The jra junk rig association, formed in 1980, aims to further the development of the junk rig and to create an international community of people interested in such rigs to share experience and ideas. Westsail general discussion westsail owners association. The sailing community has lost a valuable crewmember and a fine man. Passion yachts is portland oregons premiere new and used sailboat beneteau. Are you looking for a safe, stable, affordable, bluewater or coastal cruising sailboat for you and your partner with room for a couple of small children. After nearly four years and 25,000 miles the micos are calling it a day.
Although a deep fin keel and separate spade rudder will give you a speed edge to. I saved up for a few years to buy a westsail 32, a boat with a proven track record of seaworthiness and one that was within my means to adapt to a challenging solo circumnavigation see boat modifications below. Sailboat interior yacht interior cool boats small boats yacht design boat design kombi motorhome boat. The phrf ratings provide the most accurate speed comparison when there is a mix of different points of sail. Bud taplin, the founder and proprietor of worldcruiser yacht company, was the first general manager of westsail corporation, and developed the manufacturing methods and put into production the original westsail 32 in 1972. Part 1 of a 4 part series on affordable cruising sailboats.
Bad news for us but good news for you if you are looking for a great boat at an amazing price. Although only 78 hulls were built, far fewer than the impressively popular westsail 32, most of the small cruisers are still sailing the farflung corners of the globe. Most people would not use a car with a 100 year old design as a daily driver. Heres a list of 20 older boats that meet my guidelines for a good cruising sailboat.
Westsail 32 sailboat specs details specifications beam draft. Sailboat specifications for westsail 32 rigging and sails. Significantly, there was less violence at that time than there. Ten year plan coffee, sailing, sewing, programming. The westsail 32 was a production fiberglass sailboat built between the years of 1971 and 1980. For the person that wants the freedom to go anywhere on the seas, a fast racer or streamlined sailing yacht. Approximately 830 were built, about half of them in kit form. Im currently rethinking how i want to use this site. Northwest 32 is based on the stan huntingford designed hull commissioned by. About the westsail 39 sailboat westsail 39 sailboat. The dreadnought 32 phrf rating is 222same as the westsail 32.
The w32, as they are often referred to, was very heavily built and has taken many people on troublefree voyages and several circumnavigations. Selecting a boat for offshore cruising mahina expeditions. To put it in perspective, i currently sail a modern mid performance comfort weekender 6,000 lbs and downwind sail area is 1,300 kite plus 350 main 1,650 sqft diownwind sa. The 1975 sales brochure described the westsail 28 as a world cruiser and the boat lived up to that promise. If you think a columbia 26 is an unlikely choice, consider stanges westsail 32. Our journey looking for the right boats sailing, simplicity. Having owned a few boats in the past, my father and i expected everything on those lists to take at least twice as long as our best guess, and to be three times as expensive. Best 3032 foot performance cruiser sailboat owners forums. The shermantank westsail 32 had just come lumbering onto the scene.
You can use the sail calculator to look up sailboat dimensions in a large database of boats or enter your own boats dimensions and compare it to the others. Sailing rejects these and returns to the old realities of dark and heat and cold. Stock number171216 very seaworthy and spacious westsail 42 ketch with many updates. Id love to get out on someones cruising 36, but the problem is i. This double ended pilot is equipped with a perkins 4108 50 hp motor, includes a feathering prop, new standing rigging 5 years ago, new pulpit and reworked electric. Westsail 32s have won 1st in their class in ocean races such as the transpac, newportbermuda and most recently anigua classic. Learn more about sv drifter, her captain, and their voyage. I have done the research, now it would be fantastic if actual owners could chip in. The purpose of this website is to provide you with specifications and details on the westsail 32 sailboat.
Information on sailing and maintaining a dreadnought 32 tahiti ketch sabb diesel engines dreadnought boat works westsail 32 william crealock designs sailing around the world. Replacement parts are available for all sizes of westsail boats, as well as technical assistance and advice. History of the dreadnought 32 from the above sales brochure. We didnt want a project boat, and knew wed rather be out sailing than spending our days and dollars tabbing in new bulkheads and replacing old engines. The west sail 32 set the standard for the first generation of production cruising boats. Westsail owners association forum search active and archived posts regarding westsail disucussions and solutions feb 2004 to date.
