Watkins 32

History/Highlights

This boat had been under one family's ownership since new.  Second owner purchased in 2016. She is a "heavy-built" cruiser from the good ole days with 6' 5" standing head room and has been kept very nicely.

1983-1991 - Atlantic Ocean

1992-1998 - Great Lakes

1999-2002 - Chesapeake Bay

2003-2015 - Lake Champlain

The company was founded by the four Watkins brothers. The first yacht produced was the WATKINS 23 in 1974, similar to the HELSEN YACHTS 22. Rich Watkins obtained permission to duplicate the hull with some modifications from Johannes “Jopie” Helsen, owner of Helsen Yachts. 
The Watkins brothers commissioned Walter Scott to assist them in designing the WATKINS 27, which was brought out in 1977. 
Around 1980 the company was taken over by Al Larson, owner of Auroraglas, a boat building company that had been purchased by Watkins Yachts. After this, the company rolled out a number of larger yachts, (WATKINS 25, 32 and 36) all based on tooling that had been purchased from the now defunct Columbia Yachts including the sister Coronado brand. (It should be pointed out, that all these models were significantly modified and it is difficult to determine the similarities of the WATKINS and the earlier Columbia's even after close inspection) 
In 1986 the Watkins company was sold to the McLaughlin Body Co. The sailboat line was renamed as 'SEAWOLF'. But after this, power boats became the main stay of production. From then on only about one or two hulls per month of each of the 3 remaining models were built. The last WATKINS model was produced in 1989. 

Sails

600 sq. ft. - 240 main; 360 sq. ft. genoa

2008 Doyle conventional Main w/battens and 1 reef point

2008 Mainsail Cover

2008 Lazy Jacks

2008 Lazy Bag/Cradle cover

2008 Doyle Furling Genoa 150%, w/green UV cover

2008 Profurl Furling Drum

Whisker Pole

Rigging

Keel-stepped aluminum single spreader 

Winches:

  2 cockpit halyard (1 self tailing)

  2 mast halyard winches

  2 genoa sheet winches in cockpit

Winch handles

Boom Vang

Single backstay

Backstay adjuster

 

 

Deck

Wheel Steering

Teak bowsprit

Bow Rail

Stern rail

Double anchor roller

Upper/lower lifelines with gates at cockpit - 2009

Man bilge pump

Cockpit Table

Swim ladder

Lifesling

Stern rail BBQ grill

Electronics/Nav

Sitex Depth

Kenyon Knot meter

Ray Jefferson Loran Navigation

Garmin handheld GPS 12

Compass

VHF (2) : 1- hand held ICOM M3A; 1 - fixed Ray Jeff

Radar Reflector

Galley/Interior

2-burner propane stove

1 propane tank

12v refrigeration - molded in

Single SS Sink

Pressurized cold water at galley

Pressurized cold water at shower in head

Dishes/cutlery

Cabin Screens

Marine toilet, manual pump (overboard discharge disconnected)

Gimballed teapot heater (compressed natural gas)

 

 

Electrical

110 volt/30 amp shore power with cord and adaptor plug

Nav lights

Masthead light

Deck light

2 - 12 volt batteries w/switch

Battery charger

Electric bilge pump w/manual backup

Solar panel for trickle charge to batteries

 

Safety Gear

Life jackets

Horseshoe

Dock lines

Spring lines

Snubbers

Fenders

Boat hook

Horn

Flares

Fire extinguisers

Primary Anchor - Plow w/ - 20' chain/200' nylon rode

2nd anchor - Danforth style - 2

Canvas

Bimini

Dodger w/window covers

Connector

Winch covers

Pedestal Cover

All canvas Green, new 2007

Additional

Canvas Winter cover

Bottom Paint

Steel Storage Cradle

Inflatable dinghy

Disclaimer

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.