Eclipse 32

 Home-built from plans

Brand:

Woods

Designed by:

Woods Designs, Lilian Woods

Description:

The Eclipse 32 is a comfortable and practical ocean cruiser with outstanding all-round performance. The design is one of the most recent, drawn by Richard and Lilian Woods who built the prototype and sailed it across the Atlantic to the Caribbean. With standing headroom throughout, roomy cabins aft, large galley and saloon seating for seven, the Eclipse has ample amenities for liveaboard and long-distance cruising.

She beats to windward with no bridgedeck slamming. A pronounced knuckle and a high bridgedeck clearance virtually eliminate this problem. The Eclipse is light on the helm, which can be either tiller or wheel, and there is very good visibility from the cockpit, as well as from the saloon.

Top speeds over 20 knots are achievable in safety. To windward tacking through less than 90 degrees at 8.5 knots has been recorded.

The Eclipse 99 is a commercially  produced version of this boat, built in fibreglass/foam sandwich by the Multihull Centre, UK

Type:

Performance cruiser

Multihull type:

Catamaran

Construction:

Strip-planked cedar

Sails and rigging images:

Deck layout and gear:

• Large raised cockpit with good visibility and wrap-around seating
• Wheel or tiller steering

Deck layout images:

Keels, boards and rudders:

Daggerboards or fixed low aspect ratio keels (makes min draft of 2 ft 11 in (0.9 m)).

Accommodation:

Berths: large double cabins aft in both hulls with sitting headroom, dressing area; single berths in the forepeaks.
Galley: "in-hull" galley that opens into saloon; 6 ft 6 in (2 m) headroom
Heads: roomy heads compartment with shower and wash basin; 6 ft 6 in (2 m) headroom
Saloon: 360 degree views; table seating for seven - converts to double bunk

Accommodation images:

Systems - Power, Navigation:

Outboard engine, or optional twin inboard diesels with the low aspect ration keel (LAR) version

LOA (length overall):

9.9 m (32 ft 6 in)

LWL (length at waterline):

9.45 m (31 ft)

Beam:

5.9 m (19 ft 4 in)

Draft minimum:

0.5 m (1 ft 8 in)

Draft maximum (e.g. boards down):

1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)

Windward sail area:

57 m² (614 ft²)

Mainsail area:

34 m² (366 ft²)

Jib or Solent area:

23 m² (248 ft²)

Daggerboard / centreboard:

2

Displacement, lightship (empty):

2540 kg (2.5 tons)

Displacement, maximum:

3759 kg (3.7 tons)

Number of berths:

6

Cabin headroom:

2 m (6 ft 7 in)

Inboard engines:

1

Typical total engine HP:

9.9

Fuel type:

Petrol

First introduced:

2002

In production:

No

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Degree of customisation:

Several options

Cost to home-build:

£25000 Sterling (approx: €33777 / $49595 US / $56387 AUS)*

Used boats for sale:

40 boats of this brand currently available!

Associations & newsgroups:

• Woods boats' forum

* Exchange rates last updated: Sunday 27th January 2008 19:27 GMT