1986 Dickerson 37' (11.28 m) Tri-Cabin
Oxford, Maryland, United States
Starry Night
Very well maintained Dickerson 37 Tri-cabin. Rated by Ferenc Mate as one of the world's Best Sailboats.
- Cutter
- Sail
- Used
- Diesel
- Fiberglass Hull
- HIN/IMO: DBB00315J686
Vessel ID# Last Updated: 2026-01-20 15:28:43
Description
- 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!
Specifications
HIN/IMO: DBB00315J686
LOA: 37' (11.28 Meters)
Type: Sail- Used
Year: 1986
Beam: 11' 6''
LOD: 37'
LWL: 28' 10''
Draft Max: 4' 6''
Fuel Type: Diesel
Hull Material: Fiberglass
Hull Finish: Gelcoat
Hull Shape: Monohull
Air Conditioning: Yes
Tower: No
Fuel Tank: 48 Gallons (181.7 Liters)
Fresh Water: 90 Gallons (340.69 Liters)
Holding Tank: 6 Gallons (22.71 Liters)
Displacement: 15950
Ballast Weight: 6000 lbs
Designer: George Hazen
Builder: Dickerson
Exterior Color: White
Tender HIN: AVB92852G506
Tender Registration: MD 5309 BX
Tender Title: 1177491
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Engines
Engine 1
- Engine Make: Westerbeke
- Engine Year: 1986
- Engine Type: Inboard
- Drive Type: V
- Power HP: 33.00
- Power KW: 24.61
- Fuel Type: Diesel
- Engine Location: Middle
Full Details
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 controls
- 2025 - Evaporator replaced
- 2 burner csi gimballed stainless steek LPG stove with oven
- 2 LPG tanks in cockpit
- Single stainless steel sink with pressure hot and cold water
- A fresh water foot pump at the sink as well
- Outboard storage
- Under counter storage
Sails and Rigging
- Aluminum painted spar stepped on the keel
- Aluminum painted boom
- Single spreader rig
- Cutter rig
- Chain plates and bulkheads inspected
- 1/19" 316 stainless steel cable standing rigging
- Harken roller furling for headsail
- Rigging inspection done in 2022
- 2 Barient #27 self-tailing Primary winches
- 1 Barient #10 reefing winch on boom
- 1 Barient #18 Halyard winch on Mast
- 1 barient #11 halyard winch on mast
- 2019 dacron Mainsail by St. Michaels Sails
- 2019 dacron Genoa by St. Michaels Sails
- 2013 asymetric cruising spinaker with ATN sock
- Dacron Yankee
- All sails stated in excellent condition
- Boom Gallows
Electronics
- Standard Horizon VHF
- Ritchie compass
- New 2024 - Raymarine Evolution series Auto Pilot
- New 2024 - Raymarine i70 Multi-function depth, speed, wind and Nav data
- I-pad GPS/chartplotter via NMEA 2000 bluetooth
Mechanical and electrical
- Westerbeke 33A 33HP 4 cylinder diesel engine (engine hour meter not working)
- V-drive engine
- Hurth transmission
- Bronze seacocks with ball valves
- Racor fuel filter
- engine mounted heat exchanger
- 3 blade Max ffolding prop - 3 blades
- Bronze shaft strut
- New 2022 -16,000 BTU Air-conditioning unit
- 48 gallon aluminum fuel tank
- 90 gallon stainless steel water tank
- Surflo 12 volt freshwater pump with accumulator tank
- New 2019 - Isotemp water heater - 4 gallons
- Cable, chain and pulley type mechanical steering
- Emergency tiller
- MSD 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 AC
- 2 - 27 batteries for the house
- 1 - 24 engine start battery
- Parallel switch
- ProMariner Pronautic battery charger
- 30 amp shore power with cord
- Samlex 300 watt inverter
Deck Equipment
- Stainless steel bow and stern pulpits with side stanchions and double life lines.
- New 2024 - 1/19 Wire life lines
- Teak cowl boxes
- Teak handrails
- Teak eye brows
- Teak toe rails
- Blue dodger - Sunbrella
- Blue Bimini - Sunbrella
- Blue connector for dodger and bimini - Sunbrella
- White gelcoat hull with red boot and cove stripe
- Sampson Post on foredeck (something Dickerson always did) as well as a cleat
- Teak anchor platform with stainless steel anchor roller
- Boom Gallows
- Stainless steel transom boarding ladder
- Emergency ladder on port side
- Lead keel bolted on (5,900lbs)
- 3 overhead hatches
- 10 opening port lights
- All ports where pulled and re-bed in 2019
- Solar vent
- T-shaped cockpit
- Kato stainless steel dinghy davits with lifting tackle
- Bruce galvanized Claw primary anchor with chain and rode
- Danforth secondary anchor in lazarette
- 5/8" braided nylon line with chain for primary anchor
Safety equipment
- Type II life jackets
- Throwable type IV
- 3 type I fire extinguishers
- Distress signals
- Air horn
- Navigation lights
- Life sling
- first aid kit
- Carbon Monoxide detectors
- Smoke detectors
- Rule 12V electric bilge pump
- Manual bilge pump
Additional equipment
2006 avon inflatable dinghy
2HP Honda 4 stroke outboard engine
Exclusions
Personal items
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. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change or withdrawal without notice.
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The water has always been a part of my life since learning to sail aboard a Sailfish while vacationing in Chatham, Massachusetts. At twelve, I graduated to Penguins and 420’s at the Tred Avon Yacht Club in Oxford, Maryland. My parents always belonged to the Corinthian Yacht Club in Philadelphia and I often accompanied them on cruises aboard a Hinckley Bermuda 40 that we cruised in the Chesapeake.
Understanding banking after working 12 years for Loyola Savings and Loan of Maryland, I helped navigate the purchase of a 32’ Pearson Vanguard for a friend and taught him to sail. Loving the idea of sharing my passion for boating, I joined Oxford Boatyard Yacht Sales (in what is now Safe Harbor Oxford Boatyard and Marina) in 1990 and worked as a broker and office manager for 25 years.Â
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