BoatsHustler 32

Hustler 32

Fractional Sloop · Fin keel, spade rudder · 1978–1983

A competitive IOR half-tonner designed by Stephen Jones, built for speed and proven by her prototype's early success

Designed by Stephen Jones, built by Verl Yachts.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/spade Rudder

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 15 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 15
CoastalBluewater

At 2.39 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.39
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 191
EasygoingPowered-up

18.7 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 18.7
TenderStiff

44% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 44%

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
44.0%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
18.7
Displacement / length
191.4
Comfort ratio
15.2
Capsize screening
2.39
Hull speed
6.7 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1005
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
1978–1983
Units built
27
Designer
Stephen Jones
Builder
Verl Yachts, Oyster Marine

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