Watkins 32
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use American English|date=October 2019}}
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|designer = William Tripp Jr
|location = United States
|year = 1982
|no built = 8
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|builder = Watkins Yachts
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|draft = {{convert|4.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|10800|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = Monohull
|construction = Fiberglass
|loa = {{convert|32.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|26.58|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|10.17|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = Yanmar {{convert|15|or|22|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} diesel engine
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|keel type = fin keel
|ballast = {{convert|5500|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = skeg-mounted rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|38.75|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|13.75|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|P = {{convert|33.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|E = {{convert|12.25|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailplan = Masthead sloop
|sailarea main = {{convert|202.13|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|266.41|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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The Watkins 32 is an American sailboat that was designed by William H. Tripp Jr as a cruiser and first built in 1982.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/watkins-32|title = Watkins 32 sailboat |accessdate = 2 October 2019|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2019|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20191002190033/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/watkins-32|archivedate =2 October 2019|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url =https://sailboatdata.com/designer/tripp-jr-william-h|title = William H. Tripp Jr|accessdate = 2 October 2019|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2019|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20191002190036/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/tripp-jr-william-h|archivedate =2 October 2019|url-status= live}}Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 250-251. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. {{ISBN|0-395-65239-1}}
The design was derived from the molds used for the Columbia 32.
Production
The design was built by Watkins Yachts in the United States, commencing in 1982. The company completed eight examples of the design before shifting production to a modified version, the Watkins 33 in 1984.{{cite web|url =https://sailboatdata.com/builder/watkins-yachts|title = Watkins Yachts|accessdate = 2 October 2019|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2019|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20191002190035/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/watkins-yachts|archivedate =2 October 2019|url-status= live}}
Design
The Watkins 32 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, an angled transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces {{convert|10800|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|5500|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|4.00|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel fitted.
The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of either {{convert|15|or|22|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}. The fuel tank holds {{convert|30|u.s.gal}} and the fresh water tank has a capacity of {{convert|40|u.s.gal}}.
The galley is to starboard and can be fitted with a two-burner alcohol or propane-fire stove, plus a refrigerator. The head and a hanging locker are forward, just aft of the forepeak V-berth. A port-side dinette table, that converts to a double berth and a quarter berth are in the main cabin, with the navigation station to port. The interior doors are all made from louvered teak.
Ventilation is provided by six opening ports, plus a forward hatch over the V-berth.
An anchor locker is fitted in the bow. The halyards and outhaul are all internally-led, with halyard winches being a factory-option. The boat is equipped with a topping lift, internal jiffy reefing and has two jib sheet winches.
Operational history
The boat is supported by an active class club, the Watkins Owners.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/association/watkins-owners|title= Watkins Owners|access-date = 22 March 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220322180235/https://sailboatdata.com/association/watkins-owners|archive-date= 22 March 2022|url-status= live}}
In a review Richard Sherwood wrote, "while the freeboard is high, the cabin is kept low to reduce windage. Both the keel and the rudder are medium in depth, and with a draft of four feet, the Watkins can be used for gunkholing."
See also
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