Talisman 37 Sailboats for Sale

Hull Type

Monohull · fin

Rig

Masthead Sloop

LOA

37' · 11.28 m

Disp.

17,000 lbs · 7,711 kg

First year

1971

The Talisman 37, designed by the prolific naval architect John Bennett, stands as a quintessential example of the "fast motor cruiser" philosophy that emerged in the 1970s. Primarily built by yards such as Souter of Cowes and sometimes associated with Fairways Marine (the builders of the Fisher range), the Talisman 37 was engineered to provide a robust, seagoing platform for longrange cruising in the oftenturbulent waters of the English Channel and the North Sea. Unlike the purely displacementoriented trawlers of its era, the Talisman 37 utilized a semidisplacement hull form, allowing it to transition from economical displacement speeds to more urgent transit speeds when required. The model is frequently grouped with its larger sibling, the Talisman 41, which utilized a stretched version of the same hull architecture to provide additional aftcabin volume.