Everyones favorite mid 30's Cruiser

[dofthesea]

Ok so we got some great bots listed in the question i asked about 30-34' footers.

What is everyones favorite 34'-38' sailboat. Needs to be a sea kindly design as I'm a lot more partial to comfort verses speed. Most of my design preferences are based off of sailing a Folkboat in the Hawaii.

So please no Hunter's, Beneteau's or modern style boats unless they happen to be in therein of a pacific Seacraft or an Island Packet.

[KISS]

Check out the Pratique 35 by Dudley Dix.

Pratique 35 steel multi-chine cruiser "Salty Dog II"

LOA - 10.50m (34'5")

LWL 8.70m (28'7")

Beam 3.30m (10'10")

Draft 1.50m (4'11")

Displacement 8160kg (17985lb)

Ballast 2510kg (5532lb)

Area Waterplane 17.72sq.m (191sq.ft)

Immersion Rate 182kg/cm (1019lb/inch)

Wetted Surface 30.35sq.m (327sq.ft)

Fineness Coef 0.68

Block Coef 0.40

Prismatic Coef 0.55

Displacement/Length 345

Sail Area (Main + Fore-triangle) 61.07sq.m (657sq.ft)

Sail Area/Wetted Surface 2.01

Sail Area/Displ 14.9

Water Tankage 375 litres (103 US gal)

Fuel Tankage 250 litres (69 US gal)

Headroom in galley 1.90m (6'3")

Headroom at mast 1.77m (5'10")

Righting Moment @ 30 deg 3865 kgm (27956ft.lb)

Righting Moment @ 60 deg 5226 kgm (37800ft.lb)

Righting Moment @ 90 deg 4410 kgm (31898ft.lb)

Powering 20-30hp inboard diesel

[UNCIVILIZED]

How well does this Dix design actually sail? As they're not exactly flush with sail area given their weight. I suppose the designer might have some Polars, & I could contact him. But if anyone has them handy, it sure would be nice to get a preview

[Sandero]

My favorite is my own Contest 36s... My experience with this boat is only 32 years... and unfortunately I can't compare it to many others as I've only done a few deliveries on a handful of boats in the range of the OP. 36s is way better in every way than those boats.