Contessa 32

Very rare opportunity to purchase a new-generation Jeremy Rogers built Contessa 32. Benefiting from a substantial 2020/21 refit at the Jeremy Rogers yard and now ready for new adventures.

FURTHER BROKER'S COMMENTS:

'AGAMEMNON' (previously 'OLIVIA') offers a very rare opportunity to purchase a modern-day classic, not only being one of the second-generation Jeremy Rogers built Contessa 32s, with many modern enhancements over the legendary original design, but one which has also benefited from a comprehensive refit back at the Jeremy Rogers yard in 2020/2021. She has subsequently had further updates carried out whilst she was in Scandinavia in 2023/2024, where she had been cruising with her current owner and his family.

Like all Contessa 32's, 'AGAMEMNON' is perfectly suited for both family cruising and racing, with an active one design fleet present in the Solent. The CO32 has also proven itself to be a hugely capable bluewater cruiser with many sisterships undertaking serious offshore adventures.

Sadly, due to work commitments and a growing family, the time has come for 'AGAMEMNON' to find her next custodian. Ashore and back at the Jeremy Rogers yard in Lymington, 'AGAMEMNON' is prepared for onward sale and is ready to go, offered at a fraction of the cost of a new build project and her owner's own investment in her.

Her specification highlights include:
Pale blue topsides finish
Coppercoat antifouling system
Beta Marine 25hp engine with Featherstream 3-bladed feathering propeller
Hydrovane self-steering
Lithium-Ion service batteries
Solar panel
220vAC shorepower
Pressurised hot & cold fresh water
Holding tank
Garmin instrument package with radar, chart plotter, VHF and AIS
Raymarine evolution autopilot
Force 10 stove
Dickinson Newport solid fuel heater
Eberspacher diesel fired hot air cabin heating system
Fridge with 12vDC compressor
Corian counters in saloon and heads
LED internal lighting
Teak interior with latest-style vertical slatted saloon joinery
Tidesmarine low-friction mainsail track system
Selden rod vang
Mechanical backstay adjuster
Lewmar self-tailing winch package
Sanders Dacron mainsail and genoa
North asymmetric with snuffer
Quick electric anchor windlass with Rocna anchor
Sprayhood with additional framework for cockpit tent

RECENT REFIT HIGHLIGHTS:

2023/2024 JAKOB JENSENS BADEVAERFT, COPENHAGEN:
New coppercoat.
Clean fuel tank, fit Wema tank gauge in nav station.
Anchor swivel.
New North Sails asymmetric spinnaker in snuffer (fits onto same U-bolt that genoa is tacked to, with 60cm dyneema tack strop).
Replace sprayhood.
New compass (Contest 130).
Stainless tubing fitted for cockpit tent (can be removed if desired/ project completed with roll of fabric in boat).

2020/2021 JEREMY ROGERS:
New teak planking in saloon (to achieve same look as some of the new build Contessas).
New cushions and upholstery throughout boat.
Newport Dickinson solid fuel stove with bespoke stainless backing plate.
New Corian worktop in galley.
New Isotherm fridge.
New Rheinstrom Y3 heads.
New red/white LEDs in Nav station and saloon.
Pressurised hot/cold water to galley with mixer tap (in addition to foot pumped fresh and salt water).
New automatic bilge pump (Gulper type) in bilge.
New cockpit-facing window for quarter berth.
New Beta 25hp diesel engine - currently less than 300 hours (there is an existing aquadrive installed by
the prior owner).
New Darglow 3-bladed feathering prop.
New shaft and seal.
20l calorifier that links to galley plus new cockpit shower with hot/cold mixer.
New Mastervolt lithium-ion battery system (2x 12/1200 batteries) and controller, plus
mastervolt battery status display in Nav station.
3x new Garmin displays in cockpit (GMI 20), plus 12" Garmin chartplotter in Nav station.
USB charger in nav station.
New Raymarine Evolution autopilot.
Garmin VHF 215i plus AIS 800.
Wired unit set for VHF in cockpit (as well as at Nav station).
Panoptix forward looking sonar.
Solid state Garmin radar plus scan strut mast mount.
GWind transducer bundle.
Tidesmarine track for mainsail.
New standing and running rigging.
New Rocna 15kg anchor plus 50m chain (with chain markers) - previous owner fitted electric windlass (with remote).
Refurbish (sand) exterior teak.
Varnish tiller.
New "cranked" stanchions in cockpit.
New Sanders Sails cockpit tent (never used).
There is a locker full of miscellaneous equipment in Lymington Yacht Haven from the prior owner, including [hydrovane] self-steering system.

