Boat models · Westsail
Westsail 32
Sailboat, bluewater cruiser · built 1971-1981 · designed by William Crealock/W. Atkin
Key figures
Comfort42.5heavy, slow motion
Capsize screen1.63passes for offshore
SA/D15.6undercanvassed
D/L419heavy
Ballast ratio0.36average
Hull speed7kt
- Built
- 1971-1981
- Designer
- William Crealock/W. Atkin
- Builder
- Westsail Corp. (USA)
- Rig
- Cutter
- Keel
- Long keel w/trans. hung rudder
- Length
- 32.0 ft
- Beam / draft
- 11.0 ft · 5.0 ft
- Displacement
- 19,500 lb
Design figures as published, not for any one hull. Full specifications on sailboatdata.com.
Reputation
Classbluewater cruiseras owners use it
Forumsloveda following; good ones get hunted
Slow, wet-decked icon that owners keep for decades; build quality varies by kit and builder
- Offshore passages
- loved · heavy, steady, forgiving in gales
- Liveaboard
- respected · roomy for 32 ft, huge stowage
- Coastal cruising
- mixed · slow in light air, needs engine
- Club racing
- disliked · hopeless to windward and in light air
- Loved
- Seakindly motion in heavy weather · Strong cult following, active owners association · Massive stowage and tankage · Cutter rig easy to reduce
- Gripes
- Slow, poor light-air performance · Weak pointing upwind · Wet decks, heavy helm in some conditions · Original Perkins/Volvo engines underpowered
- Survey for
- Teak deck screws leaking, core rot · Chainplate and bulkhead tabbing leaks · Iron tank corrosion (fuel and water) · Amateur-finished kit boats vary wildly
- Cross-shopped
- Cheoy Lee Offshore 33 · Valiant 32 · Pacific Seacraft Crealock 34 · Tashiba 31
Owner opinion from westsail.org, sailboatowners.com, cruisersforum.com
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