The Contessa 32 Specifications

Specification Sheet Price Hull and Deck Deck Fittings Mast Boom Standing Rigging Running Rigging

Sails Engine Electrical Water Systems Interior Sundry Equipment Gas Installation Terms of Business

Contessa 32 Specification Sheet [top]

LOA	9.75 m	32 ft
LWL	7.32 m	24 ft
Beam	2.90 m	9 ft 6 in
Draft	1.68 m	5 ft 6 in
Windward sail area	52.2 sq m	562 sq ft
Displacement	4309 kg	9500 lb
Lead ballast	2042 kg	4500 lb
Ballast ratio	47%	47%

Price available upon application [top]

Contessa 32 Hull and Deck [top]

The hull and deck mouldings are made of very high quality polyester resins, using Lloyds approved materials and polyester gelcoats. The skin coat behind the gelcoat is laminated with an isophthalic polyester resin to prevent water penetration. Within the standard price a wide range of hull colour schemes is possible.

• Waterline and cove line in matching colours included.
• Inner glass fibre head lining has insulating air space between it and the deck moulding.
• Internally encapsulated 2 ton lead ballast. Weight: 4468 lb (2026 kg). Total displacement; 9,300 lbs (4218.48 kg).
• Glass fibre rudder with stainless steel stock. This has 2 bronze bearings and a stainless steel lower attachment plate at the base of the skeg.
• All exterior woodwork is teak, including toe rails, washboards and grab rails.
• Self-draining cockpit with 2 bronze 1 1/2 " Blakes tapered skin fittings connected to cockpit drains with reinforced PVC flexible pipe.
• Anchor locker sealed from interior and drained directly outboard. 10 mm stainless steel u-bolt fitted for chain attachment.

Contessa 32 Deck Fittings [top]

• Perspex main sliding hatch (cambered and tinted) with solid teak washboards incorporating louvered vent. Internal and external locking device with lanyard to secure washboards.
• 8 toughened glass windows in aluminium frames.
• Lewmar mainsheet track with traveller and four-part purchase control lines.
• Lewmar genoa tracks on side decks complete with roller cars.
• Stainless steel stemhead fitting with double anchor roller and drop nose pin.
• 4 aluminium fairleads: 2 enclosed in forward bulkhead, 2 aft on taffrail mounted on stainless steel chafing plates.
• 4 aluminium mooring cleats: forward 10", aft 8".
• Double rail stainless steel pulpit, pushpit, with stainless steel stanchions and double guard wires.
• Teak grabrails on coachroof, through connected to main saloon grabrails.
• One stainless steel ventilator on coachroof near toilet compartment.
• Selden deck mast ring: aluminium with stainless steel attachment points for turning blocks, held down by 2 rigging screws with T-terminals hooked into mast below deck.
• Deck organisers: 2 triple sheaves.
• Clutches (Lewmar): 2 treble jammers mounted at aft end of coachroof.
• 2 Lewmar 40 two-speed genoa winches.
• 2 Lewmar 8 spinnaker winches mounted on cockpit coaming.
• 2 Lewmar ST30 two-speed halyard/control line winches (self-tailing).
• One Lewmar 7 single speed winch on back of mast for mainsail reefing + 3 locking levers on goose-neck.
• One Lewmar 8 single speed main halyard winch mounted on starboard side of mast.
• Ratchet type backtay adjuster (Seasure).

Contessa 32 Mast [top]

• Selden silver anodised keel-stepped masthead spar.
• Aerofoil spreaders with attachments for signal halyards.
• Integral luff groove track for mainsail slides fitted with sailslide gate.
• Internal halyards with provision for 2 headsails, 2 spinnakers, mainsail and single spinnaker pole lift.
• Deck and steaming light combined.
• Conduits: provision for additional instrumentation.
• Masthead burgee and 1 signal halyard.

Contessa 32 Boom [top]

• Selden silver anodised.
• Internal 3:1 purchase sail outhaul + 3 integral lines, all with locking levers at goose-neck.
• Kicker strut (Selden) gas filled solid vang. (No need for topping lift.)

Contessa 32 Standing Rigging [top]

• 6 mm 1x19 stainless steel wire with swaged end fittings and chrome bronze open body bottle screws.

Contessa 32 Running Rigging [top]

• 1 genoa halyard: blue "Hylite" with stainless steel snap shackle.
• 1 main halyard: red "Hylite" with captive pin shackle.
• Polyester mainsheet with Lewmar 6:1 blocks and jam cleat.
• 1 set Polyester genoa sheets.
• Polyester signal and burgee halyards.

Contessa 32 Sails [top]

• Dacron (7.5 U.S. oz) mainsail complete with sail battens, leech line, 3 slab reefing points, tell tails, insignia, sail number and bag.
• Dacron (7.5 U.S. oz) working jib complete with tell tails, leech line and bag.

