Used Boat For Sale in: Sloop

1962 Chesapeake Rhoades 32 "INTREPID"

Name: 1962 Chesapeake Rhoades 32
Brand: Chesapeake
Price: 48900.00 USD
Availability: InStock

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Overview

$48,900

Price

Kemah, Texas

Location

Intrepid

Name

1962 Chesapeake Rhoades 32

Vessel

Dimensions

Length Overall

32.00'
Hull Material

Fiberglass

Tank Capacities

Fuel

25 gal
Water

75 gal
Holding

30 gal

Engines

Fuel Type

Diesel

DETAILS

Bluewater Yacht Sales is pleased to assist you in the purchase of this vessel. This boat is centrally listed by Little Yacht Sales. It is offered as a convenience by this broker/dealer to its clients and is not intended to convey direct representation of a particular vessel

MORE INFO

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.
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
Specifications

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Disclaimer

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

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