Endeavour 37 Yawl Buyer's Guide
The Endeavour 37 is a 1977–1983 Florida-built cruiser from Endeavour Yacht Corporation, with 476 hulls produced and a solid fiberglass hull carrying internal lead ballast. She was designed by Dennis Robbins and Creekmore as a comfortable shoal-draft passage-maker, offered mostly as a sloop with a ketch option, and she remains a common sight among used cruising boats aimed at liveaboards and coastal voyagers. Shopping the brokerage market for one means weighing a heavily built hull against a known set of dated fittings and a few accommodation quirks.
Layouts on the Used Market
Two original interior arrangements appear on the used market. Plan A drops the forward V-berths for an enormous U-shaped dinette and uses a large divided forepeak for chain and sail stowage, with a starboard galley, port head near midships, and two aft double quarter berths. Plan B is the more conventional layout, with forward V-berths, a private port quarter cabin, saloon settees, and a pilot berth that most owners have converted to stowage. Either plan provides six or more berths with usable sea berths, and both carry teak parquet soles, chart tables, and deep double sinks near the centerline, and were delivered with hot and cold pressure water, a shower, and a three-burner alcohol stove. Buyers over six feet should note the V-berths are too short, and the aft cabin is cramped; some Plan B owners found the quarter cabin stuffy.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Most boats will have seen owner updates to the original systems. Power and energy centers on the standard freshwater-cooled Perkins 4-108 diesel with 2.5:1 reduction gear and a 65-gallon baffled fuel tank, so a buyer should confirm starter and cooling condition. Comfort upgrades often address the side-loading refrigerators that were replaced with top-loading ice boxes, and the plastic Vetus hatches that crazed and dripped. Rigging changes may include the Isomat spar, which was known to pump, and some boats carry the later bowsprit or tall-mast option. Beyond those, expect chart tables and pressure water as original; the rest is owner-dependent.
What to Inspect
Several documented issues deserve a close look during survey. Practical Sailor's survey found numerous owners reported gelcoat crazing across the topsides and deck anchor. Check through-hulls for original gate valves, which some owners correctly replaced with sea cocks. Verify the Isomat spar is not pumping, and trace the electrical wiring, which was cited as inaccessible. Inspect plastic Vetus hatches for crazing and dripping, confirm whether V-berths are too short for your height, and observe any persistent listing that could indicate water or holding-tank placement issues. Also confirm the side-loading refrigerator was converted to a top-loading ice box where fitted.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
The Endeavour 37 is a Florida boat, and that is where she is typically found on the used market. For a shopper, the takeaway is a short checklist: confirm the hull is free of structural concern despite gelcoat crazing; verify sea cocks replaced gate valves; test the Isomat spar for pumping; check Vetus hatches and electrical access; measure V-berths against your height; and decide between Plan A's social dinette or Plan B's private quarter cabin. She is a solid, comfortable cruiser for the patient owner.
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