Boat models · Islander
Islander 36
Sailboat, coastal cruiser · built 1971-1986 · designed by Alan Gurney
Key figures
Comfort27.1moderate
Capsize screen1.88passes for offshore
SA/D16.3cruiser
D/L266moderate
Ballast ratio0.41stiff
Hull speed7.1kt
- Built
- 1971-1986
- Designer
- Alan Gurney
- Builder
- Islander Yachts
- Rig
- Masthead sloop
- Keel
- Fin with rudder on skeg
- Length
- 36.1 ft
- Beam / draft
- 11.2 ft · 6.0 ft
- Displacement
- 13,450 lb
Design figures as published, not for any one hull. Full specifications on sailboatdata.com.
Reputation
Classcoastal cruiseras owners use it
Forumsordinarydoes the job, nobody seeks it
Honest, affordable 70s Bruce Farr-era cruiser-racer; fine value, needs age-related refits
- Coastal cruising
- ordinary · roomy enough, comfortable, sails decently
- Club racing
- ordinary · early IOR design, competitive only with PHRF breaks
- First boat
- ordinary · cheap entry, but age-related repairs add up
- Loved
- Low purchase price for size · Solid fiberglass hull · Sails well in moderate air · Roomy, traditional interior
- Gripes
- Can be tender and round up in gusts · Dated interior and wiring · Deck leaks common · Modest performance by modern standards
- Survey for
- Balsa deck core rot at stanchions and chainplates · Chainplate and bulkhead tab corrosion · Original tanks and plumbing failing · Keel-stub or keel bolt corrosion
- Cross-shopped
- Catalina 36 · C&C 35 · Pearson 36 · Cal 36
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