The Contessa 32 is a modern classic, widely regarded for her seaworthiness and offshore capability. Combining elegant lines with reassuring handling, these yachts have remained a popular choice for sailors looking for a capable and enjoyable cruising yacht. Green Pepper is a smart example of the Contessa 32. As her name suggests, she features a distinctive green hull, which has recently been polished. In her current tenure, the owner has maintained her well which has all be well documented.

Viewing by appointment only –or Deck:
Stainless steel pushpit, pulpit and stanchions
Green sprayhood with grab rail
Green stackpack mainsail cover with lazyjacks
Teak grabrails
Tiller extension
Stainless steel boarding ladder
Mooring cleats
Spare tiller
Fender baskets
Cockpit sun shade
Cabin: The accommodation offers up to six berths in two cabins. V berth forward with double infill and stowage under. Opening hatch to foredeck. Canvas door to forepeak. Full width heads compartment with Lavac marine toilet, moulded washbasin and hanging locker opposite. Saloon with dinette to port converting to double berth. Single settee berth opposite. Opening hatch to deck. Chart table to starboard with the electrical distribution panel and navigation equipment. Quarter berth behind chart table. Galley aft to port with two burner gimballed Neptune 4500 two burner gas cooker with grill and oven, twin stainless-steel sink and top opening coolbox. Approximately 80L freshwater capacity in stainless steel tank under cabin floor. Green vinyl upholstery. Curtains. Manually pumped cold water supply throughout. Sails and Spars: Masthead rigged Bermudan sloop. Anodised aluminium mast and boom by Selden. Selden rod kicker. Stainless steel standing rigging. Manual backstay adjuster. Terylene running. Slab reefing mainsail. Headsail furling system. Spinnaker and jockey poles. Lines led aft. Two Lewmar 44 self tailing sheet winches. Two halyard winches. Two secondary winches.

Mainsail - Dacron
Spare main sail
Jib - Dacron
Spare jib
2 spinnakers
Electrical and Electronics: 12 VOLT SYSTEM:

Domestic batteries
Engine start battery
Alternator charging

230 VOLT SYSTEM:

Outlets
Battery charger

ELECTRONICS:

Garmin GPSmap 192C
NASA AIS radar
Autohelm NAVDATA
Autohelm wind instrument
Autohelm speed & log instrument
NASA clipper depth instrument
DSC VHF
Machinery: Located abaft the companionway, Yanmar 2GM20, twin cylinder 18hp diesel engine. Electric start. Freshwater cooled via a heat exchanger. Shaft drive to three bladed feathering propeller. Single lever control. Approximately 72 litre stainless steel fuel tank. Regularly serviced.

Cutlass bearing replaced 2021
Stern gland replaced 2021
Safety Equipment:
Manual bilge pump
Electric bilge pump
LED navigation lights
Horseshoe lifebuoy
Danbuoy
Construction: Built in 1979 to a design by David Sadler. Green painted GRP hull with style stripes. Teak toe rail. White GRP superstructure with moulded non-slip to decks. Long fin keel with encapsulated ballast. Skeg hung rudder. Tiller steering. Aft self-draining cockpit. Teak cockpit grating. Teak cockpit seating (new 2023).

Hull stripped, dried and epoxied in 2021 as a preventative measure
All sea cocks replaced in 2019 and then serviced in 2021 and again in 2023
Rudder dropped and repaired in 2021