Dickerson 36 Sailboats for Sale & Market Overview

Drawing Diagram

Builder drawing

Hull type

Monohull · centerboard

Rig

Masthead Sloop

LOA

36' · 10.97 m

Displ.

13,000 lbs · 5,897 kg

First year

1971

The Dickerson 36 occupies a unique niche in the American maritime transition from traditional woodcraft to modern production standards. Introduced in 1972 under the leadership of Thomas Lucke, this model served as a bridge between the classic stripplanked mahogany hulls of the Dickerson 35 and the later fiberglass 37. Unlike its predecessors, which were built using laborintensive stripplanking, the Dickerson 36 utilized a plywood hull construction—often mahogany plywood over white oak frames—to provide a more standardized build process while maintaining the warmth and aesthetics of a wooden yacht. Primarily built as a ketch, the 36 was designed with the shallowwater cruising of the Chesapeake Bay in mind, yet it possessed the scantlings and displacement required for coastal passagemaking.