Seaquest 36
Seaquest · Reichel/Pugh · 2003
Updated
The Seaquest 36 is a 11.07 m semi-displacement racing yacht designed by Reichel/Pugh and built by Seaquest, first launched in 2003. It races in Class B.
Length
11.07 m
36′ 4″
Beam
3.30 m
Draft
2.27 m
Displacement
5.4 t
Sail area
78 m²
On the podium
Where a Seaquest 36 finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
31%
of 13 starts by 2 boats
Wins
0%
Read from 13 starts by 2 boats between 2015 and 2026, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Seaquest 36 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Nordstadtwerke-Cup2026- Im-Jaich-Cup2026
- Miar2026
Hollænderseilasen2025- Norgesmesterskap ORCi2019
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
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Not enough data yet: no races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: no races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Seaquest 36 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Also met, too few times for a figure:
Hanse 291 (6 meetings), First 35 (Berret) (6 meetings), Sp (6 meetings), JPK 38 (5 meetings), Bavaria Match 42 (4 meetings), Dolphin 81 (4 meetings), First 31.7 (4 meetings), X-332 (3 meetings), Landmark 43 (6 meetings), King 40 (3 meetings), Dehler 36 (Judel/Vrolijk) (3 meetings), X-382 (3 meetings), TP 52 (Farr) (3 meetings), Xp 44 (3 meetings), J/111 (3 meetings), First 35 (Farr) (3 meetings), Sinergia 40 (3 meetings), IMX 45 (3 meetings), Bavaria Match 35 (3 meetings), X-41 (3 meetings), Xp 38 (3 meetings), 11 Metre (3 meetings), First 40.7 (6 meetings), Elan 350 (3 meetings), X-40 (3 meetings), Hanse 400 (2 meetings), Comfortina 35 (2 meetings), Arcona 385 (1 meeting), Arcona 345 (1 meeting), Neo 350 (1 meeting), Bavaria Match 38 (1 meeting), Elan 40 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 40 (Paperini) (1 meeting), Dehler 39 (Judel/Vrolijk) (1 meeting)
Some of the boats it races against
How the Seaquest 36 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
5.47
38°
Beam reach
8.85
90°
Broad reach
10.55
135°
Downwind VMG
8.32
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.
Reaching and running is where this one pays. A course with long free legs suits it better than a windward-leeward.
Where it gains
Its best ground is off the wind once it pipes up, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage downwind as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
There is no condition where it falls away badly, which is worth something over a season of mixed weather.
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 0.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the downwind.
How fast is a Seaquest 36
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.82 | 5.04 | 5.33 | 5.47 |
| 52° | 5.78 | 7.21 | 7.52 | 7.69 |
| 60° | 6.07 | 7.40 | 7.74 | 7.94 |
| 75° | 6.29 | 7.56 | 8.04 | 8.39 |
| 90° | 6.17 | 7.62 | 8.21 | 8.85 |
| 110° | 6.28 | 7.89 | 8.66 | 9.44 |
| 120° | 6.12 | 7.84 | 8.82 | 10.04 |
| 135° | 5.49 | 7.50 | 8.52 | 10.55 |
| 150° | 4.60 | 6.79 | 7.93 | 9.46 |
| Run VMG | 3.99 | 5.88 | 7.08 | 8.32 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 600 kg.
Rigging
Seaquest 36 rig and sail dimensions
A Seaquest 36 carries 14.35 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.28 m boom, a forestay 14.02 m above the deck and a 5.01 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 4 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 87 to 110 m² depending on bowsprit and set-up. Before ordering a sail, read the figure on your own measurement record rather than the typical one for the design.