Boat models · Paceship
Paceship Chance 32/28
Sailboat, racer-cruiser · built 1972-1974 · designed by Britton Chance Jr.
Key figures
Comfort29.6moderate
Capsize screen1.75passes for offshore
SA/D14undercanvassed
D/L251moderate
Ballast ratio0.39average
Hull speed7.1kt
- Built
- 1972-1974
- Designer
- Britton Chance Jr.
- Builder
- Paceship Yachts (CAN)
- Rig
- Masthead Sloop
- Keel
- Fin with rudder on skeg
- Length
- 32.1 ft
- Beam / draft
- 10.0 ft · 5.8 ft
- Displacement
- 12,025 lb
Design figures as published, not for any one hull. Full specifications on sailboatdata.com.
Reputation
Classracer-cruiseras owners use it
Forumsordinarydoes the job, nobody seeks it
Obscure IOR-era Chance design: solid, points well, little owner lore to lean on
- Club racing
- ordinary · owners win local races, points well upwind
- Coastal cruising
- ordinary · weekend family use, dated interior
- Loved
- strong upwind ability · low-profile deck, easy to move around · solid Paceship layup
- Gripes
- dated interior · little info or owner community · Atomic 4 power
- Survey for
- cored deck moisture · engine mounts · original Atomic 4 condition
- Cross-shopped
- Paceship PY26 · C&C 33 · Ericson 32
Thin discussion; from sailnet.com
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