[4][5][6] The design was built by Columbia Yachts in the United States from 1975 to 1976, with 80 boats completed, but it is now out of production.
[1][3] The Columbia 32 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim.
It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, an angled transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel.
[1][3] The boat is fitted with a gasoline inboard motor, driving a two-bladed bronze propeller, for docking and maneuvering.
[1][3][7] Below decks the design has a main salon featuring a folding, drop-down table with two settees that can be converted into upper and lower pilot berths.