1980 Tartan 37

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The Tartan 37 is considered one of today’s classic cruising yachts. Designed by Sparkman and Stephens with a lot of direct input from Tartan Yachts, the boat was introduced in 1976. Initially conceived as a boat that could be sold as a racer as well as a cruiser, it was the shoal draft centerboard cruiser that really took off, with a remarkable 486 boats built.

The collaborative project that was to become the Tartan 37 started in the spring of 1975 when Tartan Yachts founder, Charlie Britton commissioned Sparkman and Stephens to design a new 37 footer. This wasn’t the first project between the two companies; there was already string of successful collaborations from as earlier as 1961 with the Tartan 27.

The 37 initially was specified as a boat that could be sold as a sloop or a ketch, and there was to be a cruising version and a race version. As the design progressed the ketch was dropped and the racer with its deep fin keel and tall rig was renamed the Tartan 38 while the Tartan 37 became the cruising version available in both fin keel or shoal draft centerboard.

By any standard of performance comparisons, the Tartan 37, for a boat of this class is anything but disappointing. She is quite stable, with windward and downwind sailing performance that is certainly acceptable. When reaching, as would be predicted, this boat excels.

By all rights, nobody should expect a shoal draft centerboard cruiser to break any records, however some of the race intent from the original spec shines through every now and again. For example, Steve Pettingill broke a record in the Port Huron to Mackinac Island single-handed race with his fin keel configured Ambergris. The boat is certainly capable of fast and comfortable 24-hour runs when passage-making.

Spirit II has served her current owners well. While they have ejoyed her dearly for the last 25 years, it's time to move on and hence she is offered for sale. Here's your opportunity to own a timeless classic at a fraction of the replacement cost. Come take a look!

Master stateroom: Starting forward, there is access to the anchor locker behind a louvered door. The V berth is 6' 3" long and 7' 3" at it's widest point and the center wedge serves as a dressing seat in it's lowered position. The entire space beneath the V berth cushions opens up to storage. The hull sides and joiner work are all teak and there are shelves runninng forward along both hullsides from the lockers. On port there is a hanging locker with a shelf above it, while on starboard there is a tall locker with shelves and forward of that a stack of drawers and a louvered door locker below that. The top of both forms a shelf. There is a door to this stateroom from the saloon and another door for private access to the head aft on port. An overhead hatch, a pair of ports and a pair of reading lights provide light and ventilation to this compartment. Just outside the compartment is another tall hanging locker.

Head: Located on the port side and forward of the saloon, there is entry from the saloon as well as the forward cabin. There is a manual head and a single stainless steel sink. The shower is by means of a diverter valve and shower wand and there is a teak shower grate. Locker storage is beneath the sink and outboard above the head. There are also shelves above and behind the counter and a mirrored medicine cabinet. Ventilation is by a dorade vent and an opening port.

Saloon: Moving aft into the saloon, on starboard there is a straight settee with a pilot berth above that. The settee slides out to make a wider single and the pilot berth is a comfortable 6' 3" long. There is storage behind the seat backs. On port, the L shaped dinette is 6' 3" long and also has storage behind the seat backs on it. Above and behind are a pair of lockers with sliding doors and a fiddled shelf between those. The large dinette table stows against the bulkhead when not in use, opening the space up nicely. The table can be left down for seating on port or opened up for seating on starboard as well.

Nav station and quarterberth: Aft of the dinette on port, the forward facing nav station has a large chart table with plenty of storage beneath the lid, Above and forward is an organizer shelf for storage of small items; below is a stack of three drawers for tools, parts and so forth. Seated and to your left is a locker door that opens for a substantial amount of storage space inside, while above is a shelf with several fiddled teak organizers. The seat back can be lifted out and repositioned (utilizing steel tabs that engage slots) in a flat position to make the quarterberth even larger than it already is.

Galley: On starboard at the base of the companionway is the galley. Facing forward, the icebox is a generous 7 cubic feet and has two lids for easy access. The stove is a 3 burner and oriented along the hullside. Facing aft you are positioned in front of the double stainless steel sink. There is a cabinet beneath the sink and to the left of it a dry bin storage beneath the counter-top. Behind the sink is a dish organizer and a cutlery drawer. Along the hull above the countertops and stove are three large sliding doors with shelf storage behind them.

