

Operational history

In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood wrote that the design, "… has a fin keel with high-aspect spade rudder. With a narrow beam at the water line she is initially tender but gains stiffness as she starts to heel. Aft sections are full to increase sailing length when heeled. C&C wants to maintain speed off the wind without a strong weather helm." [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Baltic 37 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  2. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Robert Ball". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 302-303. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. ISBN   0-395-65239-1
  4. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "C&C 38-2 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  5. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Baltic Yachts". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  6. ↑ Baltic Yachts. "Baltic 37". balticyachts.fi. Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
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