TRIPP 37 -- 37 foot cruiser racer

Description

FOR SALE: TRIPP 37. NOT YOUR USUAL AGING FIBERGLASS BATHTUB!!!

A fast and comfortable cruiser racer, she was built by Holby Marine in Bristol, RI in 1989. The hull anddeck areE glass,fully foam cored and gridded, so that the hull is still quite fair. She is the last of nine boats built to this design, all semi-custom.

Highlights : 37.0 ft LOA; 29'10" LWL (increases to 32'6" when slightly heeled); B 11'10"; Draft 6'10". Displacement 13,000 lbs, with 5,500 lbs lead in the keel (42% B/D -- so quite stiff). Rig: I = 49.75 ft., J = 14.5 ft., P = 43.5 ft., E = 13.5 ft. Normal heelangle about 15 degrees). Yanmar 3GM30F diesel wasrebuilt by Mack Boring in 2012. 56 gal. water, 30 gal diesel. 16 " feathering MAX prop new last year.

Quite comfortable to cruise 4 or more: Headroom is 6'2".Full teak interior with ample handholds and no sharp edges anywhere. Gimballed Force 10 propane stove with oven and grill, hot and cold water in galley and head, hot and cold cockpit shower, Blaupunkt stereo with CD changer, pilot berths in main cabin, cabin table folds around mast, solar vents in cabin and head, 17 lights, many red / white and upgraded to LED. Easy to add refrigeration. Large storage lockers everywhere.

Equipment is to Category 1 Offshore standards. Extensive electronics: upgraded B&G system (4 displays on cockpit, one at nav desk) linked to chartplotter and radar, with underdeck autopilot,Icon Single Side Band, Raytheon radar, Standard Horizon chartplotter and VHF with AIS plus cockpit remote, also with AIS, radar detector, GPS Epirb, MOM Pack and liferaft. 100 Amp dual output Balmar alternator with smart regulator, 272 Amp Rolls house bank, 90 amp starter battery with combiner. 32 breaker digital panel.

All Harken Big Boat deck gear, much of it upgraded. Rebuilt rod rigging, 6 Barient self tailing winches, upgraded high tech running rigging, 48 in. destroyer wheel. She can be easily singleor double handed (chutes are in socks) and can also race with a crew of 5 to 7. Tides Marine mainsail track, retractable lazyjacks for easy handling of mainsail, Kevlar carbon main, Spectra carbon 135 % genoa. Many light and heavy weather sails She is fast and weatherly, hasdone an 86 hour solo Bermuda race (640 miles at 7.4 knows average -- 177 miles / day), and easily goes to windward at 26 degrees apparent, about 42 degrees true). On a cruise she has gone from Vineyard Haven to Newport (45+ miles) in a little over 6 hours (7.5 knots) with only my 11 year old daughter as crew. All gear (from rigging to plumbing to electronics) has been continually upgraded and is in good condition.

Price includes 9'4" Zodiac Air Floor inflatable dinghy and 3.5 HP recent Mercury outboard.