# 1993 Contessa 32

> 1993 Contessa 32 masthead sloop lying Cardiff, Perkins twin-cylinder diesel, new cream upholstery,… No longer available: see similar boats at YACHTS.CO.

Web page: https://yachts.co/boats/contessa-32-05238/

## Key facts

- Status: No longer on the market
- Condition: Used
- Make: Contessa
- Model: Contessa 32
- Year: 1993
- Type: Sailing Boat
- Length overall: 32ft (9.73m)
- Beam: 2.98m
- Berths: 5
- Engines: Perkins
- Fuel: Diesel
- Keel: 0
- Lying: Cardiff
- Listed by: YACHTS.CO Swansea
- Contact: 01792 465550, info@yachts.co
- Reference: 05238

## About her

This 1993 Contessa 32 is a 32ft (9.73m) sailing boat, lying in Cardiff. She has 5 berths. Power comes from Perkins (diesel), and she has a 0 keel.

## Accommodation

- 6 berths in 2 cabins with approx. 5'10" headroom. Two berths forward with infill. Heads to port forward with marine toilet and wash basin, hanging locker opposite. Dinette to port with folding table that drops to form a double berth, with settee berth opposite. Chart table to starboard with instrumentation and quarter berth. Galley to starboard consisting of a Plastimogas cooker with 2 burners, grill and oven, sink with pumped cold water supply and storage. New upholstered throughout in Cream and Eberspacher Heating.
- Hot water Calorifier

## Mechanical and rigging

- Built in 1993 by Wavetrade. White hull and superstructure with moulded non-slip decks. Self draining cockpit with teak grating and teak cockpit seats. Self draining anchor well. Encapsulated fin keel with lead ballast (47% ballast ratio). Tiller steering to skeg hung rudder. She has been recently antifouled and wintered ashore every year.
- Perkins, twin cylinder, diesel inboard engine. Shaft drive with two bladed fixed propeller. Electric starting. Reverse gear. Morse controls. The engine was last serviced in Jan 2010. Two 12 volt batteries charging from the alternator on the engine. Interior lighting.
- Masthead bermudan rigged sloop. Eurospars Anodised aluminium mast and boom. Stainless steel standing rigging replaced 2007. Twin Spinnaker poles. Slab reefing mainsail.. 2 x Lewmar 43 self-tailing genoa sheet winches. 2 x Lewmar 16 halyard winches. 2 x Lewmar 8 spinnaker sheet winches. Lewmar 6 & 8 on mast.
- Mainsail – white – Serviced 2007
- No.1 genoa – white – Serviced 2007
- No.1 Jib - white
- Spinnaker 1 - black

## Inventory

- 2 x Plastimo Contest bulkhead compasses
- VHF
- 2 echosounders
- speed/log
- GPS
- Chart Plotter
- windspeed/direction
- Bow and stern navigation lights
- Deck flood and steaming lights
- Masthead tricolour and white lights
- Raymarine Tiller pilot
- CQR anchor with chain and warp
- Kedge anchor
- Stainless steel pushpit, pulpit and lifelines
- Aluminium stanchions
- mainsail cover
- Blue sprayhood
- Blue cockpit cover
- Fenders
- Mooring warps
- Barometer and Clock
- Radio/CD
- Dodgers
- Shore power
- Safety Equipment
- Fire extinguishers
- Manual bilge pump
- Zodiac 4 man liferaft
- 2 life Jackets
- Life Buoy
- Radar Reflector
- Gal locker

