Fisher 32 A Good Sail

A Christmas cruise to Portarlington Australia aboard Seventh Heaven an F32 built in 1988. Across the two days, winds were off the rear quarter of the boat, the first day mild and the second day a little more challenging.

[@COLINJELY]

I've got one on my Bucket List, just need my numbers to come up. Saw a nice one the other day at Portarlington 🙂

[@olddog57]

Beautiful day, Ian!1

[@CaptMarkSVAlcina]

I was thing of going there this Wednesday

[@laxmannate07]

Would be a great live aboard

[@youianmac]

It would - but time only allows the occasional trip at the moment I'm afraid.

[@motorbikefu5632]

Hi I wanted to ask if you can sail this type of boat like a normal sailing boat, albeit at 4-5kn. What I mean is, does the engine have to be running for it to be useable? (Sorry if this is a stupid question, I don't know where else to ask.)

[@youianmac]

Hi. No you certainly don't need to run the engine all the time. Mine will sail very will in anything above 10 kts of breeze. It won't point very high but with the wind 30-60 degrees off the nose it's perfect. Most of the recent clips on my channel with b the boat sailing are purely under sail. In Port Phillip there are 3 other F32's and we all enjoy sailing.

[@motorbikefu5632]

Great, thanks for answering!

[@stankaplan7747]

Nice to see one without a mizzen.

[@bazbbeeb7226]

i was on one earlier today, the owner stated that the 32's werent built with a Mizzen.

[@philiprichardson3168]

Has it got diesel engine

[@youianmac]

Yes. It has a 47hp Yamaha 3 cylinder Diesel engine. At 2100 rpm it uses about 3.5 litres an hour. These days I mostly sail the boat unless conditions are against me.

[@tedthesailor172]

I'd have preferred an informed commentary to musak...

[@billythompson4585]

Has any one on line put a new fuel tank in a fisher 30 Boat???

[@stephenburnage7687]

Nope but I heard that you can't swap the tank on a Fisher 37 without removing the engine, which is in itself difficult.