Beneteau 37

The Beneteau 37, also called the Oceanis 37 and the Moorings 37.2 for the yacht charter market, is a French sailboat that was designed by Finot/Conq as a cruiser-racer and first built in 2006.

Any boat can be sailed as a club racer but the 37 will fill the role with some flair as she slips happily through the water, she has good stability and is fun to drive.

"[13] In a 2008 review for Cruising World, Jeremy McGeary wrote, "the Beneteau 37 has more area in the foretriangle than in the mainsail, although it still sports an easy-to-tame 105-percent genoa.

When we were sailing upwind in a gusty breeze, the first reef we took was in the main, and this tamed the helm immediately, although the boat was still a handful in the bigger puffs, and I would've appreciated better footing at my preferred steering position on the windward side.

On the wind, the Beneteau 37, showing its Finot-Conq lineage, embarrassed boats of greater waterline length despite having an in-mast furling mainsail.

Oceanis 37 interior