Boat models · Pearson
Pearson Vanguard
Sailboat, coastal cruiser · built 1963-1967 · designed by Philip Rhodes
Key figures
Comfort32.1kindly offshore
Capsize screen1.7passes for offshore
SA/D15.9undercanvassed
D/L413heavy
Ballast ratio0.41stiff
Hull speed6.3kt
- Built
- 1963-1967
- Designer
- Philip Rhodes
- Builder
- Pearson Yachts (USA)
- Rig
- Masthead sloop
- Keel
- Fin keel
- Length
- 32.6 ft
- Beam / draft
- 9.3 ft · 4.5 ft
- Displacement
- 10,300 lb
Design figures as published, not for any one hull. Full specifications on sailboatdata.com.
Asking prices
Typical 1965$16.3K–19.2Kaverage condition
Median$17.2Kage-adjusted
From 7 asking prices; none sold yet; back to 2019. Asking prices run above sale prices; condition moves a boat well outside this range.
Reputation
Classcoastal cruiseras owners use it
Forumsrespectedpicked over its peers
Handsome Rhodes 12-meter-style classic, solid early glass, but 1960s-era upkeep and a tender, wet feel
- Coastal cruising
- respected · seakindly full keel, comfortable motion
- Daysailing
- respected · classic looks, easy to handle
- Club racing
- ordinary · old CCA-type rating, slow vs modern
- First boat
- mixed · cheap entry but old hull needs work
- Loved
- Classic Rhodes lines · Solid thick hand-laid hull · Seakindly full-keel motion · Affordable classic glass
- Gripes
- Cramped interior headroom · Wet, slow in light air · Dated engine and wiring · Hard to back full keel
- Survey for
- Deck core rot · Hull-deck joint leaks · Keel and rudder fastener corrosion · Original wiring and tankage
- Cross-shopped
- Pearson Triton · Pearson Alberg 35 · Cape Dory 30 · Bristol 32
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