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Mariner 32

Masthead Ketch · Long Keel · First built 1970

A long-keeled masthead ketch by Clair Oberly, featuring a distinctive Clipper bow and an open, taffrail-surrounded cockpit

Designed by Clair Oberly, built by Far East Yachts.

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

Is it for you?

Character

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

Shoal draftDraws 1.12 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a moderate beam gives 32 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 32
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.73
LightHeavy

327 — heavy for her waterline, built to carry stores and ride steadily.

Displacement / length 327
EasygoingPowered-up

12.2 — modest power for her weight; easygoing rather than lively, and happier with a breeze.

Sail area / displacement 12.2
TenderStiff

32% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 32%

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

  • Draws less than ~87% of boats her size on file

Compared with 425 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
32.3%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Ketch
Ratios
SA / displacement
12.2
Displacement / length
327.3
Comfort ratio
32.4
Capsize screening
1.73
Hull speed
6.8 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
917
Hull
Hull type
Long Keel
Construction
FG with wood deck and cabin
Production
Years built
First built 1970
Designer
Clair Oberly
Builder
Far East Yachts

Boats like this, on the water

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Comparable boats the fleet has on camera: same type, within a quarter of her length. Open the boat, or watch the video — a timestamp means she only appears in passing.

Elizabethan 319.45 mSame hull family0.3 m shorterA David Thomas-designed long-keeled masthead sloop with a 50% ballast ratio, built for stability and offshore comfort
Allied Boat Co. Seawind9.30 mSame hull family0.4 m shorterA Thomas Gillmer-designed masthead ketch with a long keel, marking both the beginning and the end of the Allied Boat Co.
Vancouver 34 Pilot10.44 mSame hull family0.7 m longerA Robert B. Harris-designed cutter featuring a deck saloon for protected cruising on a stable, long-keeled hull
Beneteau Evasion 329.70 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA long-keeled masthead ketch that launched the Evasion line and marked a new era for Beneteau
Rustler 319.58 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA heavy-displacement masthead sloop with a long keel, evolved from the North Sea 24 and sharing lineage with the Twister 31
Hallberg-Rassy Rasmus 3510.52 mSame hull family0.8 m longerA long-keeled cruiser that transitioned from mahogany to GRP construction, offering a stable platform for blue-water sailing

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