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Visayan 32' Catamaran (V10)
Designer: Mike Allen
The Visayan 32 is the junior member of our fleet, but is still more than enough boat to provide almost any type of sailing experience you could imagine. We have no difficulty imagining this tough little cat performing safe ocean passages when piloted by adventuresome souls, and comfortably daysailing or coastal cruising in the hands of "mature" crew.
We offer two versions of this design. Interior arrangements are similar, but the standard version shown here sails with our familiar Barlow designed rotating wing mast, fully battened mainsail, and powerful screecher flying ahead of the furling jib. The performance of this sail plan will be superb, but of course the investment in sails and hardware will be a significant cost factor of the overall boat cost.
The economy version of the design uses a non-rotating aluminum or inexpensive shop-built box section mast with a basic sloop sail plan. This actually requires more rigging for the mast, but with careful shopping, substantial sail and hardware savings are possible for those on a budget. Costs come down dramatically with a reduction in size, and in the economy version this 32 footer represents an opportunity to obtain a solid cruising catamaran within a very limited budget. For even greater savings, consider the possibility of letting us provide you a kit for this boat for your own completion.
The design retains our attractive Visayan lines by doing without standing headroom in the hulls or cockpit shelter.
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Deck Plan
With our Visayan stern decks the 32 carries more useful deck area than any other similar sized cat that we are aware of. In addition to the large area, the shallow stern deck beam permits multiple deck lockers for significant stowage volume. A small inflatable or rigid dinghy up to 9 foot can be safely carried as shown without deflating or dismantling and without cluttering up the decks.
Tiller steering eliminates the clutter of wheel and pedestal and allows for simple installation of an inexpensive tiller-pilot, which will steer this design handily. There is good forward visibility through the windows of the hardtop, and when standing you are able to see over the hardtop easily.
A split mainsheet lead to the headsail winches through rope clutches gives excellent mainsail control at minimum cost.
The standard version requires a typical bow cross-pipe and may carry the screecher a-frame we prefer over a single bowsprit arrangement. The economy design sails without the cross-pipe, using a bridle to carry the forestay in to the hulls, which are sufficiently rigid to maintain adequate forestay tension.
General Arrangement
Though small by modern cruising catamaran standards, the Visayan 32 still displays vast deck space and a comfortable basic cruising interior. The central sailing cockpit is shown uncovered, but can be shaded while sailing with a folding fabric bimini and an added large boom tent at anchor. Only a single step separates the hardtop covered bridgedeck from the broad aft deck. The hardtop provides full sitting headroom in comfortable lightweight deck chairs around a fold-down dining table. Stowing the table permits sleeping above decks under the shelter, which can be so pleasant in the tropics. The forward windows of the shelter open wide for terrific ventilation. Companionway hatches are also under the shelter so they can remain open under most conditions.
We suggest considering a single diesel only in the port hull for enhanced cruising mileage. The boat will still maneuver acceptably with its twin rudders, and the extra miles under efficient diesel propulsion will be appreciated. A single center mounted outboard under the stern deck is the economy version alternative for initial cost savings, but with limited mileage under power, and no opportunity for alternator charging of ship's batteries to supplement the solar panels. As typical cruising in tropical waters includes substantial periods of little or no wind, a diesel engine really seems a useful part of the tropical cruising concept.
There is a single comfortable double bunk with excellent headroom for cooler below decks sleeping, and two available single bunks forward. One or two toilets may be installed. The standard Visayan arrangement is maintained with a single swing down centerboard in the port hull under a cushioned seat with a fold down chart table opposite the seat . A remarkably spacious galley in the starboard hull obtains full standing headroom at anchor under a large "pop-top" hatch clearly seen on the deck plan. Under way the cook has a fold down seat within easy reach of the stove and sink area.
A well-insulated ice-box will hold chilled provisions for a full week of cruising, and a safe self draining locker for two full size propane bottles guarantees stove fuel for extended cruises.
