Westerly Owners Association

Beware.......there are different types of Storms! The cruising ones (usually short mast and sometimes with bilge keels) are not that fast...certainly slower than a Fulmar. Some of these have wheel steering, but a large number are tiller steered. The Storm OD is a cruiser racer and has a tall mast (2...

Ref heavy weather jib for Westerly Storm. I fitted a winter/heavy weather sail to the furler on my Storm. The No 1 genoa was kept for summer time or if there was a good long range forecast. The sail was fairly tall, not far off full height, but narrow on the foot. It was relatively strong and heavy ...