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Beneteau Evasion 32

Masthead Ketch · Long Keel · 1973–1981

A long-keeled masthead ketch that launched the Evasion line and marked a new era for Beneteau

Designed by Andre Beneteau.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Long Keel

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The Beneteau Evasion 32, on the water

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

Footage from Reversing Entropy

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a moderate beam gives 35 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 35
CoastalBluewater

At 1.69 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.

Capsize screening 1.69
LightHeavy

412 — very heavy for her waterline, a serious load-carrying cruiser.

Displacement / length 412
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 15.5
TenderStiff

31% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 31%

Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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On the water

The Beneteau Evasion 32 on video

What they go for

Market signal

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1seen sold

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
31.3%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Ketch
Ratios
SA / displacement
15.5
Displacement / length
411.9
Comfort ratio
35.4
Capsize screening
1.69
Hull speed
6.6 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
842
Hull
Hull type
Long Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
1973–1981
Units built
286
Designer
Andre Beneteau
Builder
Beneteau

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Sea Sprite 309.20 mSame hull family0.5 m shorterA 9.2-metre cruiser with a 41% ballast ratio, delivering a stiff and steady motion for coastal passages
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