Overview

The Monk 36 is big, comfortable vessel built for your dream voyage, easy to handle and perfect for the Great Loop. Built in Novia Scotia with roots in Tiawan she has both a great heritage and pedigree. With ease of access for both people and (large) dogs there are no more than three steps to a place to land. Due to her traditional aesthetics she has great universal appeal. "Egret" has a large aft cabin and a lot of storage throughout. The galley was designed with an undercounter refrigerator that resulted in additional counter space. A second refrigerator was added in an aft storage cabinet. Egret is well taken care of, maintained and updated example and it shows.

The PowerBoat Guide states the well-respected Monk 36 as a “graceful aft-cabin trawler” offering a mix of “simplicity, comfort and seaworthiness.” The Ed Monk- designed semi displacement hull is powered by a single diesel. The bow is tall, and there’s plenty of freeboard from stem to stern. There’s a flybridge helm station (in addition to a lower helm in the saloon) that gives good sightlines around the boat. Wide side decks and rails all around are a plus for safety, and there’s room for dinghy storage on the cabin top. Egrets dinghy is davit mounted on the stern.

The aft cabin is the master stateroom, with its queen-sized berth offset to starboard. That leaves room for a large hanging locker to port and drawers and storage lockers on the starboard side. The adjacent head includes a separate shower. (Older versions have a bathtub.) The second stateroom is forward, with a large V-berth and adjacent enclosed head compartment.

The main saloon has a port settee and high-low table that converts to a double berth. Just aft is the L-shaped galley. Equipment includes a full-size refrigerator/freezer, a three-burner stove/oven and a double stainless-steel sink.

Ed Monk is well known for his yacht designs, and his 36-foot trawler helped popularize the genre. The boats were originally built in Taiwan, but production shifted to Nova Scotia in 1992. More than 250 Monk 36s were built over a 25-year production run that ended in 2007. Egret is available and sought after by trawler aficionados, schedule a viewing today!