Friday, March 29

Back Cove Reimagines Popular 37 Down-East Cruiser

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Back Cove just announced that it was giving a facelift to the popular 37-foot Down East Cruiser that it first introduced in 2009. The new boat, called the 372, will still have the same lines as the original, but it also will have some new amenities and improvements that will make both cruising and living on board easier and more appealing.

The original Back Cove 37 was a classic cruiser, with a single diesel, low profile and modern lobster-boat lines. The problem was, it was too popular. Back Cove, in Rockland, Maine, has sold more than 200 of them; the tooling was getting worn out.

So Back Cove, part of Sabre Yachts, listened to customer feedback and adopted some new technology to build a new and improved version of the 37. “The Back Cove 372 is full of fresh details that are tailored to today’s cruising and boating lifestyles, yet it retains the classic character and heart of a proven winner,” said Kevin Burns,  the company’s VP of product development and design.

First, it simply acknowledges the obvious. Standard power for the 37 was a 480-hp Cummins diesel, with a 600-hp Cummins as an upgrade. As it turned out, 95 percent of the owners bought the larger engine. Now the 600-hp Cummins is standard on the new 372.

The most obvious tweak comes aft, with a new aft-facing seat in the cockpit, just below a window on the starboard side and opposite a glass bi-fold door to the salon on the port side. With the door and the window open, the salon and cockpit seem to flow into one social unit.

The helm pod also is redesigned. Borrowing from the Back Cove 39O, the company’s second outboard boat that was launched last year, the new 372 will have a new black windshield liner and an upholstered helm pod to reduce glare. There also will be more space for electronics, and the wheel will be larger.

The new boat also largely eliminates aluminum window frames, since sliding windows do not particularly age well. The 372 will have fixed glazed windows in the pilothouse.

On the mechanical side, the 372 will have a more efficient 24V DC electrical system, with less copper weight. It is upgrading the bow thruster from the SidePower SE 80 to an SE 100; the stern thruster will remain the same, but it should benefit from the 24V upgrade.

Below, the head will be reconfigured, with a larger medicine cabinet, a larger mirror over the sink, and a new shower stall.

The original 37, with the 600-hp Cummins, topped out at about 29 knots, and cruised at about 22 knots. It carried 300 gallons of fuel and had a range of 393 nm at 13 knots. Read more: http://backcoveyachts.com

 

 

 

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