BoatsRival 32

Rival 32

Masthead Sloop · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · First built 1971

A Peter Brett-designed masthead sloop featuring a counter-stern, serving as the evolution between the Rival 31 and 34

Designed by Peter Brett, built by Marine Construction.

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

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a moderate beam gives 33 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 33
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.71
LightHeavy

354 — very heavy for her waterline, a serious load-carrying cruiser.

Displacement / length 354
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 12.9
TenderStiff

38% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 38%

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

  • Draws less than ~76% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2761 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
37.9%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
12.9
Displacement / length
353.6
Comfort ratio
32.8
Capsize screening
1.71
Hull speed
6.6 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
847
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Iron
Production
Years built
First built 1971
Units built
200
Designer
Peter Brett
Builder
Marine Construction

Boats like this, on the water

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Beneteau Oceanis 319.66 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA Finot-Conq designed fractional sloop balancing a modern hull form with a stable 1.8-meter bulb keel
Endeavour 329.75 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthEndeavour's debut model, this masthead sloop evolved from the Irwin 32 hull into a stable, shoal-draft cruiser
Contest 319.50 mSame hull family0.2 m shorterA U. van Essen-designed masthead sloop with a high ballast ratio, built for stability and comfort in a compact hull
Dufour Yachts 319.40 mSame hull family0.3 m shorterA 1973 masthead sloop featuring a skeg-mounted rudder and a comfortable, stable design for coastal cruising
Spirit 329.48 mSame hull family0.2 m shorterA Jacques De Ridder-designed IOR 23-footer built for nearly two decades as a stiff, masthead-rigged fin-keel sloop
Contessa 329.75 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA 1973 London Boat Show winner with a skeg-hung rudder and a ballast-to-displacement ratio of 47 per cent

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