Feeling 32

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See her sail

The Feeling 32, on the water

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

Footage from Hashtag Sal

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a moderate beam gives 19 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 19

CoastalBluewater

2.16 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.16

LightHeavy

174 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 174

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 20.5

TenderStiff

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

Ballast 31%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

What the fleet has seen

The Feeling 32, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Feeling 32 is a fractional sloop designed by Michel Joubert, Patrick Roseo, and Joubert-Nivelt, built by Kirie from 1999 to the present. It measures 9.9 meters LOA, with a 3.4-meter beam, 1.6-meter draft, and 4100 kg displacement. A lifting keel version is available, offering a draft range from 0.65 meters to 1.9 meters. The design features a fin keel with a spade rudder.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

What they go for

Market signal

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

1seen sold

The sailor sold the hull of this boat to buy the Blitz
from Hashtag Salseen August 2024watch

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

31.1%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

20.5

Displacement / length

173.6

Comfort ratio

18.8

Capsize screening

2.16

Hull speed

7.2 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1144

Hull

Hull type

Fin w/spade rudder

Construction

Fiberglass

Ballast type

Iron

Production

Years built

First built 1999

Designer

Michel  Joubert, Patrick Roseo, Joubert-Nivelt

Builder

Kirie

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The family

Boats like this

Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.

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