Selection 37
Jeanneau · Joubert/Nivelt · 1985
Updated
The Selection 37 is a 10.87 m displacement racing yacht designed by Joubert/Nivelt and built by Jeanneau, first launched in 1985. It races in Class C.
Length
10.87 m
35′ 8″
Beam
3.24 m
Draft
1.92 m
Displacement
4.8 t
Sail area
67 m²
On the podium
Where a Selection 37 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
3
Starts
Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.
Read from 3 starts by 1 boat between 2014 and 2016, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Selection 37 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2016- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2015
- 151 Miglia - Trofeo Cetilar2014
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: 3 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Selection 37 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
First 36.7 (3 meetings), X-332 (3 meetings), Sun Fast 37 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek) (3 meetings), First 40.7 (3 meetings), Sly 42 (2 meetings), Dufour 36 (2 meetings), Grand Soleil 45 (Judel/Vrolijk) (2 meetings), Dufour 45 (2 meetings), Bavaria Match 38 (2 meetings), Farr 60 (2 meetings), X-452 (2 meetings), Comet 45 (3 meetings), Grand Soleil 50 (Judel/Vrolijk) (2 meetings), Comet 41 (2 meetings), First 45 (Briand) (1 meeting), First 47.7 (1 meeting), Comet 38 (Vallicelli) (1 meeting), X-34 (1 meeting), Rimar 36 (1 meeting), Sun Fast 3200 (1 meeting), IMX 38 (1 meeting), Dehler 44 (1 meeting), Salona 41 (1 meeting), TP 52 (Carkeek) (1 meeting), First 40 (1 meeting), First 34.7 (1 meeting), Platu 25 (1 meeting), Farr 40 (1 meeting), JOD 35 (1 meeting), Elan 350 (1 meeting), Cookson 50 (1 meeting), Grand Soleil 43 (Carkeek) (1 meeting), Dufour 34 (1 meeting), Baltic 39 (1 meeting), Sun Fast 40 (1 meeting), J/105 (1 meeting), Dufour 41 (1 meeting), Hanse 370 (1 meeting), Hanse 370e (1 meeting)
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
5.07
39°
Beam reach
8.16
90°
Broad reach
8.93
135°
Downwind VMG
7.80
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.
There is no obvious weak spot here. It rewards preparation and crew work more than it rewards picking the right day.
Where it gains
Its best ground is across the wind once the breeze fills, where it goes better than its measurements say it should, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage on the beat as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short running deep in the light stuff, giving away time it never gets back.
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 beam reach.
How fast is a Selection 37
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.39 | 4.58 | 4.94 | 5.07 |
| 52° | 5.19 | 6.64 | 7.02 | 7.17 |
| 60° | 5.46 | 6.86 | 7.23 | 7.40 |
| 75° | 5.65 | 7.04 | 7.50 | 7.79 |
| 90° | 5.54 | 7.09 | 7.70 | 8.16 |
| 110° | 5.42 | 7.17 | 7.91 | 8.68 |
| 120° | 5.19 | 7.06 | 7.89 | 8.95 |
| 135° | 4.57 | 6.64 | 7.62 | 8.93 |
| 150° | 3.82 | 5.94 | 7.24 | 8.44 |
| Run VMG | 3.31 | 5.15 | 6.55 | 7.80 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 460 kg.
Rigging
Selection 37 rig and sail dimensions
A Selection 37 carries 12.90 m of mainsail hoist on a 4.70 m boom, a forestay 11.71 m above the deck. 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 — 62 to 75 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.