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Introduction
Welcome to the Westerly Wiki sponsored by the Westerly Owners Association. Our aim is to make the WesterlyWiki the prime source of technical information about Westerly Yachts. The Wiki is under construction so you will find many empty pages and as this is a Wiki you are invited to help to fill them. The Wiki is an open (public) resource and anyone may contribute material or correct existing entries (see Guidance for Contributors below). However you do need to register your email address (using real names please) and log in to contribute - anonymous access is not supported.
If you get stuck you can contact the Wiki Sysops by email at westerlywiki@westerly-owners.co.uk
Westerly Marine Construction Ltd
Westerly Marine Construction Ltd (often referred to as just "Westerly") was founded in the early 60's by Commander Denys Rayner already an established yacht designer (see Before Westerly). For many years the company was the largest producer of yachts in the United Kingdom until 2000 when production ceased.
The yachts were constructed at Waterlooville near Portsmouth on the Solent. Many were constructed to Lloyds 100A1 standard and Westerly established a reputation for their strength of build.
Westerly used the best designers of the day including Jack Laurent Giles, Ed Dubois, Ian Proctor , Ron Holland and John Butler.
Westerly Classes
Key
F - Fin Keel
B - Bilge or Twin Fin
L - Lifting Keel
T - Triple Keel
Looking After Your Westerly
Maintenance and Repair
Keeping it going and fixing it when it breaks.
Upgrades and Enhancements
Adding new stuff
Winterising Your Westerly
Westerly Yard "Scrapbook"
Pictures and Stories about life and times at Westerly Marine Construction Ltd
Buying and Selling a Westerly?
The best maintained Westerlys are sailed by members of The Westerly Owners Association see the Westerly Owners Association "For Sale" pages here
Useful Resources
- The Westerly Story Get a copy of "The Westerly Story" here
- Westerly's Today.Join The Westerly Owners Association here: and become a member of todays Westerly fleet.
Guidance for Contributors
This is an open Wiki so anyone can contribute. Please open an account and log in using your real name. The basic syntax is simple so with a little reading through the Help under Navigation and/or the FAQ link below any one can enter material and edit text. For more complex layout editing some knowledge of a language such as HTML will help or you can email the Sysops and leave a request for support at westerlywiki@westerly-owners.co.uk. Contributors should endeavour to review the best available information on a topic and submit a digest of that information to the Wiki. Prime sources of information will include personal experience (preferred), magazines, the WOA Web site and discussion groups such as WOA and Yahoo. Material should not be lifted verbatim rather a digested version should be presented in the Wiki. There are generally several alternative approaches or opinions about any task and Wiki contributors should endeavour to identify these alternatives and provide hooks (follow on pages) to the alternatives. Even if the information is not available to the original contributor someone else can later add that information. Reprints of chatty Practical Boat Owner type articles are not recommended because this is not Wiki style. The "How I did it" article which is suitable for a magazine is generally just one view and the Wiki needs to recognise alternates. You should also add a Resources section where applicable providing links to suppliers web sites and a References section listing sources of material used in the compilation of the section.
