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%

Contessa 32 Price & CE Approval [top]

• £110,000 + VAT ex factory
  December 2007

Jeremy Rogers Yachts has CE approval, category A, under the Recreational Craft Directive.

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.
• Internally encapsulated 2 ton lead ballast
• Weight:  4468lb (2026 kg)
• Total displacement:  9300lbs (4218.48kg)
• Glass fibre rudder with stainless steel stock.  The rudder has 2 bronze bearings and a stainless steel lower attachment plate at the base of the skeg.
• All exterior woodwork is teak, including cockpit floor grating, toe and grab rails.
• Self-draining cockpit with 2 bronze 1½” Blakes tapered skin fittings connected to cockpit drains with reinforced PVC flexible pipe.
• Anchor locker sealed from interior and drained directly outboard.  10mm 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 guardwires.
• Teak grabrails on coachroof, through connected to main saloon grabrails.
• Three stainless steel tannoy ventilators 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 the mast below deck.
• Deck organisers: (Spinlock) 2 triple sheaves.
• Clutches (Spinlock):  2 treble jammers mounted at aft end of coachroof.
• 2 Lewmar 44STA two speed genoa winches
• 2 Lewmar 8A spinnaker winches mounted on cockpit combing.
• 2 Lewmar 28STA 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 gooseneck.
• One Lewmar 14STA single speed main halyard winch mounted on starboard side of mast.
• Ratchet type backstay adjuster (Sea Sure)

Contessa 32 Mast [top]

• 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, 1 spinnaker, mainsail and single spinnaker pole lift.
• Deck and steaming light combined.
• Conduits:  provision for additional instrumentation.
• Masthead burgee and 1 single halyard.

Contessa 32 Boom [top]

• Selden silver anodised
• Internal 3:1 purchase sail outhaul + 3 integral reef lines, all with locking levers at gooseneck.
• Kicker strut (Selden): gas filled solid boom vang with tackle, leading to cockpit. No need for topping lift, although provision provided on mast.

Contessa 32 Standing Rigging [top]

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

Contessa 32 Running Rigging [top]

• 1 genoa halyard: blue Dyneema with stainless steel snap shackle.
• 1 main halyard red Dyneema 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 US ozs) mainsail complete with sail battens, leech line, 3 slab reefing points, tell tails, insignia, sail number and bag.
• Dacron (7.5 US ozs) working jib complete with tell tails, leech line and bag

Contessa 32 Engine [top]

• Beta 3 cylinder (20hp) fresh water cooled diesel engine, each driving a two blade fixed propeller through a conventional drive system.
• Engine compartment sound insulation.
• Remote greaser for stern tube
• Stainless steel 12 gallon fuel tank with sight gauge, drain cock and deckfiller.
• 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 12volt 85+ amp hour batteries with single multi-function isolating switch
• Glassfibre battery box.
• Customised distributor panel complete with line drawing of vessel and light.
• Functions are protected by individual circuit breakers and indicator LEDs . (Steaming and deck lights cannot be used together)  battery tester with LED display.

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 (stainless steel) in bilge under cabin sole unit + inspection cover.
• Deck filler

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 in Polystone composite with fiddles and radius corners
• hinged draining board marbled effect as above
  covering food locker
• insulated food box and hinged lid
• pan stowage behind cooker
• behind cooker recessed food and plate racks with sliding tinted perspex doors
• above and outboard, hinged marbled effect composite 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;  doubled 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 a 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) bookshelf above

Contessa 32 Heads Compartment

• one piece glassfibre 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
• large overhead locker forward
• shelf on either side of cabin

Contessa 32 Aft

• quarter berth to starboard with locker under

Contessa 32 Cockpit

• seating : 8mm solid teak laid with large stowage locker to port, teak floor grating
• enclosed gas bottle locker vented overboard stowage locker aft with bilge pump
• 2 winch handle lockers
• Lewmar mainsheet traveller aft of bridge deck
• Contest bulkhead compass fitted

Contessa 32 Sundry Equipment [top]

• 25lb CQR anchor with 10 metres galvanised
• 8mm chain  and 30 metres nylon warp.
• 2 x 24 metres nylon mooring rope
• 3 PVC fenders with lanyards
• 2 x 10”  (245mm) lock in  winch handles
• 1 x 8” (203mm) 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 - there may be changes when 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 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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