Columbia 32 Sailboats for Sale & Market Overview

The Columbia 32 represents a fascinating duality in American boat building, existing as two entirely distinct vessels separated by nearly four decades. The original model, launched in 1975, was a fiberglass coastal cruiser designed by William Tripp Jr. as a bridge in the company's product line. It was famously derived from the existing Columbia 30 hull, extended to satisfy the mid-1970s demand for more interior volume and waterline length. Decades later, under the leadership of Vince Valdes, the name was resurrected for the Columbia Carbon 32, a radically different Tim Kernan-designed sportboat built for offshore speed and trailerability. While the 1970s iteration focused on the "accommodations" mantra of the era, the modern 32 is a vacuum-infused carbon fiber "hot-rod" designed to plane in moderate breezes.