Eo 32

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The Eo 32, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from 59° North Sailing

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a moderate beam gives 26 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 26

CoastalBluewater

1.92 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.92

LightHeavy

254 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 254

EasygoingPowered-up

16.1 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 16.1

TenderStiff

38% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 38%

A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.

What the fleet has seen

The Eo 32, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Eo 32 is a cutter-rigged sailboat designed by Ted Brewer and built by E.O. Taiwan Enterprise and Young Sun from 1979 to the present. It has a fin keel with a rudder on a skeg, measures 9.7 m LOA, 3.3 m beam, and 1.5 m draft, displacing 5216 kg. The model is also known as the East Orient 32 and was sold under the names Union 32 and Shearwater 32. Owner plans for the design are available through the designer's website.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

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What they go for

Market signal

Where the fleet has seen this model come up for sale.

1seen for sale

1channel looked into buying

Listed on Blockett
from 59° North Sailingseen September 20241:04:00

From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

38.3%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Cutter

Ratios

SA / displacement

16.1

Displacement / length

253.7

Comfort ratio

26.0

Capsize screening

1.92

Hull speed

7.0 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1054

Hull

Hull type

Fin with rudder on skeg

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

First built 1979

Designer

Ted Brewer, Edward S. Brewer

Builder

E.O. Taiwan Enterprise (Taiwan), Young Sun (TAIWAN)

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The family

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