Contessa 32 Engine [top]

• EITHER Yanmar 2GM 2 cylinder (18 hp) sea water cooled diesel engine OR Beta 3 cylinder (20 hp) fresh water cooled diesel engine, each driving a two blade fixed propeller through a conventional drive system. Recommended optional extra: three-bladed feathering propeller by Darglow (www.darglow.co.uk) as now permitted by Contessa 32 Class rules.
• Engine compartment sound insulation.
• Remote greaser for stern tube.
• Stainless steel 12 gallon fuel tank with sight guage, drain cock and deck filler.
• Copper fuel piping with flexible connection to engine and filter.
• Single lever engine control operated from cockpit.
• Instrument panel.

Contessa 32 Electrical [top]

• 2 x 12 volt 85+ amp hour batteries with single multi-function isolating switch.
• Glassfibre battery box.
• Customised distributor panel complete with line drawing of vessel and lights. Functions are protected by individual circuit breakers and indicator LEDs. (Steaming and deck lights cannot be used together). 2 battery testers with LED displays.

Contessa 32 Internal lighting

• 2 berth lights in forward cabin;
• 1 overhead light and 2 berth lights in saloon;
• 1 flexible chart light at chart table with red night bulb + standard white light;
• 1 strip light over chart table;
• 1 strip light over galley;
• 1 overhead toilet light.

Contessa 32 External lighting

• combined port and starboard bi-colour navigation light on pulpit;
• stern light on pushpit;
• combined steaming light and deck floodlight on mast.

Contessa 32 Water Systems [top]

• 18 gallon fresh water tank (grp) in bilge under cabin sole unit + inspection cover.
• Deck filler.
• Galley water system: as galley specification
• Manual diaphragm bilge pump located in cockpit, drawing from a strum box in the deep sump.

Contessa 32 Heads compartment

• sea toilet with bronze Blakes seacocks.
• folding wash basin with double-acting Whale foot pump.

Contessa 32 Interior [top]

• Interior woodwork of solid teak and teak faced plywood ~ varnished.
• Cabin sole of laid solid teak and holly ~ varnished.

Contessa 32 Galley

• stainless steel double sink with rotating faucet;
• fresh water foot pump with waste pump (both double acting);
• gimballed gas cooker with fiddle rail and locking bolt, 2 burners, grill and oven with flame failure device on all burners;
• copper gas supply pipe from externally vented and drained gas locker, internal shut-off valve with flexible armoured hose to cooker - all to comply with EU directives;
• complete galley work top surface in marble-effect composite with fiddles and radiused corners;
• hinged draining board (marble-effect as above) covering food locker;
• insulated food box and hinged lid (marble-effect as above);
• pan stowage behind cooker;
• behind cooker recessed food and plate racks with sliding tinted perspex doors;
• above and outboard, hinged, raised panel solid teak locker doors opening to form horizontal shelf with fiddle; food storage behind;
• crockery and cutlery racks;
• rubbish bin locker under sink.

Contessa 32 Navigation Area

• chart table with radiused corner to take half size Admiralty chart; double hinged lid and chart stowage inside + 3 partitions for pencils, dividers, etc;
• 2 drawers and locker below;
• bookshelf above and outboard;
• open locker under chart table;
• quarter berth end forms navigator's seat;
• batteries stowed under berth.

Contessa 32 Main Saloon

• U-shaped settee to port with table, which converts into double berth;
• traditional solid teak drop-leaf table with bottle stowage in rigid centre section;
• single berth to starboard with leecloth;
• port and starboard sides: stowage behind backrests with lockers (raised panel solid teak doors) and bookshelf above.

Contessa 32 Toilet Compartment

• one piece glass fibre moulding for easy cleaning;
• fitted marine toilet, wash basin, mirror and stowage;
• louvered door to main saloon and PVC screen to forward cabin;
• large hanging locker to starboard;
• holding tank.

Contessa 32 Forward Cabin

• 2 berths in V arrangement with stowage under; option to convert to double berth with infill cushion;
• large overhead locker forward (optional).
• shelf on either side of cabin

Contessa 32 Aft

• quarter berth to starboard with locker under.

Contessa 32 Cockpit

• teak laid with large stowage locker to port;
• enclosed gas locker vented overboard;
• stowage locker aft with bilge pump;
• 2 winch handle lockers;
• Lewmar mainsheet traveller aft of bridge deck.
• Contest bulkhead compass fitted
• Teak cockpit grating

Contessa 32 Sundry Equipment [top]

• 25 lb CQR anchor with 10 metres galvanised 5/16" (8 mm) chain and 36 metres nylon warp.
• 2 x 80' (24 metres) nylon mooring rope.
• 3 PVC fenders with lanyards.
• 2 x 10" (254 mm) chrome winch handles.
• 1 x 8" (203 mm) aluminium lock-in winch handle.

Contessa 32 Gas Installation [top]

• 1 camping gas bottle in drained locker, with regulator and flexible connection to copper tubing - all to comply with EU directives; provision for second gas bottle.

The foregoing specification must be confirmed at point of sale, as there may be changes and options chosen.

Terms of business [top]

• 10% deposit required with order, at which point the purchase price and delivery date will be confirmed.
• 30% stage payment will be due upon starting of moulding.
• 30% upon completion of moulding.
• The balance and the cost of extra items to be paid prior to the yacht leaving the factory.

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