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About the yacht.
The Sadler 32 evolved from the hugely successful Contessa 32, also designed by David Sadler and built by Jeremy Rogers. The Contessa 32 was a real classic of its time, with elegant lines, low profile and superb heavy weather performance. However, in 1979 David Sadler designed the [...]
Sadler 32 to deal with the shortcomings of the Contessa 32, being limited accommodation through low headroom and narrow beam, sluggish light weather performance and rolling downwind. The result was the Sadler 32, which embodied several innovative features and represented an important "milestone" in cruising yacht design:
· An unusually straight sheer (untypical of contemporary yachts of the day), but commonplace nowadays.
· Heavily cambered deck and coachroof moulding, which conveniently sheds water quickly and provides more horizontal surface on weather deck when heeled. More importantly, this provides the required headroom, whilst maintaining a sleek exterior appearance.
· More beam and firmer bilge, giving more accommodation, improved stiffness and downwind stability.
· Unusually trim stern with small transom. This was in part to benefit the rating for racing purposes, but also to give a smooth flow of water and thus tow a smaller quarter wave.
The 32 is a little short on headroom forward of the main bulkhead, but boats are a compromise. Excellent performance upwind and a delight to sail makes this small compromise well worth while.
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