Sadler 32
Sadler Yachts · David Sadler · 1979
Updated
The Sadler 32 is a 9.48 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by David Sadler and built by Sadler Yachts, first launched in 1979. It races in Class C.
Length
9.48 m
31′ 1″
Beam
3.16 m
Draft
1.45 m
Displacement
5.2 t
Sail area
48 m²
On the podium
Where a Sadler 32 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
3
Starts
Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.
Read from 3 starts by 1 boat between 2022 and 2024, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Sadler 32 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Pagasitikos Regatta2024- Trofeo Eolos Liappi2024
- Trofeo Laki Zamani2022
Raced one we are missing?
Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat. Here is how this one does in each.
Round the buoys
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Not enough data yet: no races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: no races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Sadler 32 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
Platu 25 (6 meetings), First 42 (Farr) (6 meetings), Atlantic 31 (3 meetings), Bonin 358 (2 meetings), Sunrise 35 (2 meetings), Sun Odyssey 35 (1 meeting), Oceanis 46.1 (1 meeting), Bavaria C50 (1 meeting), Albin Ballad (1 meeting)
Speed at every angle
The shape of this design's speed, drawn from the measured fleet. Pick a wind and watch it stretch.
Upwind VMG
4.13
43°
Beam reach
6.96
90°
Broad reach
7.46
135°
Downwind VMG
6.73
170°
Speed in knots at 20 knots of true wind. Green marks the angles that pay: the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Where it wins and where it pays
Every boat is judged against its own measurements — length, weight, sail area. The quicker those say it should be, the more it has to deliver just to break even. Going fast is not enough: it has to go faster than its own numbers promised.
It does most things without giving much away. It rewards preparation and crew work more than it rewards picking the right day.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on a broad reach in moderate air, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage on the beam as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short upwind when the breeze is soft, giving away time it never gets back.
Above the line it delivers more than promised and gains on the fleet. Below, it falls short. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the beam reach.
How fast is a Sadler 32
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 2.54 | 3.51 | 4.04 | 4.13 |
| 52° | 4.00 | 5.37 | 6.00 | 6.19 |
| 60° | 4.28 | 5.63 | 6.22 | 6.44 |
| 75° | 4.45 | 5.86 | 6.42 | 6.78 |
| 90° | 4.50 | 6.08 | 6.61 | 6.96 |
| 110° | 4.61 | 6.20 | 6.79 | 7.46 |
| 120° | 4.46 | 6.12 | 6.78 | 7.55 |
| 135° | 4.04 | 5.82 | 6.63 | 7.46 |
| 150° | 3.50 | 5.30 | 6.36 | 7.15 |
| Run VMG | 3.04 | 4.62 | 5.75 | 6.73 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Roughly half carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 450 kg.
Rigging
Sadler 32 rig and sail dimensions
A Sadler 32 carries 10.53 m of mainsail hoist on a 3.17 m boom, a forestay 12.01 m above the deck and a 4.25 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 6 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 52 to 71 m² depending on bowsprit and set-up. Before ordering a sail, read the figure on your own measurement record rather than the typical one for the design.