Hi there,
Me again, could someone please let me know the mast heights, I know they have a shorter and taller rig?

Find out your local measurer from the Australian sailing website and give them a call. Ask if they have a record of the boat your interested in and any other cav 32s.

there were ORC certificates for a few cav 32s but they're too old to download.

vendor may well have an ams or irc certificate for the boat.

the actual measurements are likely the best source of truth - even over the information in the ad.

take a tape measure along on the weekend!

Take a couple of photos on your phone as you approach the yacht. Put the shot up on a big screen and calculate the height using the boats LOA.

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JonE said..
Find out your local measurer from the Australian sailing website and give them a call. Ask if they have a record of the boat your interested in and any other cav 32s.

there were ORC certificates for a few cav 32s but they're too old to download.

vendor may well have an ams or irc certificate for the boat.

the actual measurements are likely the best source of truth - even over the information in the ad.

take a tape measure along on the weekend!

Thank you good ideas

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Ramona said..
Take a couple of photos on your phone as you approach the yacht. Put the shot up on a big screen and calculate the height using the boats LOA.

Cheers, I'll give it a go

The really short rig is seen only on NZ imports and about the first few (4-6???) Australian boats. By 1978 the tall rig had come in so the boat in question would almost certainly have the tall one.

Personally I would definitely prefer the tall one because you could eventually dump the inefficient (hard to handle and slow) standard roller furler headsail and go for a modern short-overlap headsail that would be much easier to use and at least as fast, without suffering much from loss of sail power.

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Chris 249 said..
The really short rig is seen only on NZ imports and about the first few (4-6???) Australian boats. By 1978 the tall rig had come in so the boat in question would almost certainly have the tall one.

Personally I would definitely prefer the tall one because you could eventually dump the inefficient (hard to handle and slow) standard roller furler headsail and go for a modern short-overlap headsail that would be much easier to use and at least as fast, without suffering much from loss of sail power.

Thanks Chris, good information, you know your stuff