The Douglas 31 and Douglas 32 are a series of Canadiansailboats, that were designed by Ted Brewer and first built in 1967. The last boats of this design were built in 1982 and delivered as kits.[1][2][3]
Douglas Marine Craft North American Fiberglas Moldings Command Yachts Bruce Peninsula Yachts Hullmaster Boats Doug Smith J&C Fibercraft Hinterhoeller Yachts
The design was commissioned by Douglas Badgley, designed by Brewer as the Douglas 31 and initially built by Badgley's company, Douglas Marine Craft in Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada, with production commencing in 1967. Douglas Marine Craft went out of business in 1970-71 and creditors seized the company assets, including the design's molds.[1][3][4]
Jeffrey White of North American Fiberglas Moldings of London, Ontario, acquired a set of Douglas 31 hull and deck molds and had Brewer modify the design to incorporate an extended reverse transom. The new version was known as the Douglas 32. In 1974, North American Fiberglas entered receivership, emerging as Command Yachts, under the same management and produced the Douglas 32 Mark II model. In about 1976 Command Yachts was purchased by De Leuw Cather Canada and the boat building division was shut down.[1][3]
Bruce Peninsula Yachts of Port Elgin, Ontario then bought the molds and built the Douglas 32 Mark II, with a new cabin configuration.[1][3]
Hullmaster Boats of Picton, Ontario, had also purchased at least one of the original Douglas 31 molds at about the same time that North American Fibreglas Mouldings had acquired their molds, and built the design as the Hullmaster 31, completing production in 1979.[1][3]
Following Hullmaster's bankruptcy, Doug Smith acquired the Douglas 31 molds and built the design in the form of a kit for owners to finish. Smith then sold his business to Jed and Carol Benoit of J&C Fibercraft, based in Barrie, Ontario, who then used the molds to produce the Douglas 31.[1][3]
Hinterhoeller Yachts built the last six Douglas 31 hulls in about 1982. These were then delivered to customers as kits for owner completion.[1][3]
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January 01, 1970
douglas, douglas, series, canadian, sailboats, that, were, designed, brewer, first, built, 1967, last, boats, this, design, were, built, 1982, delivered, kits, developmentdesignerted, brewerlocationcanadayear1967builder, douglas, marine, craftnorth, american, . The Douglas 31 and Douglas 32 are a series of Canadian sailboats that were designed by Ted Brewer and first built in 1967 The last boats of this design were built in 1982 and delivered as kits 1 2 3 Douglas 32DevelopmentDesignerTed BrewerLocationCanadaYear1967Builder s Douglas Marine CraftNorth American Fiberglas MoldingsCommand YachtsBruce Peninsula YachtsHullmaster BoatsDoug SmithJ amp C FibercraftHinterhoeller YachtsNameDouglas 32BoatDisplacement11 500 lb 5 216 kg Draft4 67 ft 1 42 m HullTypeMonohullConstructionFiberglassLOA32 09 ft 9 78 m LWL24 50 ft 7 47 m Beam9 50 ft 2 90 m Engine typeInboard motorHull appendagesKeel board typelong keelRudder s keel mounted rudderRigRig typeBermuda rigI foretriangle height37 50 ft 11 43 m J foretriangle base12 70 ft 3 87 m P mainsail luff32 00 ft 9 75 m E mainsail foot13 80 ft 4 21 m SailsSailplanFractional rigged sloop Masthead sloopMainsail area220 80 sq ft 20 513 m2 Jib genoa area238 13 sq ft 22 123 m2 Total sail area458 93 sq ft 42 636 m2 RacingPHRF201 average edit on Wikidata Contents 1 Production 2 Design 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksProduction editThe design was commissioned by Douglas Badgley designed by Brewer as the Douglas 31 and initially built by Badgley s company Douglas Marine Craft in Port Stanley Ontario Canada with production commencing in 1967 Douglas Marine Craft went out of business in 1970 71 and creditors seized the company assets including the design s molds 1 3 4 Jeffrey White of North American Fiberglas Moldings of London Ontario acquired a set of Douglas 31 hull and deck molds and had Brewer modify the design to incorporate an extended reverse transom The new version was known as the Douglas 32 In 1974 North American Fiberglas entered receivership emerging as Command Yachts under the same management and produced the Douglas 32 Mark II model In about 1976 Command Yachts was purchased by De Leuw Cather Canada and the boat building division was shut down 1 3 Bruce Peninsula Yachts of Port Elgin Ontario then bought the molds and built the Douglas 32 Mark II with a new cabin configuration 1 3 Hullmaster Boats of Picton Ontario had also purchased at least one of the original Douglas 31 molds at about the same time that North American Fibreglas Mouldings had acquired their molds and built the design as the Hullmaster 31 completing production in 1979 1 3 Following Hullmaster s bankruptcy Doug Smith acquired the Douglas 31 molds and built the design in the form of a kit for owners to finish Smith then sold his business to Jed and Carol Benoit of J amp C Fibercraft based in Barrie Ontario who then used the molds to produce the Douglas 31 1 3 Hinterhoeller Yachts built the last six Douglas 31 hulls in about 1982 These were then delivered to customers as kits for owner completion 1 3 Design editThe Douglas 32 is a small recreational keelboat built predominantly of fiberglass with wood trim It has a masthead sloop rig a spooned raked stem a raised counter reverse transom a keel mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed long keel It displaces 11 500 lb 5 216 kg 1 3 The boat has a draft of 4 67 ft 1 42 m with the integral long keel 1 3 The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 201 It has a hull speed of 6 63 kn 12 28 km h 3 5 See also editList of sailing boat types Similar sailboats Allmand 31 Aloha 32 Beneteau 31 C amp C 32 Columbia 32 Contest 32 CS Herreshoff 31 Hunter 31 Hunter 31 2 Hunter 32 Hunter 32 Vision Marlow Hunter 31 Mirage 32 Morgan 32 Niagara 31 Nonsuch 324 Ontario 32 Ranger 32 Roue 20 Watkins 32References edit a b c d e f g h i Browning Randy 2018 Douglas 31 32 sailboat specifications and details sailboatdata com Archived from the original on 26 March 2022 Retrieved 24 June 2018 Browning Randy 2018 Edward S Brewer sailboatdata com Archived from the original on 2 September 2021 Retrieved 24 June 2018 a b c d e f g h i j Sea Time Tech LLC 2022 Douglas 31 32 sailboat guide Archived from the original on 26 March 2022 Retrieved 26 March 2022 Browning Randy 2018 Hinterhoeller Yachts Ltd sailboatdata com Archived from the original on 16 June 2020 Retrieved 2 June 2018 InterVisionSoft LLC 2018 Sailboat Specifications for Douglas 31 32 Sailing Joy Archived from the original on 25 June 2018 Retrieved 24 June 2018 External links edit nbsp Media related to Douglas 32 at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Douglas 32 amp oldid 1112687757, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