OWNER'S COMMENTS:

'AGAMEMNON' is a very special CO32. Built in 2005, she was one of the last constructed under the supervision of Jeremy Rogers. I purchased her in 2019, she underwent an extensive refit at Jeremy Rogers Limited in the winter of 2020/2021. Full work schedules are available on request.

Post-refit, I then sailed her to the Baltic and where she stayed for two winters before sailing her back to Lymington Yacht Haven in 2024 for a minor refurb from the Jeremy Rogers team.

'AGAMEMNON' turns heads wherever she goes and I will be sad to part with her. Aside from the crossing to the Baltic and back, she has been lightly used for summer cruising on the fjords of Denmark. She has been a massively confidence-inspiring boat, with a unique interior, and optimized for easy short-handed long-distance cruising. Minor works planned for 2024 included replacing the Taylor's paraffin stove with a new gas system and which has since been completed. She blasted back from Copenhagen to Lymington in six days straight earlier this summer, proving her worth as a highly capable cruising yacht.

I have decided that with a growing family that sadly, 'AGAMEMNON' is no longer suitable for my family's needs and hence I have decided to sell her.

CONTESSA 32 HISTORY:

In the early '60s, J. Rogers was already building cold-moulded Folkboats. He met with D.Sadler who at that time was a customer of his and put for the first time a masthead rig on his folkboat. This was like a revelation as the new rig performed very well. The idea of building a 26-footer with the shape of a Folkboat slowly found its way and gave birth to the famous Contessa 26. The CO26 was designed by D.Sadler and launched in 1966. It was a great success and a lot of those were ordered and built by J.Rogers in Lymington. Then the need of moulding a bigger boat came along. The IOR criterias of the '70s were slowly changing and D.Sadler reshaped the long keel of the CO26 into a semi-long keel with skeg. That was the beginning of a new era for a faster design, which turned out to be extremely efficient upwind.

The Contessa 32 was exhibited at the 1971 London Boat Show and in 1972 won the prize as "Boat of the Show". The demand was so high that the builder couldn't keep up and there was already a two year waiting list ! At the end of the 1970s the Rogers company in Lymington was employing 200 people. The collaboration in between Rogers and Sadler ended in the '70s but the Contessa 32 had become famous.

Very quickly she proved herself during the sadly famous Fastnet Race 1979 when CO32 Assent was the only boat to finish in her category out of 58 boats. Seaworthiness is probably the main characteristic to remember when talking about the CO32.

PRESS REVIEW:

"The Contessa 32 is one of the most successful cruiser racers of the last 30 years - and it's easy to see why. She's a joy to sail on the wind, quick on a reach, and well set up for spinnaker work downwind. With a dry weight of over four tonnes, a deep forefoot leading to a long fin keel and a skeg-mounted rudder, she's a solid sea-boat that will see you through all seasons of offshore sailing. All that and she's still winning races on handicap.

The deep cockpit felt very safe, and the proper gunwales made working on deck feel secure. The grabrail attached to the aft edge of the sprayhood made stepping onto the slightly narrow sidedecks easy...

She is heavier and slower on the helm than a fin-keeler with a balanced spade rudder, and she needs 12 knots or more to really get going. But all of that pales into insignificance when you're at the helm. She's made to sail and she does so beautifully, cutting through the waves in a way that makes you want to let her keep going. Given a chance, she'll eat up the sea miles, whether that's around the cans or crossing the North Sea to Norway.

She manoeuvres predictably under engine in port. With the rudder immediately aft of the prop you have instant control when going ahead. Astern, it is a fact that she will walk to port and so as long as you work with that, you're fine. A solid anchor and plenty of chain mean Charlotte can anchor almost anywhere with confidence and her low-windage hull shouldn't be prone to sailing around

her anchor. While the hull shape limits living space below decks - anyone over 6ft tall will have to stoop slightly - there is a surprising amount of stowage. There's space to sleep six, and Alan's had nine for dinner around the large fold-out saloon table before, but living on board with a full crew would be a bit cosy. The galley gives plenty of space to whip up hot meals for your crew in port or at sea. She is a comfortable and homely boat inside, with some of the old charm that you no longer get from sitting in a tupperware box.

