Westerly Berwick 31 currently under the last gasp final stages of a massive
refit and upgrade. Currently it's at Port Townsend,
Washington,
USA. Prior to that I had the Centaur 26 and both are twin keelers. Both are excellent
blue water hull designs as well but the Berwick needed tweaking a bit.
I chose Westerly's as I wanted two diametrically opposed capabilities. Safe
blue water cruising and superior shallow
water ability upon arrival. Canals, rivers, anywhere shallow. Also I liked their
fiberglass construction. Built in the 70's they are very heavy duty and not eggshell thin like a lot made today.
Racing was and is not a consideration.
There's more of course but I'm about to leave for Ascencion Island to do a freighter job. I'm crew on merchant ships and that is a neat way to fund
buying and outfitting a sailboat.
But I'm finally closing in on middle age, social
security could start as of this year and it's time to start thinking more of sailing and less of
work. As I said the boat's in the Pacific NW and I live in
Florida now so the obvious way to get the
boat here is follow Horace Greely's
advice.
In the time I have before leaving should anyone have questions about these
boats I'll be glad to post or direct you to some good information sources. We may or may not have 'net access out there.
Note I'm sometime opinionated but try to be scrupulously honest about it...dealing it facts not myths.
Which reminds me I need some information on my prop shaft I'ld better go post that!
Cheers
Michael
SV Se Langt
Westerly Berwick 31
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