Design and Construction
Furia Yachts (DRESPORT) built the hull and deck in solid fiberglass in Spain. The monohull design has a fin keel and spade rudder.
The Furia 37 carries 12.3 feet of beam on a 30.84-foot waterline and draws 6.73 feet. Displacement is 13,228 pounds, including 4,916 pounds of lead ballast. Wetted surface is about 441 square feet, while the immersion rate is roughly 1,322 pounds per inch, indicating that she settles predictably as weight comes aboard.
Period reviewers described her as stable and stiff, but with low righting capability if capsized. That assessment is consistent with her capsize screening value of 2.08, which would bar her from sanctioned ocean races.
Rig, Performance, and Handling
The masthead sloop rig carries 834 square feet of sail area on the 100-percent basis, including a 265-square-foot mainsail and a 324-square-foot fore sail. The I measurement is 47.57 feet, and J is 13.62 feet.
One review noted that the Furia 37 carries more rig than 73 percent of comparable sailboats and is slightly overrigged. One source gives her sail-area-to-displacement ratio as 23.95. Another, using an ISO reference sail and a 135-percent genoa, cites figures of 16.9 and 20.1 respectively. On paper, she is a very high performer: a moderate-weight sailboat built for speed. Her theoretical hull speed is 7.44 knots.
The standing and running rigging specifications include halyard and sheet diameters. The mainsheet is 97 feet of 14-millimeter line, while the genoa sheets are 39 feet of 14-millimeter line. These dimensions indicate that the original specification favored substantial control lines for a boat of this size.
Accommodations and Tankage
Database entries list zero cabins, berths, heads, and headroom. These are clearly placeholders rather than evidence of an empty interior, so no reliable claim can be made about the accommodation layout.
Tankage is modest. The 33-gallon fuel tank is described as originally small, while the 53-gallon water tank provides a short supply range. For a fast cruiser, those figures point toward coastal sailing and short passages rather than long, autonomous voyages without frequent replenishment.
Verdict
The Furia 37 is a Spanish-built fast cruiser from Joubert-Nivelt, combining a stiff, moderate-racer hull with a slightly overrigged masthead sloop sail plan. On paper, she offers very high performance, predictable behavior under added load, and the responsive underwater profile of a fin keel and spade rudder. Her speed-oriented, moderate-weight character comes with two notable trade-offs: low righting capability if capsized and limited tankage.
Pros
- Stiff, stable, very high-performance hull in the moderate-racer displacement class
- Slightly overrigged masthead sloop with a substantial rigging specification
- Predictable immersion rate
- Solid fiberglass construction by a named Spanish builder
Cons
- Low righting capability if capsized, with a capsize screening value that excludes her from sanctioned ocean racing
- Originally small fuel capacity and a short water-supply range
- Unverified accommodation data, preventing a reliable assessment of the interior layout
