New Back Cove 37 on it's way

Back Cove Yachts has grown significantly since the first Back Cove 29 was launched in 2003. The market has accepted our boats with an overwhelming enthusiasm and we have often been asked how big we are planning to go with the range. Naval architecture logic says that planing, single engine boats that like to go more than 20 knots, are limited in LOA to about 37 or 38 feet due to weight and drag factors.

And so our design team has envisioned a new model which comes in at 37 feet. Her interior will feature two private cabins and a shared head with stall shower. She will have a mid-level galley and a fully enclosed sedan style helm deck. Her exterior offers the same hallmarks that other Back Cove models provide. Safe and wide side decks, great deck hardware a very crew-friendly foredeck and a large cockpit with plenty of seating.

Standard power is a 480 HP Cummins QSB diesel engine and she'll have gen set and air conditioning supplied as standard. At the helm, two Stidd seats offer comfortable perches for helmsperson and crew. Check out this drawing of the interior and post your comments and questions about where we are headed.

Comments

[bentley]

The base price for the first Back Cove 37's is $400K. That is with gen set and two AC units. So with typical options and electronics I estimate the 37 to be around $450K

[John Wasilisin]

Bentley, thanks for your quick response. I will follow up with Gordon. What about price points for the BC37?

[bentley]

Yes the galley is open to the light above. Because the design has a hard back enclosure all the time, we don't need to typical express boat companionway above the galley. This particular galley is half way between the two cabin soles and gives the best of both galley-up and galley-down.
You are always welcome to tour we just would like a few days notice. You can email gordon@backcoveyachts.com to set something up

[John W.]

Bentley, I am very interested in the BC37. Will it incorporate the "openess" over the galley similar to the Eastbay 39, which allows natural light into the lower salon? What are the price points for this boat? I will be in the Rockland/Camden area in mid-August-can I make an appointment to visit the factory? I am also interested in the BC33. Thank you...John W.

[Bentley]

Marcus, the first boat goes into production in October/November and we'll be launching the first boat in April 2009. You are always welcome to visit the yard Monday to Thursday with an appointment in advance. Our dealers are accepting orders now.

[marcus]

When is the first hull expected to be completed and when will Back Cove begin taking orders? I would really like to visit the factory and see the new model under construction; could that be arranged?

[Bentley]

Bill, I'll post a side view. The mid-galley seems to be confusing folks and the mid galley is why we can't do the mates seat to port. It's sole is two steps down from the main salon sole. By choosing two seats each person can adjust for their own comfort level and both have arm rests to contain their movements in a sea way. The inner seat can also swing to face the salon when not underway. We configured the Sabre 52 this way and users love this feature

[Bentley]

Marcus, I'll try to explain the slider. First we are dealing with a tilting helm deck which is the salon cabin sole. We need to optimize the egress in and out of the engine room and the slider allows us to do that better than a swing door. Our experience with the Sabre swing doors (by the way our next Sabre will have a slider too) is that the door when held open infringes on the space available in the cockpit and interferes with conversation and passage from one side of the cockpit to the other. I won't debate boarding waves here but I can attest that when my own Back Cove 33 is traveling at planing speeds which we do in all conditions, waves do not have a chance of boarding our boat from aft. I agree that a slower moving displacement yacht may have these issues

[marcus]

Bentley,
Sorry to hear that the aft enclosure will be a sliding (glass) door. Sliding doors are for condos on the beach, not seaworthy boats. Granted many large ( emphasis on large) yachts use such doors on upper decks but not advisable close to the cockpit with the possibility of boarding seas (some of us actually use our boats in rough conditions). Why not the same design as used on the Sabre line?? These comments are not meant to be overly critical, but borne of experience. I'm still very excited about this new design, our last boat was a bullet-proof 60,000# displacement trawler capable of 3000NM range and we are looking for a fast, seaworthy alternative for US East Coast and Bahamas cruising.

[bill smith]

Have a new 33 this year and would think that pilot house arrangement would work well with the BC37. Galley up but switch sides and put mate seat on other side as well (like the 33). Is there a elevation side view. Maybe I should've waited a year???

[George Mauro]

The canvas enclosure I'm thinking of would first deploy as a bimini sunshade, straight off the rear edge of the hardtop. Similar to what George Sass had on his circumnavigation of the east coast. Possibly unrolling from some housing. With side and rear vented curtains added such as the canvas camperbacks on many models. I've seen this very deployment from another builder.

[Bentley]

George, I just came back from Australia where this sort of canvas cover is very common. I got some great ideas on how to do it well. Now are you talking about a sun shade or something to close in the back of the house? The latter is going to be a hard sliding door on the BC37.

[George Mauro]

BC37 looks good. Galley UP is our preference. Please consider a clever canvas deployment off the back end of the hardtop to cover the cockpit quickly and easily. Self stowing, of course...
Please send me design developments as they occur. I'm in! Selling my Formula 37PC now!

[Randy Kelley]

I have a 36 Sabre sedan flybridge and I am selling it in order to get a 33 Backcove. I prefer an open bridge that is enclosed with curtains. Is Backcove considering offering the boat both ways like the 33?

[marcus]

Bentley, I see what you mean by the mid-deck galley arrangement, should be a good compromise. Also, I did note the apparent greater length to beam ratio, I think that is a wise design decision and should provide better performance and help with powering through seas although possibly at the expense of a bit of static (initial) stability. This is looking more and more like my next boat!! Please provide design details as available.

[Bentley]

The 37 will cruise at 20 knots just like the standard 33 does with it's 380 Yanmar. We will have larger engine options available. There are two "new things" with the 37. First she is narrower relatively speaking for her LOA to the 33 and 2nd she is going to have afully infused deck and hull which will reduce displacement weight quite a bit.
I'll have Ben send you some spcs etc by email.

Cheers

[el jefe]

Do you have any other details or specs. It seems like the engine powering might be on the low side compared to the specs for the 33.

[Bentley]

Marcus, the galley is at a "mid level" so you step down two steps to the galley and then two more to the lower cabin. The best of both worlds if you will. So we had to make a choice and that was for the two cabin version you see here. In time we might consider a single cabin galley down version and that might even happen in our 33 footer in time too. But for now given tooling requirements, we had to act and this layout is what we were hearing from our owners and potential owners.
Because the galley is at mid level we could not put the mates seat on the port side so that is why they are side by side.

[marcus]

The new BC37 appears to be just what I've been looking for in my next boat. I like the single engine decision but I am wondering if the boat might be offered in a galley down, single cabin model? I also question the utility of two Stidd chairs so close together, I think one for the pilot with another on port side of bridge deck would be more practical. Looking forward to seeing how this project evolves.