Westerly Owners Association

Have a look at the Renown pages of the Wiki under sails. I put a lot of sail sizes and information on there. All the major sail makers will have the sizes in their records. I believe that North Sails used to supply Westerly with the stock sails. With the ketch rig, you'll find that if you increase t...

Reading your reply I've just had another thought, John.
When I used to race Minis, we used to use a broom handle to isolate noises in the engine. Stick your ear at the hands end, and the base on the engine part and you can very easily trace the source of the noise you're searching for.
Mike

I frequently have a sort of tinkly/rattley noise towards the end of the season and find that there is no shaft anode anymore when the boat is lifted out. This year I've avoided plugging in to mains power (stray circulating currents) whenever possible and it hasn't occurred.....yet. I lost a blade on...

Thanks Mike.
I've never treated any of my tanks and that's since 1992. Never drained them or specially filled them and I too drink straight from the tank. Reading other people's experiences I think I must have been lucky. Sometimes ignorance is bliss!
Mike

As nobody else has replied, and this is pure guesswork on my part, it sounds to me as though the compass is playing up as that seems to be common to both systems. Never had one apart and have never fiddled with them either so that's the limit of my help I'm afraid.
Mike

Hi Steve, There's been a few topics about this on the YBW sites. If you type in "AIS Transponder" in their search engine you'll find a lot. A couple of recent ones are:- http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?464533-AIS-Transponders-with-display http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?4...

Having spent the last 3 years in Arisaig and been filling the tanks with peaty highland water, this winter I need to clean out my fresh water tanks. You should see the colour of my water filter! However on my boat I can't find an inspection hatch on either tank. Am I being thick or do I have to phys...

I have an Oceanranger with in-mast reefing supplied from new in 1994. I've had the boat for four years and the previous owner had her for 18 years. In my 4 years I've sailed her over 4500 miles in winds up to F8, and raced her twice in a local week series of races. I love the reefing system. All the...

Hi Jaques, Just spotted your post. It was a long time ago. I seem to remember that the pulley ( the one that the wires wrap around, and the steering wheel is attached to the aft end of the axle) is screwed to the other end of the axle and you get at it by removing a small hatch from the forward side...

If it's easily removable have you thought about getting it repaired? If it's brass then silver soldering will do it and in desparation plain solder will do. If it's aluminium, then it will need to be welded. You might have to hunt around for someone with the skills but a good metal craftworker shoul...

Oops! :oops: It's not often I'm right, but this time I'm wrong! Whilst not having an electric winch I do have a Winchrite Handle. It was got so that SWMBO could help to winch in the sheets. She and my friends on board love it. And as I have in mast reefing and furling genoa, relieves the amount of r...

I've an Oceanranger (same hull as a Corsair) and fitted a Lofrens Project 1000. I also have 60 metres of galvanised chain. Frequently the chain piles up and stops the motor from turning and someone has to go to the chain locker and smooth it all out. Whilst it's a bit of a bother it hasn't led to an...

Hi Andrew, Yes, I've got both. The holding tank is in the aft section of the port side foreward cabin bunk locker. I replied to someone else a while ago. Have a look at this link as I give the dimensions http://www.westerly-owners.co.uk/woaforum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2258&p=9112&hilit=Hold...

I have 5 batteries in total on my Oceanranger ( a Corsair with a sugar scoop stern). They are 135 a/hr wet cell batteries. 2 are sited under the navigators seat, two are under the navigator's berth (ie the berth aft of the chart table) on a made up platform, and one is under the starboard berth in t...

Having gone off on a slight tangent, I'll answer what you specifically asked :oops: Better value battery/best return on pound. It very much depends on your sailing. If you're going round the world then Rolls Bardon Deep cylcle batteties are best. If you're two week cruising, then Halfords batteries ...