About This Vessel
This 1986 Dickerson Tri-Cabin, measures 37 ft, and is located in Oxford, Maryland, powered by Westerbeke 33.00HP.
The Dickerson 37 gained notoriety when Farenc Mate published his book "World's Best Sailboats" and praised the Dickerson 37 as robust, simply built, and a seaworthy craft. They were favored by experienced sailors for their solid construction, excellent joinery, and classic Chesapeake bay heritage, embodying functionality like traditional workboats with quality finishes and strong owner loyalty, similar to Hinckley owners but focused on rugged cruising. They feature sturdy bronze hardware, deep cockpits, and designs inspired by traditional, classic good looks, offering dependable performance and a loyal following for serious sailors. The book celebrates these boats for their blend of modern performance with traditional, dependable design elements, making them timeless cruisers.Many people do not know the Dickerson 37 as they have not been built since the early 1990's. This has resulted in a wonderful cruiser depreciating well below their value. The good side for a buyer is a vessel that fits so many parameters, great sailing ability, tri-cabin layout, cutter rig, traditional good looks, shoal draft which makes her a wonderful coastal cruiser, Chesapeake bay cruiser, Bahama cruiser. The Dickerson 37 is very similar to the Morris 36 and was designed before the Morris. If you are looking for a beautiful, traditional vessel that is exciting to sail and listed at a bargain price, look no further. This will be the last boat you will need to own, not too big and not too small, just right! It is offered as a convenience by this broker/dealer to its clients and is
Accommodations
There were several interior layouts designed, this particular boat is the Tri-Cabin, featuring the master stateroom aft. Starting forward aft of the chain locker is the guest cabin, here she offers a V-berth with center seat or filler for a bouble berth. Teak ceiling strips on the hull sides add to her warmth as well as the teak cabinetry, and teak and holly sole. there is plenty of light and ventilation from the overhead hatch and opening ports on either side.Next is the main salon. She is bright and warm finished in a Herreshoff interior with white bulkheads, teak trim and teak ceiling strips along with her teak and holly sole. Here too she has an overhead hatch and opening ports on either side for additional light and ventilation. The salon has port and starboard settee's with a bulkhead mounted salon dining table on the forward starboard bulkhead. Open and closed shelving outboard. Aft to port is the U-shaped sea galley. Opposite to strarboard is the fully enclosed head with vainty, head and opening port (this is a wet head). One is able to open the aft cabin to the salon via a door and opening bulkhead window, giving the feeling of a larger more open vessel.The aft cabin or owners stateroom has a double berth to port, centerline companionway to the cockpit and forward facing navigation station to starboard. Opening overhead hatch, companionway and opening ports again offer excellent ventilation.Her interior shows the craftmanship in her teak cabinetry and teak and holly sole throughout. The overhead was replaced with a white laminate and teak battens also adding to her custom feel. Her exterior is very traditional in looks but she has an extended fin keel with a skeg hung rudder making for a modern and quick sailing vessel with traditional good looks. She has fiberglass decks but enough teak trim to give her that old world charm without all the maintenance. This owner has opted to keep the exterior teak natural also keeping the maintenance low but one could sand and varnish the exterior teak and it would make her stand out.
Galley
The tri-cabin has a true U-shaped Sea Galley and offers abundant storage space as well as food prep space due to the location being mid-ships.New 2016 - Frigiboat 12V toploading refrigeration with digital controls2025 - Evaporator replaced2 burner csi gimballed stainless steek LPG stove with oven2 LPG tanks in cockpitSingle stainless steel sink with pressure hot and cold waterA fresh water foot pump at the sink as wellOutboard storageUnder counter storage
Sails and Rigging
Aluminum painted spar stepped on the keelAluminum painted boomSingle spreader rigCutter rigChain plates and bulkheads inspected1/19" 316 stainless steel cable standing riggingHarken roller furling for headsailRigging inspection done in 20222 Barient #27 self-tailing Primary winches1 Barient #10 reefing winch on boom1 Barient #18 Halyard winch on Mast1 barient #11 halyard winch on mast2019 dacron Mainsail by St. Michaels Sails2019 dacron Genoa by St. Michaels Sails2013 asymetric cruising spinaker with ATN sockDacron YankeeAll sails stated in excellent conditionBoom Gallows
Electronics
Standard Horizon VHFRitchie compassNew 2024 - Raymarine Evolution series Auto PilotNew 2024 - Raymarine i70 Multi-function depth, speed, wind and Nav dataI-pad GPS/chartplotter via NMEA 2000 bluetooth
Mechanical and electrical
Westerbeke 33A 33HP 4 cylinder diesel engine (engine hour meter not working)V-drive engineHurth transmissionBronze seacocks with ball valvesRacor fuel filterengine mounted heat exchanger3 blade Max ffolding prop - 3 bladesBronze shaft strutNew 2022 -16,000 BTU Air-conditioning unit48 gallon aluminum fuel tank90 gallon stainless steel water tankSurflo 12 volt freshwater pump with accumulator tankNew 2019 - Isotemp water heater - 4 gallonsCable, chain and pulley type mechanical steeringEmergency tillerMSD Type (ಠ_ಠ) waste system wtih 6 gallon holding tank and Y-valve for holding or overboard discharge (deck pumpout)12 volt dc - system - 115 volt AC2 - 27 batteries for the house1 - 24 engine start batteryParallel switchProMariner Pronautic battery charger30 amp shore power with cordSamlex 300 watt inverter
Deck Equipment
Stainless steel bow and stern pulpits with side stanchions and double life lines.New 2024 - 1/19 Wire life linesTeak cowl boxesTeak handrailsTeak eye browsTeak toe railsBlue dodger - SunbrellaBlue Bimini - SunbrellaBlue connector for dodger and bimini - SunbrellaWhite gelcoat hull with red boot and cove stripeSampson Post on foredeck (something Dickerson always did) as well as a cleat Teak anchor platform with stainless steel anchor rollerBoom GallowsStainless steel transom boarding ladderEmergency ladder on port sideLead keel bolted on (5,900lbs)3 overhead hatches10 opening port lightsAll ports where pulled and re-bed in 2019Solar ventT-shaped cockpitKato stainless steel dinghy davits with lifting tackleBruce galvanized Claw primary anchor with chain and rodeDanforth secondary anchor in lazarette5/8" braided nylon line with chain for primary anchor
Safety equipment
Type II life jacketsThrowable type IV3 type I fire extinguishersDistress signalsAir hornNavigation lightsLife slingfirst aid kitCarbon Monoxide detectorsSmoke detectorsRule 12V electric bilge pumpManual bilge pump
Additional equipment
2006 avon inflatable dinghy2HP Honda 4 stroke outboard engine
Disclaimer
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.
