Friday 27 May 2011

SV Cryptic

The Contessa 32 Class Association's web site (http://www.co32.org/) has this to say about the Contessa 32 ...

... was designed by David Sadler in collaboration with the builder, Jeremy Rogers. The first boat appearing at the 1971 Earls Court Boat Show. Since then there have been over 700 built and they are still being built today – the enduring classic cruiser/racer.

And this was the advert that caught my eye ...

"Cryptic has been sailed for the last ten years by retired Fleet Street journalists Ron Pell and Allan Stein. Now, sadly, age and creaking joints force the old hacks to seek less energetic pursuits.


The yacht, built by Jeremy Rogers in 1978 and commissioned in '79, is for sale at £33,500. Read here about our beautiful boat and see if you, like us, could love Cryptic."