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25 ft Westerly Yacht
Does anyone have any information or experience on the older Westerly
Yachts? A friend of mine was looking at this one below and asked me about it and I have no experience with the older ones. Looks well built to me. Nate http://www.us-brokerage.net/?i=368 |
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25 ft Westerly Yacht
Does anyone have any information or experience on the older Westerly
Yachts? Please see: http://www.westerly-owners.co.uk/ There's a great book by Peter Nicols on the first solo circumnavigation race, the Golden Globe race of 1968 (eventually won by Robin Knox-Johnston) titled 'A Voyage for Madmen.' One of the competitors - Capr John Ridgewy - set off on a Westerly 30 lent to him by the company, and substantially 'beefed-up' for the onerous prospect of the Southern Ocean. To quote from the book "But no ammount of strengthning could compensate for the Westerly 30's inherent unsuitability for an Atlantic crossing...let alone a solo circumnavigation..." The boat literally fell-apart around him, and he was forced to retire. I mention this only becasue it's an excellent book, and it points out the apparent deficiencies of the Westerly's 'of that era'. Mike Worrall Los Angeles |
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25 ft Westerly Yacht
.... and the bilge keels are a feature that compromises sailing performance
and stiffness for the capability to 'take the mud' happily. If you don't need this capability, there are boats that are better choices. mike worrall wrote: Does anyone have any information or experience on the older Westerly Yachts? Please see: http://www.westerly-owners.co.uk/ There's a great book by Peter Nicols on the first solo circumnavigation race, the Golden Globe race of 1968 (eventually won by Robin Knox-Johnston) titled 'A Voyage for Madmen.' One of the competitors - Capr John Ridgewy - set off on a Westerly 30 lent to him by the company, and substantially 'beefed-up' for the onerous prospect of the Southern Ocean. To quote from the book "But no ammount of strengthning could compensate for the Westerly 30's inherent unsuitability for an Atlantic crossing...let alone a solo circumnavigation..." The boat literally fell-apart around him, and he was forced to retire. I mention this only becasue it's an excellent book, and it points out the apparent deficiencies of the Westerly's 'of that era'. Mike Worrall Los Angeles |
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25 ft Westerly Yacht
actually the small Westerly bilge keel boats can make for fantastic pocket
cruisers. Cheap to buy (that one seems a mite high at $6,500?), roomy, solidly built (Lloyd's, at least some of them), very shallow draft (great for missing all the shoals other people hit) and quite decent sailors for most anything other than tight upwind sailing (which cruisers don't do anyway because it so old so quickly). The bilge keel boats sail more or less about the same as similar size full-keel boats. Hell, you could knock around on that boat for a year or two and then give it away and still spend a HUGE deal less money than someone buying a 29 foot fin keeler. If someone were to ask me for a recommendation for a low cost, solid, quality sailboat with the most for the buck, the Westerly 22, 26 and the 25 would be on my list. ... and the bilge keels are a feature that compromises sailing performance and stiffness for the capability to 'take the mud' happily. If you don't need this capability, there are boats that are better choices. mike worrall wrote: Does anyone have any information or experience on the older Westerly Yachts? Please see: http://www.westerly-owners.co.uk/ There's a great book by Peter Nicols on the first solo circumnavigation race, the Golden Globe race of 1968 (eventually won by Robin Knox-Johnston) titled 'A Voyage for Madmen.' One of the competitors - Capr John Ridgewy - set off on a Westerly 30 lent to him by the company, and substantially 'beefed-up' for the onerous prospect of the Southern Ocean. To quote from the book "But no ammount of strengthning could compensate for the Westerly 30's inherent unsuitability for an Atlantic crossing...let alone a solo circumnavigation..." The boat literally fell-apart around him, and he was forced to retire. I mention this only becasue it's an excellent book, and it points out the apparent deficiencies of the Westerly's 'of that era'. Mike Worrall Los Angeles |
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25 ft Westerly Yacht
hiya
I own and sail a westerly 25 in the UK what do you want to know ? i will help if i can. Mine is up for sale too if you are interested ? fragged "Atticstuf" wrote in message ... Does anyone have any information or experience on the older Westerly Yachts? A friend of mine was looking at this one below and asked me about it and I have no experience with the older ones. Looks well built to me. Nate http://www.us-brokerage.net/?i=368 |
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Stearn Hydraulic Backstay Tensioner
Anyone have plans (showing dimensions) for the Stearn Sailboat Systems
(defunct) Backstay Tensioner. My O-ring phenolic nipple shattered and I need to get dimensions to have another one built (or pay $700 for a new Backstay Tensioner). art |
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