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Valiant Yachts 32

Cutter · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · First built 1976

A Robert Perry-designed cutter with a skeg-hung rudder, built for offshore stability and occasionally rigged as a sloop

Designed by Robert H. Perry.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin With Rudder On Skeg

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The Valiant Yachts 32, on the water

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Character

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LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a moderate beam gives 29 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 29
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.83
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 300
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 16.1
TenderStiff

40% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 40%

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

What the fleet has seen

The Valiant Yachts 32, as the fleet has seen it

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The Valiant Yachts 32 is a Robert H. Perry-designed cutter-rigged sailboat, built by Valiant Yachts and Uniflite Inc. from 1976 to the present, known for its fin keel with a rudder on a skeg. It measures 9.8 meters LOA, with a 3.2-meter beam, 1.6-meter draft, and displaces 5352 kg.8:46 Some later models were delivered with a sloop rig, which involved moving the mast forward.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
39.8%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cutter
Ratios
SA / displacement
16.1
Displacement / length
299.7
Comfort ratio
28.9
Capsize screening
1.83
Hull speed
6.8 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
968
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1976
Units built
65
Designer
Robert H. Perry
Builder
Valiant Yachts, Uniflite Inc

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Related models

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