Review of Ericson 32
Basic specs.
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The hull is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season. And outside the sailing season, just bottom cleaning and perhaps anti-fouling painting once a year - a few hours of work, that's all.
The Ericson 32 is equipped with a masthead rig. The advantage of a masthead rig is its simplicity and the fact that a given sail area - compared with a fractional rig - can be carried lower and thus with less heeling moment.
The Ericson 32 has been built with different keel alternatives.
Unknown keel type
The boat can enter most marinas as the draft is just about 1.50 - 1.60 meter (4.92 - 5.22 ft) dependent on the load.
Full keel
The Ericson 32 is equipped with a long keel. A full keel provide a better directional stability than a similar boat with a fin keel; on the other hand, better directional stability means also that the boat is more difficult to handle in a harbour with less space.
The boat can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 1.37 - 1.47 meter (4.49 - 4.79 ft) dependent on the load.
Sailing characteristics
This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.
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Sailing statistics
This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.
What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?
The l/b ratio for Ericson 32 is 3.27.
The ballast ratio for Ericson 32 is 45%.
What is Relative Speed Performance?
The Relative Speed Performance for Ericson 32 is 38
Maintenance
If you need to renew parts of your running rig and is not quite sure of the dimensions, you may find the estimates computed below useful.
| Usage | Length | Diameter | ||
| Jib sheet | 9.7 m | (31.7 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Genoa sheet | 9.7 m | (31.7 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Mainsheet | 24.1 m | (79.2 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Spinnaker sheet | 21.2 m | (69.7 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
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