• Teak and holly cabin sole
• Teak hullsides
• Oiled teak interior finishes
• Four dorades for ventilation- two with stainless steel cowls and two with vents for exhaust
• Reading lights
• Force 10 propane cabin heater    

• Force 10 3 burner LPG stove w/oven
• 11 lb. LPG tank (11)
• LPG regulator, solenoid, gauge, pigtail & hose (11)
• Xintex propane shut off solenoid switch
• Double stainless steel sink
• Stainless steel H/C pressure water mixer
• Manual fresh water pump
• 7 cu. ft. ice box
• Adler Barbour refrigeration

• Raritan PSII manual head
• Y-valve for overboard discharge
• Single SS sink
• H/C pressure water fauct diverter valve
• Shower wand
• Teak shower grate
• Mirrored teak medicine cabinet

• Jabsco 3GPM fresh water pump
• Rule 1750 electric bilge pump
• Whale manual bilge pump
• Atlantic 15 gallon SS hot water heater

• 35# CQR anchor w/20' of 5/16" chain & 200' of nylon rode
• 22# Danforth Deepset anchor w/8' of chain and 150' of nylon rode
• 22# fluke anchor spare
• Single stainless steel bow roller
• SS bow & stern rails
• Double vinyl life lines
• Port & starboard boarding gates
• Lewmar Ocean series hatches w/screens (03)
• 6 opening ports
• 1 fixed port (looking out to the cockpit)
• Four dorade boxes; 2 w/SS vents, 2 w/cowls 
• Dodger by Canvas Creations (03)
• Bow & stern mooring cleats (4)
• Adjustable midship cleats (2)
• Centerboard pennant replaced (10)
• Padeyes for harness attachment in the cockpit (2)
• Teak cockpit seats
• Teak grate at helm
• Teak cockpit coaming lockers
• Interprotect 1000/2000 barrier coat
• Bottom paint (10)

• Hood Seafurl roller furling
• Furler bearings replaced (11)
• Aluminum keel stepped single spreader mast
• Factory spec'ed cutter rig
• Removable inner forstay (not installed)
• Standing rigging replaced (99)
• Standing rigging inspected (10)
• Harken mainsheet track and car
• Inner and outer Genoa tracks
• Lewmar 2SPCH48ST primary winches (02)
• Lewmar 2SP30CH halyard winches (2)
• Lewmar 2SP16CH mainsheet winch
• Lewmar CH8 centerboard winch
• Dutchman sail management system
• Running rigging replaced (09)
• Doyle 135% Genoa (very good)
• Hood 110% jib (good)
• Scott partial battened main w/two reef points (05) (very good)
• 95% Hank on staysail
• Anchor riding sail 

• SS destroyer wheel
• Ritchie compass
• Fuel tank gauge on top of tank
• Racor 500 fuel filter
• Groco raw water strainer
• Motor mounts replaced (02)
• Tach replaced (02)
• Fresh water pump replaced (02)
• Valves adjusted and head re-torqued (02)
• High pressure fuel lines replaced (one in 05, three in 07)
• Fuel lift pump replaced (11)
• 3 blade fixed prop (balanced in 04)
• 2 blade spare prop

• 30A shore power connection and cable
• Blue Seas 120V electrical panel
• Guest 30A three stage battery charger (01)
• Guest battery selector/combiner switch
• Energizer Group 27 starting battery (10)
• Four Energizer 6V 110AH golf cart house batteries (10)
• 85 amp alternator
• Voltage regulator (11)
• 120V receptacles throughout
• 12v receptacles throughout
• GFCI electrical protection
• Deck/steaming light
• Raymarine ST4000 autopilot
• Raymarine wired autopilot remote
• Laptop based navigation software on new laptop
• Raymarine ST40 wind (08)
• Raymarine ST40 speed and log (09)
• Raymarine ST40 depth (08)
• Icom ICM402 VHF radio w/DSC
• Icom CommandMic at helm
• CO2 / smoke detector (11) 

• Stainless steel swim ladder
• Teak cockpit table
• Outboard motor pad
• Lifesling
• Emergency tiller
• Ship's bell
• Mainsail cover (11)
• Pedestal cover
• Danforth compass
• Windex (10)
• All factory manuals and Tartan 37 Association newsletters with maintenance items
• Courtesy flag halyard (09)

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.