An excellent sea boat, in fact it's stability has become the benchmark against which all other boats are marked even today.
A good performer, although suffers a little from the 'large foresail small main' sail layout popular of the era. Windward performance is good if not a little wet.
Probably the biggest disadvantage is that the 32 is so popular and well sought after that values gave become quite high - good for existing owners, but not for people looking to buy. An equivalent lesser known boat (a Sparkman and Stephens design perhaps) can be had for significantly less.
These boats are still being made today with few changes to the original design, so spare parts are not a problem, and owners can even have the interior completely refitted to 'as new' specification.
Pretty looking boat, which is capable of withstanding the worst of weather conditions. While it was originally designed as a cruiser, it can often be seen racing. Accomodation is comfortable, although headroom is a little restricted.
Never owned
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Reviewed October 2003.
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nice little boat
Owned for 3 months.
Preloved Visitor
Reviewed January 2003.
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Ideal singlehander predictable, steady at close quarters; low freeboard ideal for picking up moorings. Small enough to be handy, large enough to be confortable. All solid construction, no cardboard decks here! Relatively expensive to build, so your investment will not be undermined by a glut of similar designs on the market. Classic lines and class racing also keep values up. It'll do for me.
Owned for more than 5 years.
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Reviewed September 2002.
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-looks good -perfect to windward sailing (beats every modern 36 footer) - If you are more than 1.9 meter long bunks are cramped mine is for [Log in to view email]
Owned for more than 5 years.
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Reviewed December 2000.
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This boat is very small by modern standards (comparable in interior volume to a Catalina 28!), but it has beautiful lines, and is very stable. She is not very fast in light air (again, compare to a modern design) but is very well balanced and forgiving. It is a perfect cruising boat for a couple with one or two kids. At times we had as many as four adults and two kids stay overnight, but that is really tight. The interior is nicely finished (i.e., not reminiscent of a refrigerator!)
Owned for more than 5 years.
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