| CS 36 Merlin | |
| Image Boat: | File:CS 36 Merlin sailboat Born Free 7660.jpg |
| Designer: | Tony Castro |
| Location: | Canada |
| Year: | 1986 |
| No Built: | 100 |
| Builder: | CS Yachts |
| Displacement: | 130000NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | Monohull |
| Construction: | Fibreglass |
| Loa: | 36feet |
| Lwl: | 29.17feet |
| Beam: | 11.5feet |
| Hull Draft: | 6.25feet |
| Engine: | Volvo Penta diesel engine 250NaN0 |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 55900NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | internally-mounted spade-type/ rudder |
| Rigs: | Masthead sloop |
| I: | 45.5feet |
| J: | 14.3feet |
| P: | 39.5feet |
| E: | 14.3feet |
| Sailarea Main: | 282.43square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 325.33square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 607.75square feet |
| Phrf: | 141 (average) |
The CS 36 Merlin is a Canadian sailboat, that was designed by Tony Castro and first built in 1986. The design is out of production.[1] [2] [3]
The boat was built by CS Yachts in Canada, who completed 100 examples between 1986 and 1990.[1] [4]
The CS 36 Merlin was produced for almost a year side-by-side with the CS 36, which then became known as the CS 36 Traditional. After the production overlap the Merlin replaced the CS 36 in company's line.[5]
About 20 of the 100 Merlins built were supplied to charter operators for their fleets.[1]
The CS 36 Merlin is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of vacuum bag moulded fibreglass or Kevlar with a balsa wood core above the waterline. It has a masthead sloop rig, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 130000NaN0 and carries 55900NaN0 of ballast.[1] [2]
The boat has a draft of 6.25feet with the standard keel and 5feet with the optional wing keel.[1] [6]
The boat is fitted with a Swedish Volvo Penta diesel engine of 250NaN0 as standard equipment. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .[1]
The boat was available with a long list of options, including a Kevlar or fibreglass hull, a swim platform or conventional transom; a 250NaN0, 280NaN0 diesel engine or a 430NaN0 turbocharged engine, a tall mast or regular mast and by the time production ended in 1990 there were four keel configurations: shoal, wing, deep and performance bulb. As a result of the long options list, no two boats outside the charter fleets were built in the same configuration.[1]
The boat has a PHRF racing average handicap of 141 with a high of 141 and low of 141. It has a hull speed of 7.242NaN2.[2]