Boat models · Island Packet
Island Packet 32
Sailboat, coastal cruiser · built 1990-1996 · designed by Robert K. Johnson
Key figures
Comfort26.2moderate
Capsize screen1.93passes for offshore
SA/D15.6undercanvassed
D/L258moderate
Ballast ratio0.44stiff
Hull speed7.2kt
- Built
- 1990-1996
- Designer
- Robert K. Johnson
- Builder
- Island Packet Yachts (USA)
- Rig
- Cutter
- Keel
- Long keel (lead ballast)
- Length
- 35.0 ft
- Beam / draft
- 11.5 ft · 4.3 ft
- Displacement
- 13,500 lb
Design figures as published, not for any one hull. Full specifications on sailboatdata.com.
Reputation
Classcoastal cruiseras owners use it
Forumsmixedfans and detractors
Tough, roomy, comfortable full-keel cruiser that sails slowly and hates light air and going upwind.
- Coastal cruising
- respected · roomy, stable, shoal draft suits the Bahamas and ICW
- Liveaboard
- respected · big interior and tankage for a 32
- Offshore passages
- mixed · strongly built, but slow and points poorly
- Club racing
- disliked · heavy, draggy full keel, weak in light air
- Loved
- solid hand-laid hull, quality build · voluminous interior for its length · forgiving, stable motion · good resale and dealer support
- Gripes
- slow in light air · won't point high, poor tacking angles · hard to back under power · cutter staysail is fussy to tack
- Survey for
- leaking deck hardware and ports · rudder and gudgeon wear · chainplate leaks · aging Yanmar engine and fuel tank
- Cross-shopped
- Pacific Seacraft 31 · Catalina 320 · Sabre 30 · Bristol Channel Cutter
Owner opinion from sailboatdata.com, practical-sailor.com, cruisersforum.com
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