Chesapeake 32' Rhoades 32
"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.
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Notable Upgrades
Complete professional restoration completed in 2019. Rigging done in 2025
Over $150,000 invested in refit and modernization
New Beta 20 HP diesel engine and new fuel tank 2019
Standing rigging and boom replaced (new, 2025)
Decks re‑cored with ½” Airex core material 2019
All interior bulkheads replaced with marine‑grade plywood 2019
Entire AC and DC electrical systems replaced 2019
Smart charger installed with two AGM batteries 2019
Pedstal steering installed with GPS, wind & depth sensors 2019
New compass installed 2021
Head replaced and holding tank added 2019
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 pedestal wheel and cable system installed 2019
RAILINGS & SAFETY CABLES- S.S. bow pulpits with double lifelines and boarding gates.
MOORING CLEATS- Bronze cleats located at port & starboard bows and stern, good secure condition.
PROPELLER- Three-blade bronze prop in good, secure condition.
Bronze Thru-hulls
Internal Lead Ballast in the Keel
Accommodations
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 berth with locker storage to port
Single settee/ berth with locker storage to starboard
Icebox, sink, and pressurized water
Mechanical
New Beta 20 Hp Fresh Water Cooled diesel engine (replacement during refit) 2019
Engine instrument panel
New 25 Gal. fuel tank completed during refit.
Rascor Fuel Filter
New Exhaust System completed during refit.
Fuel System
Galley
Pressure water system
Ice Box
Listing MLS by Yachtr.com
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