The 32' Cutter
'GRACE II'
Copyright 2007 Michael KastenThe Concept
Designed to be a simple steel or aluminum sailing craft the 32' Grace concept design is presented above, essentially a smaller sister to the Grace 36 ketch. Another design using the same interior layout is the Pilgrim 'Fantail 30'. Both have a similar rig and similar displacement, etc.
A small, easy to build seaworthy design... that is the basis for the 32' Grace concept. A well shaped cruising keel with keel hung rudder, relatively shoal draft, and an easily built single chine steel or aluminum hull. The single chine shape is easy to achieve with any panel material, so it would be simple to build a mold in order to construct the hull in fiberglass or to simply build the design in plywood.
The Rig
The cutter rig was chosen for its simplicity and good windward sailing. Being a prototype, there are any number of combinations that would be possible, not only with the rig but also with the hull form, the interior, the preferred materials and so on... This kind of flexibility is one of the key benefits of working with a prototype in order to create a totally new design.
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