Through our offshore cruising seminars and boat selection consultations i have helped thousands of sailors locate the best ocean cruising boats for their planned voyages and budget. It will not affect the sailing speed of the boat, and will help alleviate some weather helm. If you have a westsail 32, and the boomkin tangs are the original 1 wide ones, replace them with wider ones, as these. Whether you sail on a dinghy with basic electronics, are. Sailing vessel drifter a westsail 32, a dream and a course. Weve worked hard at learning how to sail, what to repair, and how to sail in the ocean. An earlier design, the kendall 32, has a flush deck. Us sailing more details rig dimensions performance calculations maximum hull speed. Westsail 32 factory build manual table of contents pg 1 cabin layout, overhead. Westsail parts company was formed by bud taplin to augment the worldcruiser yacht company, which he founded in 1974 and which he has continuously operated ever since. The original fabric dodger was made in annapolis some 15 years earlier and complemented the lines of the westsail 32 so well that the new hard dodger had to have the same look. Advice on choosing a small voyaging sailboat for offshore passages.
Our sailboat, sv sundowner is a westsail 32 and has sailed around the world 3 times already from 1978 to 2002 by a retired navy commander and his wife, roger and. Walter cronkite owned a westsail 42 and youll find westsail 32s in remote. Sailboat and sailing yacht searchable database with more than 8,000 sailboats from around the world including sailboat photos and drawings. I also did a few solo trips out of florida and the bvi, and took her north to maine by myself in early 2017. After wintering over in the san juan islands, mostly living on the hook, and spending time sailing around the. Westsail 32, acquired us in the summer of 2007, she came with a wish list of projects waiting to be started. In addition, for any boat you can calculate a set of values that will help you measure how it will perform. The westsail corporation was founded in 1971 and over the next 10 years produced more than 800 sailboats, half of them as a kit packages. Ideally, would like a boat to sail the chesapeake 95% of the time, but is designed and built well enough to sail the. Cutter rig, with an updated sail inventory which includes shattauer mainsail, asymmetrical spinnaker. Westsail 32 satori close hauled while sailing back to seattle from poulsbo. This boat has just about the same volume as the westsail 32. The most famous of these american varieties is of course the westsail 32, based on an early atkin design, eric. The performance calculations are theoretical numbers which are calculated off the specifications of the vessel and should be used for educational purposes only.
The future will profile my photography, software development work, and blogging my sailing and amateur radio life. But we kept looking for westsail 42s because we liked the lines, loved the awesome booth, and put confidence in their stout seaworthyness. Westsail owners association boat cradle for westsail 32. After wintering over in the san juan islands, mostly living on the hook, and spending time sailing around the salish, i feel fortunate. If the above example citing the westsail 32 and contessa 32 were sailed all upwind, i would expect the contessa to easily outsail the westsail every time. Westsail 32 few boats have inspired as many dreams of sailing to far away exotic places than the westsail 32. Designed by crealock, they were an extension of the famous colin archer norwegian lifeboat design of the 1890s.
Westsail 32 very similar to the dreadnaught 32 we took cruising from 9597. These days im working on a ten year plan, setting myself up for retirement and fulltime cruising on my westsail 32 sailboat. Bud had previously served as the general manager of the westsail corporation during its early years. Otherwise, its still a very seaworthy, comfortable and forgiving boat that will take good care of its crew. Of course, im biased on the e31, but it is a nice sailing and capable boat with a lot of the classic look and feel of the westsail but what i think of as more of the ericson sailing performance. Sundowner sails again is creating awesome sailing around. Often thought of as a slow boat, the long waterline and incredible load carrying capabilities of this vessel. Among the largest 32 blue water sailing yachts ever built. Currently we are in year 3 of our sabbatical and are back aboard sundowner our westsail 32 and will spend the next few years exploring central america, the south pacific and beyond. Satori sails sailing to warmer latitudes in a westsail 32. Westsail 32 factory build manual table of contents pg 5. We developed a number of software tools designed specifically for performance analysis of yachts.
Originally purchased by the head of the westsail owners association in 1977, she was then custom finished by a master craftsman over 14 years and the workmanship is outstanding. Sailboat interior yacht interior cool boats small boats yacht design boat design kombi motorhome boat drawing wooden boat building. It takes good sails and good sailors to make it win races. Key characteristics such as draft, beam, length overall. Modern civilization has found radio, television, movies, nightclubs and a huge variety of mechanized. When worldcruiser yacht company was established, buds primary business was the construction of custom boats. Threequarters of a century ago, every sailing yacht carried a sizable arsenal of weapons, and no one ever questioned it. A boat with good sailing performance requires less motoring and fuel, is faster. Westsail 32 sailing downwind with spinnaker on nippigon bay and capehorn wind vane steering. The westsail 32 traces its origins to a colin archer type pilot boat as adapted by william aitkin with deck modifications by bill crealock.
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