Westerly Conway

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Westerly Conway

The Westerly Conway is a thouroughly brilliant and under rated Blue Water Cruiser. A good, safe and sound craft, easily managed and maintained. Probably the most cost effective route to setting sail and going BLUE.
As the Westerly Guru's stated: "Lucky the man who owns a Conway"

Contact Information

Please contact at +44 (0)23 8045 5714

Dimensions

Ballast: 8290 Ibs
Displacement: 17350 Ibs

Engines

Total Power: 42
Cruising Speed: 6
Max Speed: 7

Tanks

Fuel: Diesel
Fresh Water: Yes
Holding: TBA

Accommodations

The Hull shape of the Conway was tank tested at Southampton University before going in to production. The result was a stiff boat with good directional stability.
Wheel steering was fitted to all models, These boats were designed as 6 berth sailing cruisers with powerful engines, intended for extended off shore cruising and well able to make ocean passages.
She offers a very good standard of comfort for a cruising family, with spacious, practical cabins and ample storage for sailing gear, personal gear and stores. The decks are uncluttered and the cockpits roomy with ample seating.

The heads are well planned and include a shower; The galley is designed for cooking at sea as well as in harbour.

Construction is extremely robust, with heavy re-inforcement at key points. Precise, solid workmanship is a feature of all Westerlys and fittings are fist class throughout.
For instance, all deck fittings are through bolted with backing plates, keels are secured by heavy stainless steel threaded studs, the rudders have stainless steel stocks and stiffening rods; and decks are treated with either non slip paint or treadmaster. Every boat was carefully checked throughout building and is issued with a Lloyds certificate of construction.

7 Berths in 3 Cabins including Navigators seat/watch bunk.
Accessing the Main Cabin from the Companionway; One has the Nav table to port and Galley to Starboard.
Moving fwd into Main saloon with central table and settee berths either side. Progress through Heads with Shower & WC with Hanging locker opposite to Double 'V' Berth in the forepeak.
The aft Cabin features a double berth and can be accessed from the cockpit or via the Navigators bunk area. En suite Heads.

Galley

Gas alarm
2 fridges (ONE 240V/12V) (ONE 12V Supplied by 240V/12V Inverter)
1 gas cooker
700w microwave and grill
Electric kettle and toaster

Electronics

2 off G.P.S. (Garmam 50 and GPS111)
Portable vhf radio
2 fixed vhf radios
New CD-radio with remote
Autohelm st4000 auto pilot
Wind meter
2 off depth meters
log
Hand bearing compass
Charting equipment
Barometer and clock
International TV with booster Ariel

Wind vane rudder, and 3off steering vanes for monitor wind vane + various spares

And if you want to do it properly!Lots of charts and pilot books
Sextant

Engine & Electrical

Oil can for diesel
42hp Mercedes engine has new starter motor and 90 amp alternator with smart charging system
5 x 100ah batteries (2 fridge, 2 domestic, and 1 engine start)
Main engine lifting strop
3 x buckets, gear box oil, 2 stroke oil,
Waterproof grease, filling funnel, and diesel transfer pump
Main engine spare diesel can (6 gal) + spare head gasket set
petrol can

800w 2 stroke generator
Shore power cables

Deck

Main and mizzen sails
Spare main sail
Spinnaker and pole
Mizzen stay sail
Storm jib
3 off winch handles
6 spare sheets
No1 jib
No2 genoa
No1 genoa
Roller reef

Inner forestay

6 cockpit cushions
Bimini
Awning
Main and mizzen sail covers
Spray hood

Additional

Emergency rudder pole
Large danforth anchor
100 metres 4mm spare wire
2 x mooring lines with chain
11 x fenders, 2x9", 3x10", 3x11", 2 x large ball and a bow fender
Various other mooring lines + 66 metres 1" line for towing
100 metres orange trip or mooring line

Divin

g platform ladder
Diving platform Passerell (Attaches to Diving Platform)

Emergency bilge pump and hose

Polishing machine
2 x water hoses and fittings

Hurricane lamp
Navigation balls and cone
2 x solar showers

Ditty Box contents, Sewing kit f

or canvas
Spare bulbs and batteries
Bosun´s chair

Safety Gear
Binoculars
1 million candle power search light
Throw over safety line
2 x boat hooks
Manual fog horn
6 life jackets
6 safety lines
Box of flares
2 x horseshoe life preservers
6 man canister liferaft (serviced)
5 x fire extinguishers and 2 fire blankets

Boat security alarm

HOME COMFORTSElectric iron, hair dryer and Hoover
Rechargeable battery Hoover
Portable electric oil filled radiator

TENDER TO: 2.7 metre rib
4hp mariner outboard with lifting harness, and cover

1500w anchor winch and 22kg C.Q.R anchor +100yds chain

Various crockery

Recent works;
2 NEW lewmar deck hatches have been fitted two years ago, and all windows refurbished

David Brooke-Smith of Westerly / Michael Schmidt Brokerage said,

The Conway, Solway, Medway, Galway & W35
(First published in WOA magazine No. 61, Winter 1998)

1972 and 1973 had seen the launch and expansion of the 31 foot range (Longbows, Pentlands etc.), so that Westerly were free in 1974 to bring on the Conway, which was to remain their flagship for ten years.

