DEFENDER 32
Masthead Sloop • Fin with rudder on skeg • Built 1972
Dimensions
- LOA
- 31.5 ft
- LWL
- 22.96 ft
- Beam
- 9.84 ft
- Max Draft
- 5.25 ft
- Displacement
- 7,055 lbs
- Ballast
- 3,197 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 2.05 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 22.9
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 260
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 45.3%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 527.43 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin with rudder on skeg
- Rig Type
- Masthead Sloop
- Hull Material
- GRP
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1972
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- —
Engine & Accommodations
- Engine Make
- Bukh
- Power
- 20 hp
- Engine Type
- diesel
- Water
- 53 gal
- Fuel
- 16 gal
- Headroom
- 6.23 ft
Notes: A stretched version of the Defender 27. The 27 was enlarged and the deck structure was also adapted by the Dekker Bros. The line drawing of Jaques Gaubert was enlarged by Gerrit Stam. \nA shallow draft was also available: 1.45m / 4.75 ft.\nInformation about this model came from an owner's group site. Specs have not been verified.
Designers
- Jacques Gaubert
- Andre Mauric (1909–2003)