The Westerly GK29 was designed and built as a fast and safe cruiser racer for the half ton class. Not only do they boast fine sailing performance, they look great, with the near flush decks, they have a surprising level of accommodation downstairs with six berths and six foot of headroom.
This one owner example was fitted with a new Yanmar 2GM20 engine in 2005, new standing rigging in 2021, new keel bolts in 2022, and is equipped with a Garmin GPS and a new Icom DSC VHF radio.
For anyone looking for a budget cruiser for some racing "around the cans" and comfortable family cruising, the Westerly GK29 merits some serious consideration.
For further information or to arrange a viewing, please call, email or WhatsApp Peter Keats
Construction, Rig & Machinery
GRP Hull, deck and superstructure
Transom hung rudder with tiller steering
Fin keel (bolts replaced in 2023)
Stainless steel guardwires replaced in 2021
Treadmaster laid decks
APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS:
Length Overall: 8.84m (29')
Length Waterline: 7.80m (25'7")
Beam: 3.15m (10' 4")
Draft: 1.60m (5'3")???
Displacement: 3,130kg (6,900lbs)
Ballast: 1,361kg (3,000lbs)
Rig
Masthead rigged sloop
Aluminium mast and spars
Spinnaker pole
Stainless steel standing rigging (replaced in 2021)
Slab reefing with three reefs
Furlex 204S genoa furler (New 2021)
All lines led aft to cockpit via clutches
Mainsheet traveller
WINCHES:
2 x Lewmar 30 self tailing primary winches
2 x Lewmar 30 two speed secondary/spinnaker winches
1 x Lewmar 16 halyard winch
SAILS:
Mainsail by Shore Sails in 2007
Genoa by Shore Sails in 2007
Assymetric furling spinnaker by Shore Sails in 2007
Machinery
Yanmar 2GM20 18hp diesel engine (New 2005)
635cc two cylinder motor with sea water cooling
Last serviced in 2024
Maximum speed: 6 knots approx
Cruising speed: 5 knots approx
Shaft drive to two blade bronze propeller?
Single lever throttle/shift
ELECTRICS:
2 x 12v batteries with isolator switches
Batteries charged by engine alternator
12v accessory outlet at the chart table
TANKAGE:
1 x 68 litre (15 gallon) fuel tank
1 x 136 litre (30 gallon) water tank
WATER SYSTEM:
Manual water system
Accommodation & Inventory
Sleeps six in two cabins
Headlining replaced in 2022
New cushion covers in 2022
Teak and holly style flooring
FORWARD CABIN:
V berth converts to a double by way of an infill
Storage below the V berth
Overhead shelves
Overhead hatch to deck
Reading lights
Access to chain locker
HEADS COMPARTMENT:
Lavac sea toilet
Stainless steel handbasin
Hanging locker
SALOON:
Drop leaf saloon table wth bottle storage
2 x Settee berths with storage behind and below
Port settee berth extends to a double berth
Overhead shelving
Large chart table with storage below
Bookcase
Large quarter berth
GALLEY:
Flavel Vanessa two burner gas cooker with grill and oven
Stainless steel sink
Top loading cook box
Dedicated crockery storage
Storage locker
Inventory
NAVIGATION AIDS:
Plastimo Contest bulkhead compass with inclinometer
Sumlog
Raytheon ST60 Tridata (Log, speed and depth)
Icom IC-M330 DSC VHF
Garmin GPS
Navigation lights
GROUND TACKLE:
CQR anchor with chain and warp
GENERAL EQUIPMENT:
Waypoint 6 man liferaft (New 2021)
Fire blanket
Manual bilge pump
Horseshoe lifebuoy
Boarding ladder
Fenders
Warps
Boathook
Owner's Comments
I purchased Ragtime new from Westerly in May 1979. As a young family we spent our summer holidays on the boat in the Solent, West Country and Channel Islands. We raced her for a number of years in Cowes Week. In 2007 she was transported to Port Grimaud in the bay of St Tropez, where we gently day sailed her during the summer, and then returned her to Poole in 2020. She has been only rarely sailed since then.
Since 2020 she has had a significant refit with the idea of handing her to the next generation of the family, but unfortunately that plan did not come to fruition. At 76 I feel she needs to go to someone who will benefit from a boat that is easy to handle and with an up to date refit, making her a very safe yacht.