Buchanan Nantucket Clipper 32 Buyer's Guide
The Buchanan Nantucket Clipper 32 is a fibreglass long-keel yawl designed by Alan Harold Buchanan in the early seventies and built from 1970 by Offshore Yachts Ltd. and other yards. For a shopper scanning the brokerage market, the boat presents as a narrow, ultra-heavy cruiser whose documented profile is strongest on hull form and weakest on interior or defect history.
Layouts on the Used Market
The source does not describe the interior arrangement of the Nantucket Clipper 32, so no berth, galley, or head layout can be stated from documented fact. What is established is the exterior envelope: a 31.67 ft LOA hull with a 21 ft waterline, 9.16 ft beam, and long-keel configuration drawing 4.25 ft, built of solid fibreglass with a yawl rig. Buyers should expect the used fleet to vary by yard of construction, since the boat has been built at other yards as well as the original British builder, but no accommodation plan is recorded in the available material.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
On the used market, heating, autopilot, chartplotter, short-handed setup are commonly fitted to the Nantucket Clipper 32. The documented rig specifications show jib and genoa sheets estimated at 9.7 m (31.7 ft) with 12 mm diameter, mainsheet at 24.1 m (79.2 ft), and spinnaker sheet at 21.2 m (69.7 ft), all 12 mm — useful references when assessing worn running rigging. The original design carries a Bukh diesel of 10 hp on a shaft drive with 18 gal fuel and 20 gal water capacity, but no owner upgrades beyond the commonly fitted items above are documented in the market brief.
What to Inspect
The documented source records no known structural defects, flooding paths, or systems failures for the Nantucket Clipper 32. The only verifiable construction facts are that the hull and deck are made of fibreglass and the boat uses a long keel with an attached rudder. A buyer should still commission a survey, but no documented known issue from the source material flags a specific area for inspection beyond confirming the as-built fibreglass hull and deck integrity.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
The Nantucket Clipper 32 is typically found in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Cyprus. For a buyer, the takeaway is straightforward:
- Confirm yard of construction (Offshore Yachts Ltd. or other yard)
- Verify commonly fitted heating, autopilot, chartplotter, short-handed setup
- Check 10 hp Bukh diesel, shaft drive, 18 gal fuel / 20 gal water
- Inspect fibreglass hull and deck; no documented known issues to target
- Expect long-keel, yawl-rigged ultra-heavy cruiser proportions (LOA 31.67 ft, beam 9.16 ft, draft 4.25 ft)
Price & volume trends
Monthly asking-price and listing-volume trends for the Buchanan Nantucket Clipper 32. The line shows the median ask each month; the bars show how many listings appeared.
Monthly breakdown · 6 rows
| Month | Listings | Median ask | Δ vs. last mo. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25 | 1 | $ 9,414 | — |
| Oct 25 | 2 | $ 8,087 | -14.1% |
| Feb 26 | 1 | $ 11,445 | +41.5% |
| Mar 26 | 1 | $ 8,761 | -23.5% |
| Apr 26 | 1 | $ 20,018 | +128.5% |
| May 26 | 1 | $ 16,173 | -19.2% |
Where they're listed
Buchanan Nantucket Clipper 32 listings appear across 3 countries. United Kingdom has the most listings with 5 (71.4%), followed by Cyprus and Germany.
Country view
7 listings · 3 countries| Country | Median ask | Listings · 12 mo | Active · 90 d | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | $ 8,761 | 5 | 1 | 71.4% |
| Cyprus | $ 11,445 | 1 | 0 | 14.3% |
| Germany | $ 20,018 | 1 | 0 | 14.3% |
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