Ontario 32 Sloop

Ontario Yachts has established a reputation as a builder of quality fiberglass production boats like the Ontario 32. During these boom years they had forged a successful partnership with C&C, which acted as the design team for these yachts. The Ontario 32 was conceived as a high-quality performance cruising boat incorporating the industry's latest design features.

Some of the notable features for the Ontario 32 include a deck anchor locker (big enough to house an internally-mounted windlass), the lavish use of teak in refined interior cabinetry, a T-shaped cockpit and wide-for-her-length beam. At 11 feet, the Ontario 32 is one of the beamiest cruisers of its size. Underwater, the Ontario 32 features a long trapezium-shape, flat-bottom fin keel. The rudder is a semi-balanced spade section giving her wonderful control in virtually all sea-states.

Her designers combined plenty of headroom and an open main salon in this performance cruiser. In front of the mast, the interior is fairly conventional with a V-berth, a head with room for a shower and a large hanging locker. The main salon consists of a starboard side settee and pilot berth positioned just above the salon bench. Moving aft along this side is a U-shaped galley, an aft-facing chart table and nav seat. Finally, an L-shaped settee runs forward to the head bulkhead.

The cockpit is deep, protected and roomy. With their high coach roof and large cockpit, a number of 32's have been retrofitted with full cockpit enclosures, which offer cabin cruiser size shelter.

The owners have kept her in excellent condition and she is an absolute delight to show. If you are looking to sail and live aboard one of the finest cruisers ever built, this is the one. Water Rites is a true beauty and sets the standard for all the other Ontario 32's out there.