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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

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The Southerly 32, on the water

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Footage from SVN solovelanet

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Character

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

Shoal draughtDraws 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.

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Full specifications

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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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Southerly 38A 2008-launched fractional sloop with a 2.59-metre maximum draft that was later rebranded as the Southerly 390Southerly 100A Dick Carter-designed masthead sloop featuring a swing keel that allows for versatile shoal-water explorationSoutherly 28A John A. Bennett-designed masthead sloop with a swing keel, built between 1975 and 1984 for shoal-draft cruising

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