MacGregor 36 Sailboats for Sale & Market Overview

Drawing Diagram

Builder drawing

Hull Type

Catamaran · centerboard

Rig

Masthead Sloop

LOA

35.5' · 10.82 m

Disp.

3,000 lbs · 1,361 kg

First year

1977

The MacGregor 36 stands as a fascinating anomaly in the history of multihull design, representing Roger MacGregor’s ambitious attempt to bring ultralight displacement boat (ULDB) performance to the catamaran market. Launched in 1977 and produced through the early 1980s, this 36foot catamaran was marketed as the fastest production sailboat in the world at the time of its release. Unlike the waterballasted powersailers that would later define the MacGregor brand, the 36 was a focused, highspeed coastal cruiser designed with a radical 12:1 lengthtobeam ratio on its individual hulls. Its most defining characteristic remains its demountable nature; the entire 18footwide structure can be unbolted and collapsed to a 10foot width for trailering, a feat of engineering that remains nearly unique for a vessel of this scale.