PEARSON 36 PILOT HOUSE
Specifications
Hull
| LOA | 36.42 ft |
| LWL | 30 ft |
| Beam | 11.5 ft |
| Draft | 4.5 ft |
| Displacement | 17,700 lb |
| Ballast | 7,299.5 lb |
| Hull speed1.34·√LWL | 7.3 kn |
Rig & Sails
| Iforetriangle height | 43.2 ft |
| Jforetriangle base | 15 ft |
| Pmainsail luff | 38 ft |
| Emainsail foot | 13 ft |
| FLforestay | 15 ft |
| Mainsail | 590.8 sq ft |
| Jib (100%) | 324 sq ft |
| Spinnaker | 550.8 sq ft |
Engine
| Commonly | Atomic 4 |
About the PEARSON 36 PILOT HOUSE
Pilothouse sloop with the same hull as the PEARSON 365.
Direct variants of the PEARSON 36 PILOT HOUSE
Near-identical models — same hull, builder and designer, re-badged or lightly changed. Specs and owner-reported issues are typically shared across the group, so a sister model's page may carry detail this one doesn't.
Performance
Market Price
Estimated Cost of Ownership
Based on 36.42ft LOA. Actual costs vary by condition, usage, and local rates.
Known Issues & Pre-Purchase Inspection
5 documented issues across 4 systems, documented on the near-identical sister model PEARSON 365 KETCH. The PEARSON 36 PILOT HOUSE shares its hull, so these findings apply.
This variant has a different rig (Masthead Sloop vs Masthead Ketch); those items are flagged below. Everything else is hull/structural and applies directly.
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- ✓ All 5 specific issues — severity, symptoms & fixes (from sister model PEARSON 365 KETCH, rig/keel differences flagged)
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