Researching my next Uniflite - 37' Coastal Cruiser

[Marc]

Looking to step up to a larger boat I am particularly stricken by the
lines of the 37' Coastal Cruiser however can find nothing online about
them. Does anyone have any feedback on their seakeeping, build
quality, shortcoming, strengths etc.(anecdotal or direct). Was this
boat an orphan as it seems they were only built for a short while and
in limited numbers Thanks, Marc.

[hmatt...@comcast.net]

The 37 Coastal Crusier was built with either one single larger diesel or with two smaller diesels as Uniflite's answer to providing a trawler type boat during the fuel shortages in the lateer 70's and earlier 80's.  In either case they are a relative slow boat at 8- 10 knots.  Some refits have them going a bit faster.  I know that there some 37 owners that have posted to this group before so perhaps they will jump in with their experience.  They came with a stateroom in the front of thte boat that provided a double or larger bunk that was positioned diagonally in the V berth.  A "second" cabin was made up of over and under single bunks that made down to a bench seat located in the hallway between the galley area and the V-berth.  The salon was roomy and the boat came with large side windows that made it easy see out of and let a lot of light into the cabin. The brdige was large and came out over the cockpit a ways. At least one of these boats, built later in the production was modified by eliminating the 2nd cabin and making a large center line queen bunk out of that area.  I had a chance to buy that boat in Portland, Or. maybe 10 years ago and did not think I could live with 8 knots.  Wish I had it now.   Hal 

[Andrew Peck]

We bought one in 2003 and are very happy with it. The original owner had repowered the twin 120 HP Volvos with twin 210 HP so our max speed is just a shade over 20 knots, although we usually run at about 14 K to avoid wood in the water in the pacific northwest.  It resembles a deep V hull and has hard chine.  I find it wanders in a following sea and I think this is because the rudders are a bit small for the speed we do.  Will have to do further research on this. The boat has blister but they are small and cosmetic only so I haven’t been stressed with these – I consider it to be a sign of age (mine, not the boats’…).

One feature we like is that the salon cabin is actually large enough to take a full queen size hide-a-bed so that increases the accommodation to 6 which is loads for such a compact boat.  Another renovation we are considering is ripping the forward stateroom apart and removing the offset small double to put in a larger pier bed in the middle.  Will look at that project next fall.   

Andrew Peck

MV Smuggler’s Cove

[Rocco]

First of all, does anybody know the difference between "reply" and
"reply to author"? I can't figure it out!?

If your boat wanders in a following sea it's because of the shape of
the hull. Round bottom trawlers are notorious for this. You can
solve the problem quite a bit with the installation of a new autopilot
and a RATE GYRO, usually an optional accessory.
What a rate gyro does is measure the rate of yaw, not the amount of
off-course and is much quicker to apply counter rudder. A good
autopilot will steer much better than most helmsmen and certainly will
do so over a long course. In fact the only time we don't use our
autopilot is when we have to drive the boat in heavy swells that
require the proper attack and engine speed (why the hell are we out
here!?) and docking of course.

On Apr 14, 5:23 pm, Andrew Peck <andrew.p...@telus.net> wrote:
> We bought one in 2003 and are very happy with it. The original owner had
> repowered the twin 120 HP Volvos with twin 210 HP so our max speed is just a
> shade over 20 knots, although we usually run at about 14 K to avoid wood in
> the water in the pacific northwest.  It resembles a deep V hull and has hard
> chine.  I find it wanders in a following sea and I think this is because the
> rudders are a bit small for the speed we do.  Will have to do further
> research on this. The boat has blister but they are small and cosmetic only

> so I haven't been stressed with these - I consider it to be a sign of age
> (mine, not the boats'.).

> > in limited numbers Thanks, Marc.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

[waterguy]

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[Jerry M. Hammel]

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