Westerly Owners Association

Areas of stress are usually reinforced by timber or ocassionally solid GRP. I usually tighten chainplate nuts 'pretty tight' using a normal spanner without a tommy bar. Certainly an awful lot tighter than finger tight, but not '16 stone rugby player with 3 ft Stillson' tight. Note that S/S Nyloc nut...

I think for anyone to answer, you might need to be a bit more specific, as "the lines at the top of the jib which were tied to the mast" wont mean very much to most people. Usually, but not always, the jib is tied to a kind of sliding collar which can travel up and down the alloy extrusion 'foil' wh...

You just need to return the fuel to the top of the tank. Dont use the filter/separator fitting. I put a Beta in my boat and went through the same problems.

Agree the previous. Its a very common modification for Corsairs, ORs, SLs, OLs etc. A secondary removable forestay a few inches down from the masthead and taken to a large U-bolt on deck. This rig is often called a 'Solent' forestay. Mine is just ahead of the anchor locker bulkhead, and underneath I...

I had a look yesterday at chainplate bolts on the Centaur Im working on. Unfortunately, all of the fastenings are covered by headlining material internally so difficult to be precise. However, the following should help: Aft Lower Shroud Chainplate Tangs (Fixed to Cabin roof sides): 5mm thick S/S Pla...

Hi. Im a yacht surveyor on the south coast and regularly do Westerlys. I'm about to start on a Centaur tomorrow of about the same vintage, so if you like, I will measure the chainplate fittings and post them later.

XW Rigging have all the original specs, sizes, and colours for Westerlys. They will also provide/suggest 'cruising dyneema' for the main, at 10 rather than 12mm.

You should be fine with 30m of chain cable.

Whereabouts is the boat?

I think I've got one (a strainer that is!). Give me a call. 07867805595. solent area.

Engines themselves of course don't have any down-angle. You must specify/agree with the provider which gearbox and down-angle you want them to fit to the engine. There are several choices available with Beta, including one which gives more or less the same down angle as you will have with the VP2003...

If it helps, its more common nowadays for the quadrant end of the cable to have an eye formed around a thimble and held by 2 or 3 stainless bulldog clamps. This means you can change the cable relatively easily. Ive done mine and helped with a number of others. I used Lewmar steering cable conduit, w...

Making the babystay on this rig detachable would be highly dangerous. The 2 lowers and the babystay form the ONLY stabilisation for the whole mast below the masthead. The babystay and the lowers are designed to counterbalance each other and all should be at full tension. This is not a lightweight tu...

One other point. Although, strengthwise, 2 forward lowers instead of a single babystay is quite a good option (I didnt go for it myself though) you will not gain as much advantage as you think for the spinnaker pole. People who have done it say you will not be able to get the pole back as far as you...

I have done exactly the same as the previous poster. Make an internal stay down to a tang on a stainless steel 'saddle' over the internal 'keel' moulding under the forecabin floorboard. My 'saddle' has 2 through bolts through the moulded 'keel' and the whole fitting is also strongly epoxied over so ...