Aloha 32 Sailboats for Sale & Market Overview

The Aloha 32 is widely regarded as the "sweet spot" of the Ouyang Boat Works fleet, representing a departure from the earlier designs of Ted Brewer and Robert Perry. Commissioned in the late 1970s and designed by Mark Ellis—the naval architect famous for the Nonsuch series—the Aloha 32 was intended to be a sophisticated, performance-oriented cruiser that could handle the variable conditions of the Great Lakes and the Atlantic coast. Unlike many of its contemporaries that favored either flat-out racing or heavy displacement cruising, the Mark Ellis-designed Aloha 32 achieved a balance of stability and agility that made it a favorite among Canadian sailors. Between 1979 and the mid-1980s, approximately 700 units were produced, making it one of the builder's most successful commercial ventures. It is distinguished from its siblings by its slightly more modern underbody and the exceptional quality of its interior joinery, which often rivaled more expensive European imports of the era.