English
Westerly Yachts as a British builder started building boats in the late 60's and dominated the market for decades eventually ceasing production in 2000 .
The Westerly Fulmar 32 was one of its more successful designs and 435 were built between 1980-1991.
"Ophicleide" is a bilge keel version capable of drying out and has accommodation for 7. She has a recently refurbished forecabin headlining and the saloon was also refurbished. The engine is a Bukh 24hp, the sails are almost unused and her instrumentation includes a new B&G touch screen plotter, B&G multi display unit and Simrad tiller pilot.
Hull, Deck & Superstructure / General
Dimensions & general
- LOA - 9.70m / 31'10"
- LWL - 7.92m / 26'
- Beam - 3.33m / 10' 11"
- Draft - 1.22m / 4'
- Displacement - 4490kg / 9900lb
- Ballast - 1914kg / 4210lb
- Designer - Ed Dubois
- Builder - Westerly Marine Construction Ltd.
- Year - 1981
- Yard No. M28.
- Lloyds reg. - SOU001263
Hull & superstructure
- White GRP hull and superstructure.
- Epoxy osmosis prevention treatment approx. 1989.
- GRP deck with painted non-slip in Westerly Blue.
- Iron Bilge keels.
- Balanced rudder hung on a partial skeg.
- Tiller steering.
- Large cockpit with bench seats either side.
- Large full depth starboard cockpit locker.
- The gas bottle locker is also to starboard and holds 2 x 907 camping gas bottles. There is a 3rd spare bottle.
Interior & Accommodation
- 7 berths and separate heads compartment.
- Teak interior.
- Holly & Teak striped floor.
- Brown checked upholstery.
- Headlining's in good condition.
- Eberspacher warn air central heating.
- Pressurised hot and cold water to the heads and galley.
- Clock and barometer.
Forecabin
- V berth.
- Raised shelves outboard and storage under the berths.
- Central deck head hatch for light, ventilation and as a safety exit.
Heads
- To port in the corridor between the forward cabin and the saloon.
- Jabsco manual toilet.
- Stainless steel sink with pressurised hot and cold water via a faucet which also extends for showering.
- Deckhead hatch.
- Storage in door fronted lockers.
- Shower sump bilge pump.
Hanging locker
- There is a dedicated hanging locker opposite the heads.
Saloon
- To starboard is a single settee berth.
- Door fronted storage lockers and a shelf outboard.
- To port is a similar arrangement except there is an extension that slides out to meet the table and the seat back slots in to form a large double berth.
- Central folding leaf table with drinks storage. The table extends full width.
- There are two coachroof windows either side.
- Aft to starboard is the galley and to port is the nav. station and quarter berth.
Galley
- L shaped galley.
- Stainless steel sink with pressurised hot and cold water via a mixer tap.
- Neptune 2000 stainless steel gimballed cooker with two gas burners, grill and oven.
- Gas pipework renewed in accordance with 2017 survey.
- 3 x 907 Camping gas bottles.
- Top loading cool box with chopping board lid.
Navigation station
- Large forward facing chart table with internal chart storage.
- The pedestal has three drawers and there is a Perspex fronted locker outboard.
- The chart table has a dedicated seat.
Quarter berth
- Large double berth size quarter berth running aft from the navigation station.
General Specification
Deck equipment
- Stainless steel pulpit, stanchion posts and stainless steel wrap round pushpit secure the deck.
- Anchor locker with 35lb CQR anchor and chain.
- New spray canopy by Saturn Sails approx. 2018.
- New spray dodgers by Montrose Rope and Sail approx. 2021.
- Outboard bracket.
- Fenders.
- Mooring warps with snubbers.
- Boathook.
Rig, rigging & sails
- Frictionally rigged silver anodised aluminium mast with single aft swept spreaders. Mast mounted spinnaker pole track with adjustable ring.
- Stainless steel standing rigging, age unknown.
- Silver anodised boom.
- Rotostay roller reefing headfoil system.
- Slab reefing mainsail with 2 reefs able to be reefed from the cockpit. A third reef can be used if dropping reef 1.
- All halyards lead aft to the cockpit.
Sails
- New mainsail by Saturn Sails approx. 2018. hardly used.
- New headsail by Saturn Sails approx. 2021. hardly used.
- Cruising chute lightly used.
- Sails laundered winter 2023 by Saturn Sails.
- New mainsail stack pack by Saturn sails approx. 2018.
Engine
- Replacement Bukh DV24, 24hp diesel engine fitted 1990.
- Engine hours unknown.
- Shaft drive with 3 blade fixed Bronze prop.
- Engine regularly serviced and maintained by the engineer at Tayport over the last 10 years and winterised every winter.
Electronics & navigation equipment
- B & G Vulcan 9 chart plotter. At the chart table.
- B&G Multi function display giving a broad range of information in the cockpit including depth, speed and wind.
- Simrad TP32 tiller pilot.
- Oceanstar 240 (original) VHF and ships com unit. At the chart table.
- Barometer. At the chart table.
- Plastimo Contest bulkhead magnetic compass. In the cockpit.
Windex.
- Chart navigation tools.
Tankage & systems
Tankage
- Stainless steel fuel tank with 90L capacity.
- The fuel tank is full and has biocide added.
- Plastic Water water tank with 181L capacity.
Systems
- Hot water via a new calorifier tank fitted 2023.
- Also, via engine heat exchanger and 230v shore power immersion heater.
- Eberspacher D4 warm air central heating with thermostat control.
Electrical
- 12v ships electrical system.
- 1 x 80ah engine start battery
- 1 x 110ah deep cycle domestic battery.
- 230v shore power system with shore power cable.
- 1 x 230v galley socket and one under the chart table.
- Battery charger.
- Ardverc battery management system.
- 12v lighting interior lighting, mainly LED.
Safety gear & equipment
- Mast mounted Firedell Blipper radar reflector.
- Navigation lighting.
- Stainless steel boarding ladder.
- Coachroof grab rails.
- Horseshoe lifebouy with McMurdo light.
- MOB lifesling.
- 2 x harness points in cockpit.
- Harness lines.
- Life jackets available.
- Fire blanket.
Additional equipment
- 2.9m Wetline inflatable dinghy.
- 5hp Yamaha outboard.
Last Survey
- Insurance survey 2017.