M32 (catamaran)

M32
	M32 in Match Cup Norway (2018)
Development
Designer	Göran Marström & Kåre Ljung
Location	Sweden
Year	2010
Builder(s)	Aston Harald Composite AB
Name	M32
Boat
Crew	4-5
Displacement	510 kg (1,120 lb)
Hull
General	2 hulls
Type	Multihull
Construction	Carbon Fibre/Nomex core
Hull weight	82 kg (181 lb) each
LOA	9.68 m (31.8 ft)
Beam	5.54 m (18.2 ft); (incl. racks/side wings 8.35 m (27.4 ft));
Engine type	none
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	daggerboards
Rig
Rig type	Sloop
Mast length	16.8 m (55 ft)
Sails
Mainsail area	52 m2 (560 sq ft)
Gennaker area	61 m2 (660 sq ft)
Total sail area	113 m2 (1,220 sq ft)

The M32 (formerly the Marstsrom 32) is a class of sailing catamaran designed by Göran Marström and Kåre Ljung^[1] and first built in 2010 by Marstrom Composite AB.^[2] The design and production rights were sold in 2013 to Aston Harald Composite AB led by Håkan Svensson and run by Killian Bushe.^[3]

Design

The M32 is a lightweight, all-carbon, high-performance, one-design multihull. Each of the two hulls - constructed of carbon fiber over a Nomex core - weighs 82 kg (181 lb) and features increased forward buoyancy to reduce nose-diving. The boat weighs 510 kg (1,124 lb) overall and carries a sail area of 52 m² (560 sq ft) resulting in a very high sail area to weight ratio.^[3]

The sail plan includes only a high aspect ratio, fully battened mainsail for upwind sailing combined with a furling gennaker for downwind sailing.

Events

World Championship

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2017 Marstrand^[4]	New Zealand Phil Robertson	Denmark Jonas Warrer	New Zealand Chris Steele
2018 Chicago^[5]	China Phil Robertson	United States Rick DeVos	Netherlands Pieter Taselaar
2019 Riva del Garda^[6]	United States Don Wilson	Netherlands Pieter Taselaar	United States Jennifer Wilson
2021 Miami^[7]	United States Don Wilson	United States Anthony Kotoun & Joel Ronning	Sweden Richard Goransson
2022 Cascais^[8]	United States Don Wilson	United States Dan Cheresh	United States Larry Phillips