Endeavour 37 (Cutter) Tall Buyer's Guide
Shopping the used market for an Endeavour 37 means looking at one of the more common 37-foot cruisers of the late 1970s and early 1980s, with around 476 hulls produced from 1977 through 1983. Designed by Dennis Robbins and built by Endeavour Yacht Corp. in Florida, she is a shoal-draft, solid-laminate cruiser offered in sloop, cutter, and ketch rigs. Most used examples are sloop rigged, but the cutter and ketch were offered, and a bowsprit was added on some to extend the foretriangle.
Layouts on the Used Market
Two interior plans appear on the brokerage trail. Plan A replaces the forward berths with a large U-shaped dinette and keeps a split forepeak for ground tackle and sails, with a midships head, sideboard galley, and two aft double quarter berths. Plan B is the conventional V-berth-forward layout with settees, a pilot berth that often becomes stowage, and a private port quarter cabin that owners sometimes find stuffy. Both sleep at least six with decent sea berths, chart tables, and a teak parquet sole; headroom is 6 feet 6 inches. The aft cabin in either plan is cramped, and V-berths are short for anyone over six feet.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
The standard late-70s galley carried a three-burner alcohol stove and oven, with hot and cold pressure water and a shower. The auxiliary is the freshwater-cooled Perkins 4-108 diesel. Buyers will often find the original gate valves on through-hulls replaced by sea cocks, and side-loading refrigerators swapped for top-loading ice boxes. Original plastic Vetus hatches may have been changed out due to crazing and dripping. These are the consequential upgrades to verify rather than cosmetic additions.
What to Inspect
Recurring owner complaints center on gelcoat crazing across the topsides, a fault shared with the Endeavour 32. Check through-hulls for original gate valves, which some owners correctly replaced with sea cocks. Inspect the Isomat spar for pumping, trace electrical wiring that was often inaccessible, and confirm whether water and holding tank placement has caused persistent listing. Plastic Vetus hatches are known to craze and drip. Note V-berths too short for tall sailors and any cramped aft-cabin ventilation. No structural problems with oilcanning or bulkheads were reported by owners.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
The Endeavour 37 is a Florida boat, and that is where she is typically found on the market. For a shopper, the checklist is short: confirm keel integrity (no bolts, internal lead glassed in), verify rig simplicity and spar condition, inspect for gelcoat crazing and hatch leaks, and prefer a layout whose berth lengths and cabin airflow suit your height and liveaboard plans.
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