1962 Chesapeake 32' (9.75 m) Rhoades 32
Kemah, Texas, United States
Refit Year: 2025 Intrepid
Classic pedigree meets modern reliability in this Rhodes Chesapeake 32. Recently refit with over $150K invested, including new engine, systems, decks, and rigging. Surveyed better than new, professionally maintained, and ready to sail with timeless beauty and confidence.
Flag of Registry: United States
- Sloop
- Sail
- Used
- Diesel
- Fiberglass Hull
| FEATURES: |
|---|
| Complete Refit Finished in 2025 |
| Airex Core Decks |
| New Mast Boom and Standing Rigging 2025 |
| New Custom Teak Interior |
| New MFD , Wind Knot and Depth |
$ 48,900 USD
€ 42,021 Euros
$ 67,499 CAD
£ 36,278 GBP
Data Sheet
LOA: 32' (9.75 Meters)
Type: Sail- Used
Year: 1962
Refit Year: 2025
LOD: 32'
Fuel Type: Diesel
Hull Material: Fiberglass
Hull Finish: Emron
Hull Shape: Displacement
Fuel Tank: 25 Gallons (94.64 Liters)
Fresh Water: 75 Gallons (283.91 Liters)
Holding Tank: 30 Gallons (113.56 Liters)
Ballast Weight: 3750 lbs
Dry Weight: 10000
Full Details
Notable Upgrades
Complete professional restoration completed in 2025
Over $150,000 invested in refit and modernization
New Beta 20 HP diesel engine and new fuel tank
Standing rigging and boom replaced new (2025)
Decks re‑cored with ½” Airex core material
All interior bulkheads replaced with marine‑grade plywood
Entire AC and DC electrical systems replaced
Smart charger installed with two AGM batteries
New pedestal steering with GPS, wind & depth sensors
New compass installed
Head replaced and holding tank added
Electronic tank level gauges (fuel, water, waste)
Two automatic bilge pumps with float switches
Survey notes vessel as “better than new” condition
A Quote From a Review of the Chesapeake 32
Robert Perry was a high-school sophomore taking mechanical drawing when he spotted a sailboat on the cover of Popular Boating magazine. It was a Chesapeake 32, designed by Philip Rhodes. “I had never seen anything quite so beautiful designed by man,” he would later write. “To my eye there was not an ugly line on that boat. This design is the specific design that made me determine to become a yacht designer. I wanted to design things that beautiful; Still trying.”
Perry, a celebrated yacht designer in his own right, still speaks with awe at the memory of Rhodes’ pinup. Like a model with all the right curves, the Chesapeake 32 reportedly has been used in ads to sell Top-Sider shoes, Rolls-Royces and Hawaii’s Crazy Shirts, and has even graced the cover of Vermont Life.
In fact, when you ask owners why they own one, the word beauty is usually in their first sentence. They often mention how proud they are rowing away from a mooring. “Beauty of proportion,” is Perry’s technical explanation. Only later do owners admit to limitations, and high among them is maintaining that beauty.
New wheel and cable system
RAILINGS & SAFETY CABLES- S.S. bow and stern pulpits with double lifelines and boarding gates.
MOORING CLEATS- Bronze cleats located at port & starboard bows and stern, good secure condition.
ANCHOR STORAGE & DEPLOYMENT GEAR- S,S, anchor shoot and roller
PROPELLER- Three blade bronze prop in good secure condition.
Bronze Thru-hulls
Internal Lead Ballast in the Keel
Accommodations
New marine sanitation head
Holding tank installed
Interior bulkheads replaced with marine‑grade plywood
V berths forward with locker storage
Enclosed head compartment with marine head to port
Single settee and bulkhead table to port
Single settee/ berth to starboard
Full galley with propane stove to port
Aft quarter berth to starboard.
Mechanical
New Beta 20 Hp Fresh Water Cooled diesel engine (replacement during refit)
Engine instrument Pannel
New 25 Gal. fuel tank
Rascor Fuel Filter
New Exhaust Stystem
Fuel System
Galley
Propane Stove and Oven
Pressure water system
Ice Box
Listing MLS by Yachtr.com
Contact Us
For more information about this yacht please contact Josh Johnson.
We look forward to working with you!
Little Yacht Sales
Waterford Harbor Marina
800 Mariners Drive
Pier 6/7
Kemah Texas 77565 United States
Phone: 1-281-334-6500
Fax: 1-866-311-4877
Email: Info@LittleYachtSales.com
Website: http://littleyachtsales.com
The main offices of Little Yacht Sales are located at Waterford Harbor Marina, Pier 6/7 in Kemah, Texas, and at South Shore Harbour Marina, Pier 13 in League City, Texas. In addition, we are a Licensed Florida Dealer and have an office in Key West.
The goal of Little Yacht Sales is simply this: To provide our clients with the best advice, expertise, and service before, during, and after the sale. We believe in an informative, personal approach rather than a high-pressure environment, as this method best serves the needs of our clients.
Josh Johnson
Yacht Sales
Waterford Harbor Marina
800 Mariners Drive
Pier 6/7
Kemah Texas 77565 United States
Office: 1-281-334-65000
Fax: 1-866-311-4877
Direct: 281 734 7703
Cell: 1-281-734-7703
Email: josh@littleyachtsales.com
Josh Johnson joined our team in 2011 as our Senior Broker. Josh is an extremely well-known area broker and has been selling boats in the Clear Lake Area for over 48 Years. In fact, it has been so long that a lot of the local brokers in the area bought boats from him before they were brokers!! You can hardly go down a pier in any marina in Clear Lake and not find a boat that Josh didn’t sell at one time or another. Josh is also a Certified Professional Yacht Broker (CPYB) and has extensive knowledge of boats both power and sail. Josh is well known for taking care of his clients before, during, and after the sale. We are super excited and happy to have him aboard as he brings yet another level of expertise for our customers and clients to LYS. Specialist: Catalina, Jeanneau, Beneteau, Lagoon, Fountaine Pajot, Island Packet, Pacific Seacraft, Grand Banks, Eastbay, Swift Trawlers, Lord Nelson, Mainship, Ericson, Pearson, Rampage, Islander Tolly Craft, Morris, and Hunter.