Sea Bird 37
The Sea Bird 37 is a recreational keelboat built by Cooper Enterprises starting in 1973, but it is now out of production. It was also built by Hardin International in Kaohsiung, Taiwan from 1977 to 1988.
Design
The design was developed into a motorsailer with a new deck and pilothouse, designated the Sea Bird 37 MS.Designed by Stan Huntingford and Hardin International, the fibreglass hull could be optioned with an aft or centre cockpit. The boat has a raked stem, a nearly plumb transom, a/an keel-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed long keel. It displaces and carries of ballast.
The boat has a draft of with the standard long keel.
It was built with a choice of either a ketch or masthead sloop.
The boat is fitted with a British Perkins Engines 4-108 diesel engine of for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of.
The centre cockpit version has sleeping accommodation for six people, with two single berths in the bow cabin, a drop-down dinette table in the main cabin and an aft cabin with a transverse double berth. The galley is located on the starboard side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is U-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner stove, an ice box and a sink. There are two heads, one in the forepeak, forward of the bow cabin and one on the starboard side in the aft cabin.
The design has a hull speed of.