It's hard to imagine many crews for whom a Contessa 32 wouldn't meet a good number of their criteria. She'll take you to Greenland and back without any qualms. She'll happily potter out for a daysail or a weekend away and give you somewhere to get away from it all. The next weekend, she'd be just as happy racing around the

Isle of Wight and would still have a chance of winning. She's a true sailing boat and built for mile after mile of satisfying cruising, and solidly built - she will look after you in pretty much anything."

Article taken from Yachting Monthly Magazine 2014


SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION

RCD Status:
We understand the vessel conforms with the essential safety requirements of Directive 94/25EC (Recreational Craft Directive) and is categorised A - "Ocean" for up to 8-persons.

Hull Construction:
The hull moulding is made of very high-quality polyester resins, using Lloyds approved materials and polyester gelcoats.
The skin coat behind the gelcoat is laminated with an isophthalic polyester resin to prevent water penetration.
Coppercoat antifouling system - winter 2023/2024.
White coloured waterline and cove line.
Teak capping to the raised toerail.

Deck & Superstructure Construction:
Deck mouldings are made of very high-quality polyester resins, using Lloyds approved materials and polyester gelcoats.
Exterior teak (deck, toe rail capping, coach roof grab rails, liferaft blocks to the coach roof and cockpit seat bases) professionally sanded and re-caulked where required, re-adhere any loose planks, plus clean up the cockpit sole grating and cabin washboards - 2020/2021.
New cockpit-facing window for quarter berth - 2020 /2021.

Keel & Rudder:
Moderate fin keel profile with 47% ballast ratio.
2,000kgs lead ballast internally encapsulated with GRP.
GRP rudder blade supported by full-depth GRP skeg.
Stainless steel rudder stock.
Rudder has 2x bronze bearings and a stainless-steel lower attachment plate at the base of the skeg.
Rudder blade was removed and rudder bearings checked - 2020/2021.
Cutlass bearing checked - 2020/2021.

MACHINERY

Engine & gearbox:
Beta Marine 25 3-cylinder naturally aspirated diesel engine producing approximately 25hp @ 3,600rpm - 2021.
Fresh water engine cooling via raw water intake and heat-exchanger.
TMC 40 gearbox and new Beta Engine control panel to cockpit - 2021.
Single lever throttle control to the starboard side of the cockpit.
Exhaust temperature alarm
Engine compartment insulation renewed and compartment cleaned - 2021.

Maintenance & Performance:
Engine hours - less than 300 as of Summer 2024.
Engine routinely serviced.

Propulsion & Steering:
Darglow feathering 3-blade - 2020/2021.
New stainless steel propeller shaft and Radice seal including anti-siphon to stern gland - 2020/2021.
Aquadrive flexible coupling for quieter engine running.
Revarnished laminated teak tiller - 2020/2021.
Hydrovane self-steering system (currently demounted)

ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS

Voltage systems:
12vDC domestic systems with 220vAC via shore-power.
New DC customised electrical control panel with line drawing of vessel and lights - 2020/2021.
Individual circuit breakers and indicator LEDs.

Battery Banks:
1x Mastervolt AGM 12/55Ah engine start battery - 2020/2021.
2x Lithium-ion 12/1200 service batteries and controller - 2020/2021.
Battery isolator switches, fuse holders and fuses (for 12v battery system) - 2020/2021.
Mastervolt battery status display at Nav Area - 2020/2021.
Glass fibre battery box.

Battery Charger:
Mastervolt Chargemaster 12/50 - 3-stage automatic battery charger - 2020/2021.
Mastervolt Masterbus connections and switch gear - 2020/2021.

Solar Charging:
Flexible solar panel mounted on the sprayhood - 2020/2021.
Mastervolt SCM25 MPPT Chargemaster charge controller - 2020/2021.

Alternator:
Beta Marine 75Amp 12vDC engine mounted alternator - 2020/2021.

Shorepower:
Furrion 220vAC Shorepower electrical socket to the cockpit.
220vAC electrical sockets to the interior - 2020/2021.

Other Electrical:
Magic 12/12 DC- DC 20Amp converter for optimal voltage stabilisation - 2020/2021.
1x USB charge point at chart table - 2020/2021.
1x 12v cigarette lighter charge point at chart table - 2020/2021.

