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The following information and photographs are
displayed as a service to anyone researching yacht types. Details
and photographs are normally based on one specific yacht, but could
be a compilation. No reliance should be placed on other yachts of
the same class being identical. Where common variations exist,
we have endeavoured to indicate this in these archive details.
The price guide covers the normal ranges of age and condition. Exceptional
boats, whether good or bad, may fall outside these guidelines. |
Contessa 32 |
Price Guide |
£25,000
to £35,000 for original series boats, up to £80,000+
for the very few recently built yachts |
Builder |
Several builders: mainly Jeremy
Rogers, but also Macbar Marine and M. J. Slack in the UK,
and J. J. Taylor in Canada |
Length OA |
32' 0" |
Sail Area |
562 sq ft |
Length WL |
24' 0" |
Rig |
Sloop |
Brief Notes |
Beam |
9' 6" |
Cabins |
2 |
The Contessa
32 is a classic cruiser-racer, whose combination of speed
and seaworthiness was proved in the ill-fated 1979 Fastnet
Race. |
.Draught |
5' 6" |
Berths |
6 |
Displacement |
9,520 lbs |
Engine type |
various |
Ballast |
4,500 lbs |
Engine bhp |
10 - 20 |
Keel type |
Fin and skeg |
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The Contessa 32 was designed by David Sadler in 1971,
and rapidly became very popular, both as a fast cruiser, and
as a one design racing class. Series production by Jeremy
Rogers Ltd. continued until 1982, by which time the cost of
production building in the UK to the Contessa level of quality
was becoming uneconomic. Jeremy Rogers then started "reconditioning"
older yachts, as well as building a very few more as "one-off"
commissions, due to demand for these boats, and in 1996 Rogers
once again started limited series production, of what is now
a very expensive 32-footer.
About 80 yachts were also built in Canada by J. J. Taylor,
from a set of moulds taken from a Lymington-built Contessa
that was shipped to Canada. These were to the same hull and
deck moulding specifications, but used more internal GRP mouldings
rather than wooden structure. These Canadian boats are thus
slightly lighter weight, and the interior a little brighter. |
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