Columbia 32 Sport Yacht Sailboats for Sale

Drawing Diagram

Builder drawing

Hull Type

Monohull · lifting

Rig

Fractional Sloop

LOA

32' · 9.75 m

Disp.

4,200 lbs · 1,905 kg

First year

2005

In the mid2000s, Columbia Yachts, under the leadership of Vince Valdes, resurrected its legendary brand name not with a line of traditional, heavydisplacement cruisers, but with a radical departure: an ultralight, highperformance sportboat designed by Southern California naval architect Tim Kernan. Introduced in 2005 as the Columbia 32 Sport Yacht, this design was a far cry from the classic 1975 William Tripp Jr. designed Columbia 32—a heavy, skegrudder fiberglass cruiser of another era. Kernan’s brief was to deliver a highly versatile, trailerable "pocket ocean racer" and highperformance day sailor capable of doubledigit speeds off the wind. It was built to bridge the gap between pure grandprix race machines and accessible weekending, offering a platform that could be drysailed, trailered to regional events, and campaigned offshore with a limited, athletic crew.