## Photos

- Contessa 32: saloon looking aft to companionway steps, cream buttoned upholstery and folding wooden table: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/contessa-32-05238/contessa-32-photo-1-wm-1600.webp
- Contessa 32: layout drawing showing forward berths, heads, saloon dinette, galley and quarter berth: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/contessa-32-05238/contessa-32-photo-2-wm-1600.webp
- Contessa 32: cockpit from companionway with teak seats, teak grating and wooden tiller, marina behind: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/contessa-32-05238/contessa-32-photo-3-wm-1600.webp
- Contessa 32: port quarter view of white hull with blue sprayhood and covers moored in marina: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/contessa-32-05238/contessa-32-photo-4-wm-1600.webp
- Contessa 32: starboard side profile of white hull with blue boot stripe, boom cover fitted: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/contessa-32-05238/contessa-32-photo-5-wm-1600.webp
- Contessa 32: full starboard profile on pontoon berth showing blue sprayhood and grey mainsail cover: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/contessa-32-05238/contessa-32-photo-6-wm-1600.webp
- Contessa 32: side deck and foredeck with white non-slip surface, hatch and stowed spinnaker pole: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/contessa-32-05238/contessa-32-photo-7-wm-1600.webp
- Contessa 32: coachroof with liferaft canister by mast, teak grabrails and blue sprayhood: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/contessa-32-05238/contessa-32-photo-8-wm-1600.webp
- Contessa 32: deck view aft from mast showing liferaft, mast winches and sprayhood beside pontoon: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/contessa-32-05238/contessa-32-photo-9-wm-1600.webp
- Contessa 32: cockpit from stern with teak seats, grating, wooden tiller and sheet winches: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/contessa-32-05238/contessa-32-photo-10-wm-1600.webp
- Contessa 32: stern and cockpit from aft quarter with stainless pushpit and transom name lettering: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/contessa-32-05238/contessa-32-photo-11-wm-1600.webp
- Contessa 32: cockpit from above with teak seats, teak grating, tiller and self-tailing winches: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/contessa-32-05238/contessa-32-photo-12-wm-1600.webp
- Contessa 32: saloon dinette with cream buttoned upholstery, teak joinery, barometer and clock: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/contessa-32-05238/contessa-32-photo-13-wm-1600.webp
- Contessa 32: saloon settee berth in cream upholstery with teak lockers and shelf above: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/contessa-32-05238/contessa-32-photo-14-wm-1600.webp
- Contessa 32: chart table with depth display, GPS, VHF and other instruments on teak panels: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/contessa-32-05238/contessa-32-photo-15-wm-1600.webp
- Contessa 32: forward cabin berths with cream cushions and infill forming a vee berth: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/contessa-32-05238/contessa-32-photo-16-wm-1600.webp
- Contessa 32: saloon view aft past dinette table to companionway, blue carpet and teak trim: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/contessa-32-05238/contessa-32-photo-17-wm-1600.webp
- Contessa 32: heads compartment with wash basin, mixer tap and storage shelf above: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/contessa-32-05238/contessa-32-photo-18-wm-1600.webp
- Contessa 32: passage forward to forward cabin with fire extinguisher and teak grating: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/contessa-32-05238/contessa-32-photo-19-wm-1600.webp
- Contessa 32: heads with marine toilet, moulded wash basin and teak-framed shelf: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/contessa-32-05238/contessa-32-photo-20-wm-1600.webp
- Contessa 32: dinette corner settee in cream upholstery with teak drawers and bookshelf: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/contessa-32-05238/contessa-32-photo-21-wm-1600.webp
- Contessa 32: chart area bulkhead with depth instrument and GPS display mounted on teak: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/contessa-32-05238/contessa-32-photo-22-wm-1600.webp
- Contessa 32: chart table instruments including VHF, small printer display and stowage cubbies: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/contessa-32-05238/contessa-32-photo-23-wm-1600.webp
- Contessa 32: galley with two-burner cooker, grill and oven, light worktops and fire blanket: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/contessa-32-05238/contessa-32-photo-24-wm-1600.webp
- Contessa 32: galley with gimballed cooker and oven, worktops and lockers below window: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/contessa-32-05238/contessa-32-photo-25-wm-1600.webp
- Contessa 32: cockpit seen from companionway with teak seats, grating and tiller in sunshine: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/contessa-32-05238/contessa-32-photo-26-wm-1600.webp
- Contessa 32: foredeck looking forward from sprayhood with liferaft, hatch and non-slip deck: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/contessa-32-05238/contessa-32-photo-27-wm-1600.webp
- Contessa 32: aluminium mast with single spreaders and standing rigging against cloudy sky: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/contessa-32-05238/contessa-32-photo-28-wm-1600.webp
- Contessa 32: cockpit close view with laminated wooden tiller, teak grating and worn teak seats: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/contessa-32-05238/contessa-32-photo-29-wm-1600.webp
- Contessa 32: accommodation plan showing vee berth, heads, dinette, galley and chart table: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/contessa-32-05238/contessa-32-photo-30-wm-1600.webp

Updated 2026-10-26. Prices and availability can change; please confirm with the broker.
