Pacific Seacraft 37 (Crealock 37)

About the Pacific Seacraft 37 (Crealock 37)

Researched from public sources for this model. Any individual boat may have been modified or repowered — confirm before relying on any figure.

Built

1978–?

Builder

Cruising Consultants Inc. (1978-80), then Pacific Seacraft

Designer

William I. B. Crealock

Length

36.92 ft

Waterline

27.75 ft

Beam

10.82 ft

Displacement

16,000 lb

Hull

fiberglass

Hull / keel

fin keel

Rig

cutter

Propulsion

inboard

Fuel

40 gal

Water

95 gal

Stern thruster

none

Sources disagree on ballast, draft, deck construction — left blank rather than guessed.

Built as the Crealock 37 from 1978, by Pacific Seacraft from 1980. Sloop, cutter or yawl; cutter most common. Engines ranged from a 24 hp Volvo in early boats to a 50 hp Yanmar in later ones. Solid hull (balsa/foam hull core was a rare option). Fin keel with skeg-hung rudder; external chainplates.

Known problems for this model

• Osmotic blisters on 1980s hulls hull
  The same surveyor saw a significant number of blisters on several early-to-mid-1980s 37s, mostly cosmetic but worth addressing; later hulls use a vinylester skin coat to resist blistering.
  spinsheet.com · practical-sailor.com
• Aluminum fuel tank in the bilge corrodes fuel
  A surveyor reviewing the 37 notes Pacific Seacraft placed aluminum fuel tanks low in the bilge where standing bilge water can corrode them quickly; check tank condition and access.
  spinsheet.com
• Cored deck - check around hardware deck
  Decks are cored (Practical Sailor describes end-grain balsa with plywood under hardware; a SpinSheet surveyor described plywood core), so moisture-meter the deck around stanchions and fittings.
  practical-sailor.com · spinsheet.com
• External 304 stainless chainplates rigging
  Chainplates are bolted outside the hull so they are easy to inspect, but they are type 304 stainless; inspect for crevice corrosion at the deck and bolt holes on older boats.
  practical-sailor.com

Other Pacific Seacraft models

• Pacific Seacraft 31 1987–?
• Pacific Seacraft 34 (Crealock 34)
• Pacific Seacraft Dana 24 1984–2007