Design and Construction
The hull and deck are both fiberglass in a sandwich layup, and the keel itself is lead bolted to that structure, with a fin profile drawing between 5.74 and 6.04 feet depending on load. A stainless-steel fuel tank of 21 US gallons sits below, and the interior is finished in teak like many of her national contemporaries. The 10.5-foot beam yields a length-to-beam ratio of 3.05, a proportion that makes her more spacious than 62 percent of similar designs and explains the open feel below without resorting to exaggerated beam.
Rig and Handling
She is built with a fractional rig and a sail plan of 527 square feet across mainsail and jib, carried on 12 mm sheets throughout — 24.4 meters of mainsheet, 9.8 meters of jib and genoa sheet, and 21.5 meters of spinnaker sheet. Under power, a Volvo Penta 2002 diesel of 18 horsepower turns a saildrive for a reported 7.5 knots, while her theoretical displacement-hull speed is 6.7 knots. The capsize screening value of 2.03 places her outside ocean-race acceptance, and with a Motion Comfort Ratio of 21.8 she is more comfortable than 34 percent of similar boats — a moderate, not plush, motion profile.
Performance Envelope
The design's DL-ratio of 254 categorizes her among moderate racers, and her Relative Speed Performance of 79 means she is faster than 79 percent of similar sailboat designs. The wetted surface of about 28 square meters and an immersion rate near 912 pounds per inch describe a hull that responds to load and sail trim without dramatic sinkage, suited to coastal cruising rather than offshore racing certification.
Accommodations
Below, the Granada 32 provides three cabins and seven berths, a galley, a toilet facility, and 26 US gallons of fresh water. The teak interior and the cabin count speak to a boat intended for small-family or friend crews on extended weekends, with the volume implied by her length-beam ratio put to sleeping and storage rather than open salon sprawl.
The Verdict
The Granada 32 is a coherent late-1980s Danish cruiser: a sandwich-fiberglass hull with lead fin ballast, a fractional rig on durable 12 mm sheets, and a teak interior laid out for seven in three cabins. She is quick for her type and well-ballasted, but her capsize screen and comfort ratio mark her as a coastal and moderate-water boat rather than an ocean racer.
Pros
- Lead fin keel with 45 percent ballast ratio, higher than 69 percent of similar designs
- Fractional rig with 527 sq ft of sail and robust 12 mm sheet spec throughout
- Spacious for her length with three cabins and seven berths
- Faster than 79 percent of similar designs on Relative Speed Performance
Cons
- Capsize screening value of 2.03 excludes her from ocean-race acceptance
- Motion Comfort Ratio places her above only 34 percent of similar boats
- DL-ratio of 254 limits her to moderate-racer categorization rather than light-displacement agility
