Doug Peterson 37

Designed to the IOR/International Offshore Rules (a style of rules for racing sailboats) dominating the day, Karma was built in Chita, Japan and launched in Dana Point of all places as ‘Sunjammer’ in 1977.

The boat was raced successfully there for a number of years before making the move up to the Astoria/Portland area. At this point the name was changed to Karma and painted blue, mast and all. In 2014 the mast came down when the port side chainplate ripped out of the deck. The next owner had a hardy splice put in the mast and did some small bulkhead fixes, using the boat for weekend trip but storing it on the hard. We purchased Karma in Anacortes and did more extensive repairs including a full rerig and here she is now!

Here are some of the general specs on the boat:

• 37 feet overall
• 7 foot draft
• 60 foot air-draft
• Tiller steered
• Fin keel and balanced spade rudder
• 12,000lbs of displacement
• 6,000lbs in the keel, so a cool 50/50 displacement/ballast ratio

• Yanmar 2GM20F fresh water cooled auxiliary engine, installed in Ucluelet, BC, CA
• MarTec 2 blade folding propeller
• 400 Watts of solar atop a custom ss arch, 400 Ah of LiFePo4 Batteries
• Double spreader spar, Navtec Rod shrouds, Wire rope forestay, backstay, and inner forestay, Pro-Furl Furler, Dyneema running backs and baby-stay
• 11 winches onboard…
• HRO 7gph 12v Watermaker
• Forced air diesel heater

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