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Vindo 32

Masthead Sloop · Long Keel · First built 1976

A classic Carl Andersson-designed masthead sloop featuring a long keel and traditional build for stable, comfortable cruising

Designed by Carl Andersson, built by Notesund Varv AB.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Long Keel

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The Vindo 32, on the water

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

Footage from SEILmagasinet

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 29 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 29
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.75
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 335
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 14.4
TenderStiff

41% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 41%

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

What the fleet has seen

The Vindo 32, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Vindo 32 is a Carl Andersson-designed masthead sloop with a long keel, built by Notesund Varv AB from 1976 to the present. It measures 8.9 meters LOA, with a 2.7-meter beam, 1.4-meter draft, and displaces 3946 kg. Aboard *SEILmagasinet*, veteran shorthanded sailor Edvard Hambro recounts decades of sailing a Fantasy 37, a similar vessel, including a transatlantic race in the 1980s where he navigated using sextants and dead reckoning after an electrical failure.7:39 Hambro and his wife, Agnes Moxnes, continue to cruise the Fantasy 37 from Scotland to Greenland, emphasizing preparation and adaptability for shorthanded sailing.15:00

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

The record

Full specifications

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

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
40.5%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
14.4
Displacement / length
334.7
Comfort ratio
29.2
Capsize screening
1.75
Hull speed
6.4 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
728
Hull
Hull type
Long Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1976
Designer
Carl Andersson
Builder
Notesund Varv AB, Vindo (Notesund Varv AB)

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The family

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