This was a busy time with more than 500 boats built in 1973, which meant that there were plenty of people and lots of money to spend on developing a new design. The Conway was built along conventional Westerly lines with the tried, tested and inexpensive use of interior mouldings. Naturally, Laurent Giles were asked to provide the design.

It looks as though the first Conway missed the Southampton Boat Show in 1974, as the first brochure shot was taken in winter, judging by the gritted teeth of the crew! Indeed, although the first boats were built in 1974, I suspect that none were delivered until 1975.

The Conway was a fin keel, centre cockpit yacht, mostly ketch rigged, although one sees a few of the optional sloop rigs around. Four basic layouts were offered, but as each owner was allowed to incorporate his own ideas, no two of the early boats are quite the same.

In 1975, the hull was used for two variants, the Solway (same boat with twice as many keels), and the Galway (twin keels and aft cockpit). The Solway was the biggest production twin keeler available at the time, and has remained so to this day. Certainly there have been bigger one-off twin keelers (Laurent Giles once designed a 50 footer) but the Conway remains the only popular one at this length.

There were just over 350 of the Conway variants built, and the Solway was the most successful of these with between 30 and 40 delivered.

Westerly produced the last variant in 1976, the Medway, an aft cockpit fin keeler. The Medway and Galway are rarely seen in this country as most of the few that were built went to Germany and Holland. Numbers are difficult to establish, but there seem to have been about a dozen Galways and 23 Medways. From their launch until late in 1978, all these boats were produced with moulded GRP bunks and cabin soles, with everything else in sapele and sapele faced marine ply. The 1978 Southampton Boat Show saw the introduction of the Mark 2 Conway with her all wood (Sapele) interior, and, typically of Westerly, a different set of names.

The Conway and Solway were brought under one banner (Conway) and simply given the suffix twin or fin. Being, as we know, identical twins (keels excepted) they shared the same new interior. Apart from keeping the bulkheads in the same place, almost everything else was changed for the better. Out went the GRP and in came the wood.

Other major changes were that the heads crossed to the port side, and were joined by a second heads compartment aft. In the saloon the L-shaped settee on the starboard side was done away with, and a straight settee/pull out double berth was installed to port, while the chart table was made to face forward, instead of outboard.

These were the physical changes, but the effect was to transform her from a good boat to a great one. The new Conway offered the same natural seakeeping ability of the design and the innate toughness of Westerlys build, but a better designed, smarter looking interior which gave a warmer, more relaxed feel as well.

The Galways and Medways were given the same treatment, and were renamed Westerly 35. I know of only two, a fin keeler in Gosport and one (possibly twin) up North. I have heard that there may be a third, and would like to know where she is. It is important to look after the name of these rare Westerlys, so if you happen to buy the Northern one (currently for sale), please bear in mind that she is a Westerly 35, not a Conway as the ignorant local broker would have you believe.

As you may imagine, the change over from GRP modules to all wood interiors has a fairly dramatic effect on prices but are worth every penny. How else can you lay your hands on a boat that will take you round the world in comfort, with a well divided rig for easy management, which is capable of outlasting you and your children

Most of the Conways were built while Westerly had access to the 42 hp Mercedes OM636 four cylinder diesel. This is a terrific engine, enormously reliable, quick to accelerate, and so quiet that one is hard pressed to hear it from the cockpit on a windy day. Later ones were given the three cylinder 36 hp Volvo, which is another good reliable engine by virtue of being deliciously low tech. Even I can understand how they work!

Finally, during 1981, the Conways trim was replaced with teak to keep in vogue, and in line with the rest of the range. These are the loveliest of them all, but sadly somewhat of a rara avis. How much are they worth... whatever you have to pay.

The Conways represent all the best that Westerly have to offer. Designed to suit the British way of sailing, built to last, able sailers in all weathers, and with an engine powerful enough to deal with the most vicious calms. This was Westerlys Golden Age, when they were building hundreds of boats each year, when their after sales service was a by-word and when consistency was king. Lucky the man who owns a Conway.

Disclaimer

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

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