PLUMBING & GAS SYSTEMS

Fresh Water:
Hot & cold pressurised fresh-water system with 12vDC pressure pump.
Hot water provided by engine-driven ATI 20-litre stainless calorifier with additional AC immersion heater element powered by shorepower - 2020/2021.

Bilge Pumps:
1x 12vDC (Whale Gulper type) automatic bilge pump with manual override at chart table - 2020/2021.
1x Manual bilge pump in cockpit.

Seacocks:
All seacocks serviced and if required, replaced - 2020/2021.

Gas System:
Vented gas bottle locker with space for 1x gas bottle and provision for a second bottle.
Gas supply pipe with production date shown being February 2024.
Gas Alarm and Control system at chart table.
Carbon monoxide detector at chart table.

TANKAGE

Fuel:
Stainless steel diesel fuel tank with an approximate capacity of 54-litres (located in the cockpit locker to the portside).
Fuel tank cleaned and new Wema tank gauge at the chart table fitted - 2023/2024.

Fresh Water:
Stainless steel water tank with approximately 81-litre capacity. Tank located on the centreline below the saloon sole.

Holding Tank:
Holding tank with deck outlet - serviced 2020/2021.

NAVIGATION & COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT

On Deck:
3x Garmin GMI 20 displays in the cockpit (wind speed and angle, boat speed & depth) - 2020/2021.
Garmin 1222 12" chartplotter at the chart table - 2020/2021
Garmin solid state radar with the radar scanner mounted on the mast via a scan strut mount - 2020/2021.
Panoptix forward looking sonar (integrated with Garmin 1222 display) - 2020/2021.
DATA Sharing box for radar and panoptix - GMS 10 - 2020/2021.
GWind transducer bundle includes wind gear, triducer and 1 x GMI 20 -2020/2021.
NMEA 2000 back bone bundle and other Garmin fittings - 2020/2021.
Plastimo Contest 130 helming compass - 2023/2024.
Raymarine Evolution autopilot integrated into NMEA 220 network including Raymarine Seatalk to Garmin NMEA 2000 interface.
Garmin AIS800 transceiver.
SeaMe active radar reflector

Communications Equipment:
Garmin 215i VHF DSC radio - 2020/2021.
Garmin GHS 11i VHF handset in the cockpit - 2020/21
Icom IC-M37 handheld VHF radio - 2020/2021.
Masthead mounted VHF radio aerial.

DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT

Galley:
Force 10 stainless steel gimbled gas oven and 2-burner stove - 2024.
Top opening refrigerator with 12vDC compressor - 2020/2021.
Stainless steel 1 ½ bowl sink with new mixer tap - 2020/2021.
Further salt and fresh-water tap in galley, including foot pumps (both double acting) - 2020/2021.

Heads:
Rheinstrom Y3 manual flush marine heads and associated hosework and clamps - 2020/2021.
Hot & cold pressurised water supply to heads with shower attachment - 2020/2021.
Additional foot pump operated manual fresh water supply to heads sink.
Sliding wash basin with stainless steel bowl inset to a Corian surround, folding mixer tap over.

Heating & Ventilation:
Eberspacher diesel-fired, hot air cabin heating system with outlet in saloon, thermostat and digital control panel to saloon (portside) - system serviced - 2020/2021.
Newport Dickinson solid fuel stove with bespoke stainless backing plate - 2020/2021.
Cabin roof ventilators and 2x cabin roof escape./ventilation hatches.

Interior Lighting:
Chrome LED reading lights throughout.
EuroLED light to Saloon.
Flexible Red night-lighting to navigation area.

Entertainment:
Clarion radio/CD Radio at chart table

ACCOMMODATION


Summary of Accommodation:
Up to 5 berths in forward double cabin, aft quarter berth and port/starboard saloon settees. One heads forward.

Accommodation Finish:
New teak vertical planking in saloon (to achieve same look as the very latest Contessa 32 builds) - 2020/2021
Teak interior joinery revarnished - 2020/2021.
New cushions and upholstery throughout boat - 2020/2021.
All mattresses in new foam with memory foam topper - 2020/2021.
Teak planking to headlining.
Teak and holly to cabin sole.
New Corian worktop in galley and counter in heads - 2020/2021

Accommodation Layout from Forward:
Forward cabin area with v-berth complete with infill to make double berth
Stowage beneath berths and locker above
Heads compartment with manual marine heads to port with slide-out sink above
Lockers and vented hanging lockers outboard to port and starboard
Saloon with u-shaped seating to port and linear settee to starboard
Fixed dropleaf dining table with internal storage to centreline
Stowage beneath, outboard and above settees
U-shaped galley to portside with worktops, and cupboards and mug racks.
Chart table to starboard with forward facing chart table with internal storage, draws and navigator's seat (created from the end of the quarter berth).
Single quarter berth positioned to starboard, aft of the chart table.
Companionway steps attached to the removable panel to access the engine compartment.

