[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] The boat was based on the 1981 International Offshore Rule Half Ton class world champion, named Air Bigouden.
[1][2][3][4][5][6][10][12][13][14] The Attalia 32 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of solid polyester fiberglass with a balsa-cored deck and teak wood trim.
[1][2][3][4][5][6] The boat is fitted with a Swedish Volvo Penta diesel engine of 7 hp (5 kW) for docking and maneuvering.
The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner stove, a 26.4 U.S. gallons (100 L; 22.0 imp gal) ice box and a double sink.
[11] In a 2002 review in Sailing Magazine, John Kretschmer wrote, "the Jeanneau Attalia is surprising boat.