Canados 37
Canados · Andrea Vallicelli · 1980
Updated
The Canados 37 is a 11.28 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Andrea Vallicelli and built by Canados, first launched in 1980. It races in Class C.
Length
11.28 m
37′ 0″
Beam
3.67 m
Draft
2.05 m
Displacement
6.5 t
Sail area
70 m²
On the podium
Where a Canados 37 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
18%
of 55 starts by 6 boats
Wins
4%
Read from 55 starts by 6 boats between 2015 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Canados 37 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Vento de l'Alguer2026
¨16ο Athens Trophy 2026¨2026- AHEPA Cup Perama2026
- "Κυπελλο Αμφιθεας 2025"2025
- Vento de l'Alguer2025
Raced one we are missing?
Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat. Here is how this one does in each.
Round the buoys
22%
of these races end on the podium
Offshore & coastal
9%
of these races end on the podium
Sharper round the buoys. Short courses reward acceleration and manoeuvring, and that is where this design makes its money.
Who she races against
The designs a Canados 37 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Sun Odyssey 36 (7 meetings), Maxi 84 (7 meetings), Elan 37 (6 meetings), First 345 (6 meetings), Sun Odyssey 32 (6 meetings), JOD 35 (6 meetings), Gin Fizz (7 meetings), Nek 26 (6 meetings), Sun Odyssey 40 (7 meetings), First 30 (Berret) (6 meetings), Feeling 920 (6 meetings), Sun Odyssey 33.1 (7 meetings), Oceanis 423 (5 meetings), Oceanis 331 (5 meetings), Dufour 430 (5 meetings), Sun Odyssey 45 (5 meetings), Nereis 30 (5 meetings), Melody (5 meetings), Contest 250 (7 meetings), First 28 (5 meetings)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Canados 37 has fared against each of them, boat against boat on corrected time. Ordered by how often the two meet, not by who wins.
Speed at every angle
The shape of this design's speed, drawn from the measured fleet. Pick a wind and watch it stretch.
Upwind VMG
5.15
38°
Beam reach
7.96
90°
Broad reach
8.67
135°
Downwind VMG
7.58
170°
Speed in knots at 20 knots of true wind. Green marks the angles that pay: the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Where it wins and where it pays
Every boat is judged against its own measurements — length, weight, sail area. The quicker those say it should be, the more it has to deliver just to break even. Going fast is not enough: it has to go faster than its own numbers promised.
This one is at home going to windward. Windward-leeward courses give it more of what it is good at than a coastal race does.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on the beat once it pipes up, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short cracked off when it blows, giving away time it never gets back. That is weight that has to be driven rather than released.
Above the line it delivers more than promised and gains on the fleet. Below, it falls short. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the upwind.
How fast is a Canados 37
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.37 | 4.58 | 5.03 | 5.15 |
| 52° | 5.12 | 6.58 | 7.01 | 7.16 |
| 60° | 5.39 | 6.76 | 7.17 | 7.35 |
| 75° | 5.56 | 6.89 | 7.34 | 7.69 |
| 90° | 5.46 | 6.96 | 7.47 | 7.96 |
| 110° | 5.45 | 7.11 | 7.74 | 8.42 |
| 120° | 5.29 | 7.03 | 7.75 | 8.72 |
| 135° | 4.78 | 6.70 | 7.55 | 8.67 |
| 150° | 4.05 | 6.06 | 7.17 | 8.18 |
| Run VMG | 3.51 | 5.26 | 6.47 | 7.58 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Roughly half carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 580 kg.
Rigging
Canados 37 rig and sail dimensions
A Canados 37 carries 13.32 m of mainsail hoist on a 3.88 m boom, a forestay 14.61 m above the deck and a 5.26 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 6 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails