crealock 37

Christy and I hopped on the motorcycle - after a long morning of trying to get the batteries charged - and ran up to Bellingham to take a look at two boats. The latter, a Pearson 424 was too big and too Partridge Family for us. It was a 1979 boat replete with naugahide (won't somebody think of the naugas?!) and a rough interior. Although it had a shiny stainless steel caprail all around the boat.

The first boat we saw, however, was a really interesting boat and is currently sitting neck and neck with the Huntingford boat as our most likely hole to dump buckets of money into. It was a 1990 Pacific Seacraft 37', or as they are often referred to: a Crealock 37 after their designer, Bill Crealock.

She was a beautiful boat, extremely well taken care of. But what caught my eye was the hardware. She absolutely bristles with burly bronze deck hardware everywhere you look. Winches, cleats, hawseholes, portlights. Bronze, bronze, bronze. It made for a very classic and rugged look.

She was a convertible cutter rig with a removable solent stay, giving lots of sail plan options at your disposal. The mast was not terribly tall, and perhaps why they have a reputation for being slow sailing boats.

The interior of the boat was compact but not nearly as cramped as folks would have you believe. She seemed plenty comfortable for the likes of us.


A well designed canoe stern. Too many canoe sterns flare out into this big butt that looks like the after effect of too many Big Macs. Crealock figured out the aesthetics of the canoe stern.






Cool stern anchor setup from the factory.






Four (count 'em!) big bronze cleats at the bow.


Chainplate for the removable staysail stay.


Weathered bronze portlights. Me likey.

All the pics posted here on our smugmug account.