Douglas 32

Douglas 32

Development
Designer	Ted Brewer
Location	Canada
Year	1967
Builder(s)	Douglas Marine Craft North American Fiberglas Moldings Command Yachts Bruce Peninsula Yachts Hullmaster Boats Doug Smith J&C Fibercraft Hinterhoeller Yachts
Name	Douglas 32
Boat
Displacement	11,500 lb (5,216 kg)
Draft	4.67 ft (1.42 m)
Hull
Type	Monohull
Construction	Fiberglass
LOA	32.09 ft (9.78 m)
LWL	24.50 ft (7.47 m)
Beam	9.50 ft (2.90 m)
Engine type	Inboard motor
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	long keel
Rudder(s)	keel-mounted rudder
Rig
Rig type	Bermuda rig
I foretriangle height	37.50 ft (11.43 m)
J foretriangle base	12.70 ft (3.87 m)
P mainsail luff	32.00 ft (9.75 m)
E mainsail foot	13.80 ft (4.21 m)
Sails
Sailplan	Fractional rigged sloop Masthead sloop
Mainsail area	220.80 sq ft (20.513 m2)
Jib/genoa area	238.13 sq ft (22.123 m2)
Total sail area	458.93 sq ft (42.636 m2)
Racing
PHRF	201 (average)

The Douglas 31 and Douglas 32 are a series of Canadian sailboats, that were designed by Ted Brewer and first built in 1967. The last boats of this design were built in 1982 and delivered as kits.

Production

The design was commissioned by Douglas Badgley, designed by Brewer as the Douglas 31 and initially built by Badgley's company, Douglas Marine Craft in Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada, with production commencing in 1967. Douglas Marine Craft went out of business in 1970-71 and creditors seized the company assets, including the design's molds.

Jeffrey White of North American Fiberglas Moldings of London, Ontario, acquired a set of Douglas 31 hull and deck molds and had Brewer modify the design to incorporate an extended reverse transom. The new version was known as the Douglas 32. In 1974, North American Fiberglas entered receivership, emerging as Command Yachts, under the same management and produced the Douglas 32 Mark II model. In about 1976 Command Yachts was purchased by De Leuw Cather Canada and the boat building division was shut down.

Bruce Peninsula Yachts of Port Elgin, Ontario then bought the molds and built the Douglas 32 Mark II, with a new cabin configuration.

Hullmaster Boats of Picton, Ontario, had also purchased at least one of the original Douglas 31 molds at about the same time that North American Fibreglas Mouldings had acquired their molds, and built the design as the Hullmaster 31, completing production in 1979.

Following Hullmaster's bankruptcy, Doug Smith acquired the Douglas 31 molds and built the design in the form of a kit for owners to finish. Smith then sold his business to Jed and Carol Benoit of J&C Fibercraft, based in Barrie, Ontario, who then used the molds to produce the Douglas 31.

Hinterhoeller Yachts built the last six Douglas 31 hulls in about 1982. These were then delivered to customers as kits for owner completion.

Design

The Douglas 32 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig; a spooned, raked stem; a raised counter, reverse transom; a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed long keel. It displaces 11,500 lb (5,216 kg).

The boat has a draft of 4.67 ft (1.42 m) with the integral long keel.

The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 201. It has a hull speed of 6.63 kn (12.28 km/h).

See also

• List of sailing boat types

Similar sailboats

• Allmand 31
• Aloha 32
• Beneteau 31
• C&C 32
• Columbia 32
• Contest 32 CS
• Herreshoff 31
• Hunter 31
• Hunter 31-2
• Hunter 32
• Hunter 32 Vision
• Marlow-Hunter 31
• Mirage 32
• Morgan 32
• Niagara 31
• Nonsuch 324
• Ontario 32
• Ranger 32
• Roue 20
• Watkins 32

External links

• Media related to Douglas 32 at Wikimedia Commons