Sold: Contessa 32 Legendary Cruiser-Racer, splendid lines, seaworthy with practical interior
General: The Contessa 32 is a legendary Cruiser-Racer that still wins races today. Well-built under Lloyds supervision and proven seaworthy, with excellent sailing characteristics and suitable for inland waterways or for example longer trips across the North Sea. The current owner has had the Contessa since 1986 and has sailed her to destinations such as England and Scandinavia. The sail quiver consists of a mainsail that is furled up on the boom, genoa I & II, a storm jib and a spinnaker. The headsails are hoisted on a forestay profile and trimmed from the cockpit with the self-tailing sheet winches. The steering is by tiller with extension, compass, log and depth sounder are placed at the cabin entrance. The high cockpit coaming and sprayhood provide good shelter. In 1996 a Volvo Penta 19 hp diesel engine was newly installed.
Interior: The interior is basic but practically furnished and cosy, with a comfortable seating corner, settee, various cupboard space and headroom of approx. 1.80 m. The seating corner can be converted into a double bed. To port is a galley, with gas stove, sink and cold running water. To starboard is a chart table, with equipment such as radar, GPS and VHF. The seat of the chart table connects to the quarter berth. The forepeak can be closed with a sliding door. Here is the v-bed, with a chemical toilet and washbasin on port side, cabinets and a handy locker space on the opposite side.
Specification
| General | |
|---|---|
| Brand & Type | Contessa 32 |
| Category | Sailing Yacht |
| Measurements (m) |
L 9,75 x W 2,90 x D 1,68 |
| Built | 1977 |
| Yard / Design |
Jeremy Rogers Boatyard / David Sadler |
| Displacement | 4300 kg ( 2040 kg ballast ) |
| Material | polyester |
| Hull shape & keel |
roundbilge / fixed long finkeel |
| Steering | tiller with extension in cockpit, single rudder on skeg |
| Mooring location | n/a |
| Asking price | SOLD |
| Engine | |
| Brand, Type & Power |
Volvo Penta MD2020B BT 19pk (1996 nieuw) |
| Fuel | diesel |
| Fueltank | stainless steel 40 L |
| Cooling | indirect |
| Propulsion | stainless steel shaft + 3-blade fixed propellor |
| Battery | 2x 12V / 100 Ah (start en service) |
| Battery charger | Varta 12V/6A |
| Dynamo | 1 |
| Voltage | 12V / 220V shorepower with cable |
| Reduction gear | Volvo Penta |
| Accommodation | |
| Cabines | private front cabin, open aft quarterberth |
| Sleeping berths |
V-bed, quarterberth aft, double on seating corner, single berth settee bench |
| Heads / Toilet |
Dometic chemical toilet, washbasin, cabinet |
| Cooking device | Plastimo Neptune 2-burner gimballed gas stove |
| Running water | cold water with hand pump galley and Heads |
| Watertank | polyester 80 L |
| Refridgerator | toploader coolbox (no compressor) |
| Headroom | ca. 1,80 m |
| Sails & Rigging | |
| Mast | Kemp aluminum |
| Boom and Vang |
Kemp aluminum boom, traveler |
| Mainsail | Furling mainsail (on the boom) dacron battened 15,4 m2 |
| Headsail | Genua I 33 m2 dacron, Genua II dacron 23,5 m2, stormjib 10 m2 |
| Reefing system |
no furler, double forestay profile |
| Winches | Lewmar 40ST (sheet), Lewmar 8 2-speed (secondairy), Lewmar 25 2-speed (hayard) |
| Others |
Line clamps, 1 aluminum spinnaker boom |
| Navigation & Electronics | |
| Navigation lights | Side-, stern-, anchor-, steam-, decklight |
| Compass | Sestrel |
| Log |
Raytheon ST60 |
| Depth gauge | Raytheon ST60 |
| Radar | Simrad Anritsu RA772 |
| GPS | Garmin GPS 120 |
| Weather station |
Brass Barometer, Clock |
| Autopilot | Autohelm 1000 & 2000 |
| VHF | Lowrance |
| Radio receiver | 1 Shark |
| Equipment & Safety |
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| Anchor | Brittany, CQR galvanized with line and chain |
| Fenders | 6 fenders, 4 mooring lines |
| Deck covers | Sprayhood (grey), mainsail cover (grey), cockpit tent, railing sails |
| Bathing ladder |
stainless steel |
| Gas bottle locker |
with drain, 2 camping gas bottles |
| Bilge pump | 1 manual |
| Radar reflector | 1 aluminum |
| Lifebuoy |
1 Horseshoe, 1 Joon |
| Lifevests | 2 automatic |
| Fire control | 2 fire extinguisher |
| Other |
1 inflatable rubber boat, 1 Yamaha 2hp outboard engine, peddles, cockpit cushions |
| Pictures | For more pictures see our advertisement on YachtFocus.com |
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