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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

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The Mariner 32, on the water

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

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Is it for you?

Character

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

Shoal draughtDraws 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.

What the fleet has seen

The Mariner 32, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Mariner 32 is a 9.7-meter masthead ketch designed by Clair Oberly and built by Far East Yachts from 1970 to the present. It shares the same mold as the Mariner 31 but features an open, taffrail-surrounded cockpit and a Clipper bow.9:32 The long keel sailboat has a beam of 3.0 meters, a draft of 1.1 meters, and a displacement of 5624 kg.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

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

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

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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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