Brighwork in progress....

Mirror, Mirror on the water...who is the most beautiful of them all?

Summer 2012 - FOR SALE

FOR SALE.....PRICE REDUCTION

Contessa 32, Off Shore Sailboat
Craigslist PostingID: 3261026535

  Contessa 32, built 1989 by Tailor in Ontario, hull number 70. Designed by Sadler; same model still being built by Jeremy Rodgers in UK. One of the most seaworthy vessels for off shore cruising.

Rigged for single handing and equipped for off shore sailing: Hydro Vane Self Steering, Beaufort 4 person Life Raft, Icom Ham/SSB Radio, 35 lbs Bruce, CQR and Danforth anchors & 240 ft. chain, Muir Electric Anchorwinch suitable for chain and rode, double stainless steel anchor storage at bow, Harken roller furling, double forestays, double mast track, back stay adjuster, all sails, including new extra working sails, gennaker and storm sails, Furuno Radar, Garmin GPS, VHF, Garmin Depth-sounder, aninometer, autohelm, sextant, solar panel, fridge, stove, heater, deckwash, full cockpit enclosure, dinghy & small outboard, powered by Volvo 30D with 500 hrs, 3 bladed fixed propeller, 122 AMP Alternator, 3 Surrette Marine Batteries.
Well maintained, mast freshly painted, bottom smooth, red shiny hull, ready to sail anywhere in any ocean.

Fresh Spring Shine on Millennium...

June 2012 - A fresh shine...

June 2012 = Smooth bow and sparkling hull....

Mast...

Halyard winch and cleats

Halyard winch

Detail of halyard winch (one of two)

Gleaming and freshly painted
Mast - steps

Radar dome, spreader detail and steps

Mast base arrangement with winches and cleats

Mast boot
Underneath is a tight fitting inner tube sleeve - absolutely water tight

Spring 2012 - Just launched after winter storage

Just needing a scrub down, and ready to sail....
she has been on the dry for the winter. Her mast has been re-painted and totally overhauled. Quality pays, the stripped mast was pristine. The new white paint looks great. All the fittings, steps, tracks, winches are back on, cleaned and greased - lovely.



Bottom, zincs, propeller, through hulls, packing glands all in tip top shape....she even moved faster through the water...



Nose out from the service dock....happy to be back in the Sea and eager to face winds and waves again.

Fall 2011 - On the Dry

Fall 2011 - Winter lay up and winter maintenance.

Stripping 10 years of anti fouling and re-applying new paint.

Checking out the hull wax and polish...

Well, it looks pretty shiny, another coat in the spring should keep this mirror image going.

Mast is off the boat and going into the shop for a clean up, check up and repaint. She is going to look GORGEOUS in the spring.

Haulout images

Modified Fin Keel, Skeg and Rudder, three-bladed fixed Propeller

In the slings

Launching