it's an ericson 31 'independence'. from a distance it's a bit of a lookalike, but closeup it's obviously smaller and has a very distinctive transom hung rudder.

as for the deck lounging area on the csy 37, i store my hard dinghy on the port side deck, using the staysail halyard to raise it up. my dinghy is a watertender 9.4 which is about nine and a half feet long and four and a half feet wide.