DECK EQUIPMENT

Rig:
Selden anodised aluminium keel stepped masthead rigged mast with single pair of in-line spreaders.
Tides Marine one-piece nylon mainsail track with stainless steel mainsail sliders - 2020/2021.
Spinnaker pole track to the front of the mast.
Selden anodised aluminium boom with facility for three reefs
Stainless steel wire standing rigging - replaced 2020/2021.
Mechanical backstay adjuster - 2020/2021.
Selden rog vang
Running rigging replaced - 2020/2021.
Harken MKIV 1 manual genoa furler
Lewmar port and starboard deck mounted genoa sheet tracks and cars.
2x 5x control lines organisers to the coach roof.
Mainsheet track positioned to the cockpit.
2x sets of 5x Spinlock jammers to either side of the companionway.

Winches:
2x Lewmar 44ST two-speed self-tailing manual primary winches located in the cockpit.
2x Lewmar 14ST one-speed self-tailing spinnaker sheet/guy winches located in the cockpit.
2x Lewmar 30ST two-speed self-tailing control line winches located to either side of the companionway.

Sails:
Sanders Sails Dacron mainsail (adapted in 2020/2021 to take the new stainless steel sliders
Sanders Sails Dacron roller furling genoa
Symmetrical spinnaker
North Sails asymmetric spinnaker in snuffer (fits onto same U-bolt that genoa is tacked to, with 60cm dyneema tack strop) - 2023/2024.

General:
Stainless steel pushpit and pulpit.
Stainless steel guard wire stanchions with twin stainless steel guard wires and port and starboard gates.
Cranked stanchions adjacent to cockpit - 2020/2021.
Hinged stainless steel bathing ladder to the transom.
Brackets to transom for self-steering equipment.
Teak blocks for the liferaft to the coach roof - sanded - 2020/2021.
Horseshoe lifebuoy bracket to the portside of the pushpit.
Port and starboard teak grabrails to the coach roof.
Cockpit pressurised hot and cold fresh water shower - 2020/2021.
Teak outboard bracket

Covers & Canvas:
Sanders Sails mainsail blue coloured boom stackpack and matching goose neck cover.
Khaki canvas coloured sprayhood with stainless steel frame - 2023/2024.
A roll of canvas for a cockpit tent is aboard and included but has not been made up.
Stainless steel cockpit tent framework - 2023/2024.
Blue coloured canvas tiller cover.

Anchoring & Mooring:
Stainless steel twin roller stemhead fitting.
Quick 12vDC electric reversing anchor windlass.
Rocnor 35Ib anchor and 50m of anchor chain - 2020/2021.
Anchor swivel - 2023/2024.
6x Stainless steel mooring cleats.
Fenders & warps.

SAFETY EQUIPMENT:

General note on safety equipment: Any safety equipment such as liferafts, Epirbs, fire extinguishers and flares etc. are usually personal to the current owner(s) and if being left on-board as part of the sale of a used vessel may require routine servicing, replacement, or changing to meet a new owners specific needs.

Navigation Lights (LEDs):
Combined port and starboard bi-colour navigation light on pulpit.
Stern light on pushpit.
Combined steaming light and deck floodlight on mast.

Life Saving:
1x Baltic horseshoe lifebuoy.
Lifeline pad eyes to the cockpit.

Fire Control and Gas Safety:
Fire extinguishers - 2020/2021.
Fire blanket - 2020/2021.
Carbon monoxide alarm.


VIEWING ARRANGEMENTS
Lying Lymington, Hampshire, United Kingdom.

Available to view strictly by prior appointment.

Office Hours Mon- Fri 0900 - 17.00
Saturday/Sunday by prior appointment.

For more information or to arrange a viewing please contact us.

Please Note: Due to the varying locations of our yachts, your travel time and the distances that may be involved, we recommend that you only make arrangements to view if you are actively considering purchase.

Lead Broker: James McNeil
Tel: +44 (0) 7979907210
Email: #####@grabauinternational.com