Gulf 32
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Use American English|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox sailboat specifications
|name = Gulf 32
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G 32
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|designer = William Garden
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|location = United States
|year = 1965
|no built = 400
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|builder = Gulf Marine Products
Capital Yachts
|role = Cruiser
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|draft = {{convert|5.17|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|16000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = monohull
|construction = fiberglass
|loa = {{convert|32.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|23.33|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|10.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = Universal 40 {{convert|36|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} diesel engine
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|keel type = long keel
|ballast = {{convert|6500|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = keel-mounted rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|39.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|12.21|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|P = {{convert|35.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|E = {{convert|12.58|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailplan = cutter rigged sloop
|sailarea main = {{convert|220.15|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|238.10|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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The Gulf 32 is an American sailboat that was designed by William Garden as a cruiser and first built in 1965.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/gulf-32|title= Gulf 32 sailboat |access-date= 24 August 2022|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220824191730/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/gulf-32|archive-date= 24 August 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/capital/gulf-32|title= Gulf 32|access-date= 24 August 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220824145403/https://sailboat.guide/capital/gulf-32|archive-date= 24 August 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/garden-william|title= William Garden|access-date = 24 August 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210115174947/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/garden-william|archive-date= 15 January 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/william-garden|title= William Garden|access-date= 24 August 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220420135038/https://sailboat.guide/william-garden|archive-date= 20 April 2022|url-status= live}}
Production
The design was initially built by Gulf Marine Products starting in 1965 and later by Capital Yachts in Harbor City, California, United States. It was produced until 1990, with 400 boats completed, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/capital-yachts-corp|title = Capital Yachts Corp. 1971 - 1996|access-date = 24 August 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210414013953/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/capital-yachts-corp|archive-date= 14 April 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/capital|title= Capital Yachts Corp.|access-date= 24 August 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220823220013/https://sailboat.guide/capital|archive-date= 23 August 2022|url-status= live}}
Design
The Gulf 32 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It is a cutter riged sloop, with a raked stem, an angled transom, a keel-hung rudder controlled by two wheels, one on the aft cockpit and one in the pilot house. It has a fixed long keel or an optional shoal draft keel. It displaces {{convert|16000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|6500|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|5.17|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel and {{convert|4.5|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the optional shoal draft keel. The boat is fitted with a Universal 40 {{convert|36|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} diesel engine for docking and maneuvering.
The design has sleeping accommodation for six people, with a truncated double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, an L-shaped settee and a straight settee in the main cabin and an aft cabin with a quarter berth on the starboard side. The galley is located on the port side of the wheelhouse. The galley is U-shaped and is equipped with a three-burner stove, ice box and a double sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the starboard side.
The design has a hull speed of {{convert|6.47|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.
Operational history
In a 2016 article in Cruising World magazine, Ken Painter wrote, "nine years ago I decided to take the leap from trailer-sailer to smaller ocean cruiser, and went looking for an affordable, seaworthy and comfortable sailboat capable of exploring the Pacific Northwest and maybe, someday, sailing around the world. When I first viewed Mariah, a 1978 Gulf Pilothouse 32 I'd found on Craigslist, I was struck by her lines, her interior volume and the flush deck ... Mariah proved herself reliable and comfortable throughout an eight-month cruise from Seattle to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and back to San Diego in 2012 and 2013. I still get regular compliments on her design."{{cite web|url= https://www.cruisingworld.com/classic-plastic-gulf-32/|title= Gulf 32|access-date= 24 August 2022|last= Painter|first= Ken|work= Cruising World|date= 15 January 2016|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220824145345/https://www.cruisingworld.com/classic-plastic-gulf-32/|archive-date= 24 August 2022|url-status= live}}