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Southerly 32

Fractional Sloop · Swing Keel · First built 2007

A Stephen Jones-designed fractional sloop with a swing keel, built for versatile shoal-draft access since 2007

Designed by Stephen Jones, built by Northshore Yachts.

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

See her sail

The Southerly 32, on the water

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

Footage from Berthon International

Is it for you?

Character

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

Shoal draftDraws 0.70 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 beamy beam gives 30 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 30
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.88
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 294
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 14.4
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.

  • Heavier than ~88% of boats her size on file
  • Beamier than ~88% of boats her size on file

Compared with 377 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Southerly 32, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Southerly 32 is a 10.0 m fractional sloop with a swing keel, designed by Stephen Jones and built by Northshore Yachts since 2007. Its swing keel allows for a draft of 2.1 m for performance sailing and enables the boat to dry out or access shallow creeks. Aboard *Grace*, a 2010 model, the deck layout includes in-mast furling for the mainsail, a self-tacking jib track, and a cruising chute.1:26 The cockpit is a deep, center-style design with a walk-through transom and pivoting dinghy davits.1:46 The helm pedestal houses controls for a bow thruster, chart plotter, autopilot, and a swing keel depth gauge.2:16 Below deck, the saloon features a raised table for visibility through deck saloon windows, a galley with a two-burner hob, and a forward cabin with twin bunks convertible to a double.3:03 The aft cabin provides a large double berth and engine access.3:42 The 2010 Southerly 32 *ROSHANAK* features a hydraulic system with a Dyneema rope for keel operation, an in-boom furling mainsail, and a self-tacking jib.1:41 Its standing rigging was renewed in 2020, coinciding with a hull repaint and Coppercoat antifouling.2:08 The deck omits teak, except in the cockpit, for reduced maintenance.1:28

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen 2 times across one channel of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

On the water

The Southerly 32 on video

What broke, what changed

Gear aboard, as the crews told it

Moments from individual boats of this model that the fleet has filmed — one crew, one piece of kit, one day on the water. Not a review of the class, and not a count of anything.

Each line is one crew's account of their own boat. Another Southerly 32 may be fitted out entirely differently.

What they go for

Market signal

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

1seen for sale

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

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
37.8%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
14.4
Displacement / length
294.2
Comfort ratio
30.5
Capsize screening
1.88
Hull speed
7.2 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1218
Hull
Hull type
Swing Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 2007
Designer
Stephen Jones
Builder
Northshore Yachts

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Irwin Yachts 38-111.51 mSame hull family1.5 m longerA 1970 masthead sloop featuring a deep-draft keel-centerboard configuration and a spade rudder for shoal-water versatility
Southerly 11511.23 mSame hull family1.3 m longerA versatile swing-keel cruiser evolving from Dick Carter's original design to the twin-rudder Humphreys MIII version
Southerly 11010.82 mSame hull family0.9 m longerA Rob Humphreys-designed fractional sloop with a swing keel that allows for shallow-water exploration and drying out
Southerly 35RS10.82 mSame hull family0.9 m longerA Rob Humphreys-designed swing keel cruiser built for shoal water access with a versatile fractional rig
Shannon Yachts 3711.51 mSame hull family1.5 m longerA masthead ketch featuring a keel-centerboard hull, refined from the Shannon 38 for offshore versatility
Tartan Marine 34 C10.49 mSame hull family0.5 m longerA Sparkman & Stephens masthead sloop featuring a keel-centerboard hull designed for shoal water and IOR competition

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