The CS 36 Merlin is a Canadian sailboat, that was designed by Tony Castro and first built in 1986. The design is out of production.[1][2][3]
Production
The boat was built by CS Yachts in Canada, who completed 100 examples between 1986 and 1990.[1][4]
The CS 36 Merlin was produced for almost a year side-by-side with the CS 36, which then became known as the CS 36 Traditional. After the production overlap the Merlin replaced the CS 36 in company's line.[5]
About 20 of the 100 Merlins built were supplied to charter operators for their fleets.[1]
Design
The CS 36 Merlin is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of vacuum bag mouldedfibreglass or Kevlar with a balsa wood core above the waterline. It has a masthead sloop rig, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 13,000 lb (5,897 kg) and carries 5,590 lb (2,536 kg) of ballast.[1][2]
The boat has a draft of 6.25 ft (1.91 m) with the standard keel and 5.00 ft (1.52 m) with the optional wing keel.[1][6]
The boat is fitted with a Swedish Volvo Pentadiesel engine of 25 hp (19 kW) as standard equipment. The fuel tank holds 40 U.S. gallons (150 L; 33 imp gal) and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 70 U.S. gallons (260 L; 58 imp gal).[1]
The boat was available with a long list of options, including a Kevlar or fibreglass hull, a swim platform or conventional transom; a 25 hp (19 kW), 28 hp (21 kW) diesel engine or a 43 hp (32 kW) turbocharged engine, a tall mast or regular mast and by the time production ended in 1990 there were four keel configurations: shoal, wing, deep and performance bulb. As a result of the long options list, no two boats outside the charter fleets were built in the same configuration.[1]
The boat has a PHRF racing average handicap of 141 with a high of 141 and low of 141. It has a hull speed of 7.24 kn (13.41 km/h).[2]