Contessa 32
Contessa 32 for sale
Boat Details
This Contessa 32 - Checkmate, is offered for sale after a substantial refit and upgrade by J. Rogers in 2008. New mast in 2015 and Hull stripped and re-coated in 2024
The Contessa 32 was first introduced in 1973, designed by David Sadler for build by Jeremy Rogers. When J. Rogers ceased production, M. J. Slack Yachts took over production and were lauded for their high fit out and quality of the joinery.
Checkmate sports the sail no CO906, moulded in 1989 and certificated by the Class association on the 6th July 1990 for the first owner.
The second and current owner purchased her in 1998 and has enjoyed her fully, cruising the Solent and South Coast. Never raced in current ownership.
The Contessa 32 is a design that strikes a balance between speed, seagoing ability and accommodation. This longstanding endurance of the model is testament to its design and robust build quality.
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Dimensions
| LOA | 9.75m / 32 ft |
| LWL | 7.32m /24 ft |
| Beam | 2.89m / 9 ft 6 inch |
| Draft | 1.67m / 5ft 6 inch |
| Displacement | 4309 kg /9499Ib |
Hull, Deck & Keel
- Single skin grp hull with encapsulated fin keel containing resin cast ballast.
- White gelcoat with light blue stripes and waterline stripe.
- Hull stripped January 2024, faired, epoxied and re-antifouled.
- GRP deck with non slip moulded deck patches highlighted in contrasting tone.
- GRP Rudder with cutaway for Darglow feather stream prop.
Deck Equipment
- Stainless steel Pulpit and push pit
- Double guardrails with stanchions
- Double stainless steel bow anchor roller with plastic rollers.
- Deck bulwarks for safety with teak capping
- Safe, deep cockpit with tiller steering
- Teak inlay to cockpit seats.
- Teak cockpit grating.
- Cockpit locker to port and starboard.
- Cockpit cave lockers in cockpit coamings
- 6 Self tailing Lewmar winches in total (installed 2008 by Jeremy Rogers), comprising; 2 x Lewmar ST46, 2 x Lewmar ST30 and 2 x Lewmar ST14.
- Maxwell mast mounted winch
- New clutch jammers ( installed 2008 by Jeremy Rogers)
- Companionway hatch with internally varnished/externally oiled washboards.
- Instrument garage over main hatch.
- Mid saloon hatch
- Fore hatch
- Anchor locker hatch
- Main sheet track
- Genoa Tracks
- Deck ventilator in heads
- Deck ventilator above the galley
- 8 Fixed windows in the coach roof
- Full coach roof length teak grab handles
- Self draining Gas bottle locker
Interior & Accommodation
A traditionally comfortable and re-assuring ambiance is imbued by the snug, teak interior.
Many prefer the Contessa 32 for its simplicity and straightforward living ability at sea. You know exactly what you're getting, a reliable, capable, and prestigious heritage yacht.
Saloon
- Two saloon settee berths either side of saloon, port berth can alter to double.
- Central double leafed saloon table.
- Saloon table replaced 2008 by J. Rogers
- Pilot berth to port.
- Storage cupboards and shelves to Starboard.
- Clock and barometer
- Teak and holly striped floor
- Grab handles running fore and aft both sides
- Grab posts between saloon and galley/nav station.
- Moulded headlining
- Opening mid saloon deck hatch
Galley
- Traditional seaworthy L shaped galley at foot of companionway
- New Cooker, Oven and grill (2021 unused)
- Gas cooker line re-run new in 2008 when gas locker attended to by J. Rogers in 2008.
- Stainless steel sink with H&C pressurised water
- Ice box
- Plentiful storage under and outboard of the galley
- Pressurised Hot & Cold water
- Foot pump for sink drain
- Cooker crash bar
Navigation Station
- Forward facing chart table.
- Drawers and storage under chart plotter
- Seat on head of quarter berth
- Switch panel
- Battery monitor
- Raymarine multi function display
- Cetrek chart plotter
- Raymarine VHF with spare handset. Wiring for 2nd hand set mounted in starboard cockpit cave locker
Forward Cabin
- Standard V Berth with infill
- Stowage under.
- Stowage locker over feet forward
- Side stowage shelves
- Lined hull and deck heads
- Off white upholstery
QUARTER BERTH
- Set to starboard, aft of the nav station and chart table.
- Carpet lined hull sides and cockpit wall
- Off white upholstery
- Storage shelf
- Opening window vent to cockpit
Heads
- Heads compartment to port and between fore cabin and saloon.
- Marine WC
- Moulded Wash basin with shower head tap.
- Mirror fronted storage
- Storage under wash basin
- Hanging locker opposite
Navigation Equipment
- 2 x Steering compasses
- On Deck Raymarine ST60 Wind (May 2006)
- On Deck Raymarine ST60 Speed/Log inc Thru hull transducer (May 2006)
- VHF inc cockpit speaker (Sept 2008)
- Raymarine Tiller pilot
- Cetrek chart plotter
Machinery & Propulsion
- Volvo Penta 2002 18hp Engine (Re-conditioned Oct 2017 and regularly serviced, last time - August 2023)
- Fresh Water cooled
- Darglow feather stream prop (2008) Cleaned and serviced in Oct 2023.
- Fuel tank removed and cleaned by J. Rogers (2008)
- 2 New Batteries (Nov 2020
Rig & Sails
Rig
- Keel stepped, single spreader mast head Aluminium Mast, Custom built by 'The Rig Shop' 2015 (replaced due to corrosion not loss)
- Boom
- On mast stowage for spinnaker pole.
- Harken Roller Furler (2015)
- New Stainless steel rigging (2015)
- Backstay with standard Contessa wheel adjuster (2015)
- Block and tackle kicker
- Spinnaker Pole
- Jockey Pole
Sails
- Sanders Sails - Mainsail ( 2006)
- Sanders Sails - Roller furling headsail.
- Both regularly serviced and maintained by Sanders
Electrical Systems
- 12v ships system
- New Victron battery management and charging system (Jan 2021)
- 2 x Domestic Batteries plus an Engine battery with a link to all 3 if required.
- Battery monitor
- Victron Battery management system & Charger.
- 1 x removable solar panel
- Mobile solar panel with a control unit linked to the battery management system. Connection in stbd side cockpit cave locker.
Audio Visual
- Pioneer Radio and CD
Plumbing & Tankage
- Stainless steel water tank (Installed by J. Rogers in 2008)
- Fuel tank (Removed and cleaned in 2008)
- Pressurised Hot & Cold water.
- Plumbing replaced and re-run by J. Rogers in 2008
- Manual Bilge pump replaced by J. Rogers in 2008
- New electric bilge pump (2023)
Canvas work
- Sprayhood frame (requires new canvas)
- Sail cover by Saunders and marked with name.
Safety Equipment
- Horseshoe buoy on a bracket
Additional Equipment
- Winch handles
- Fenders
- Warps
- Spare tiller
Please Note:
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
General note on safety equipment: Any safety equipment such as life rafts, Epirbs, fire extinguishers and flares etc. are usually personal to the current owner(s) and if being left on-board as part of the sale of a used vessel may require routine servicing, replacement, or changing to meet a new owner's specific needs.
Whilst we make best effort to obtain documentation from Vendors it is advisable to check what is available before travelling to view or making an offer.
Contact Us
Hamble Office
Tel: +44 23 8045 5714
Chandlery Building,
Hamble Point Marina ,
Hamble,
Southampton,
GB, SO31 4NB
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Finance
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