| Lancer 36 | |
| Designer: | Bill Lee |
| Location: | United States |
| Year: | 1973 |
| Builder: | Lancer Yachts |
| Draft: | 6feet |
| Displacement: | 105000NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | fiberglass |
| Loa: | 36.17feet |
| Lwl: | 29feet |
| Beam: | 11.75feet |
| Engine: | Yanmar 270NaN0 diesel engine |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 40000NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | internally-mounted spade-type rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 42feet |
| J: | 16feet |
| P: | 37feet |
| E: | 12feet |
| Sailplan: | masthead sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 222square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 336square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 558square feet |
| Successor: | Lancer 36 FR |
The Lancer 36 is an American sailboat that was designed by Bill Lee as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1973.[1] [2]
In 1982 the boat was reintroduced with a fractional rig as the Lancer 36 FR.[3]
The prototype boat, Chutzpah was built the year before Lancer Yachts was formed and was the impetus for starting the company.[1] [4]
The Lancer 36 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 105000NaN0 and carries 40000NaN0 of ballast.[1]
The boat has a draft of 6feet with the standard keel and 4.92feet with the optional shoal draft keel.[1]
The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of 270NaN0 for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .[1]
The design had a number of interior arrangements available. The cruising interior includes sleeping accommodation for six people, with a double "V"-berth around a drop-leaf table in the bow cabin and two aft cabins, each with a double berth. The galley is located on the starboard side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner stove and a double sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the port side. The head is located opposite the galley on the port side and includes a shower.[1]
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical or asymmetrical spinnaker.[5]
The prototype boat, Chutzpah, won the Transpacific Yacht Race in both 1973 and 1975.[1]
