Sailing Boat

Vancouver 32 Stella Polaris

The Vancouver 32 was designed in 1980/81 as a larger version of the already successful Vancouver 27/28, which had established a serious reputation for seaworthiness.

Just over 60 Vancouver 32s were built in England from late 1981 to 1991, initially by Pheon Yachts. Pheon were taken over in 1986 by Northshore (who moulded the hulls for Pheon), and from then on UK boats were built entirely by Northshore.

A few boats were also built by Ta Shing in Taiwan for the US market, but these appear to have a different pilothouse type deck moulding. Very early Pheon examples had saildrives and a skeg to give additional support to the rudder, later ones relied on the keel extension itself as rudder support.

They are very capable long-distance passage-makers, and many have made extensive cruises. Extended to 34 ft, the Vancouver 34 was until quite recently still in production by Northshore, the main difference between the two boats is that the stern is stretched on the 34 – the interior is very similar indeed on the Vancouver 32.

Unusually for a long-keeled boat, the Vancouver 32 can be steered astern quite effectively, probably due to the large prop aperture separating keel and rudder.

Data
Hull Type: Long Keel
Rigging Type: Cutter
LOA: 9.75 m
LWL: 8.38 m
Beam: 3.22 m
S.A. (reported): 53.51 m2
Draft (max): 1.37 m
Displacement: 6,350 kg
Ballast: 2,722 kg
S.A./Disp.: 15.92
Bal./Disp.: 42.86
Disp./Len.: 300.53
Construction: FG
First Built: 1986
Last Built: 1991
# Built: 63
Builder:
Pheon Yachts Ltd.-Northshore Yachts Ltd
Designer: Robert Harris