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Westerly Discus
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Brief details
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Builder |
Westerly Marine Construction Ltd., Waterlooville,
Hampshire |
Built in two distinct
versions between 1980 and 1984, with different deck mouldings, the
Westerly Discus is a solid and very seaworthy cruiser. The hull
continues the style of earlier Laurent Giles Westerlys, with the
same distinctive bow knuckle seen on Centaurs
and other smaller designs. |
LOA |
33' 3" |
Sail area |
694 sq ft main and genoa sloop, 635 sq ft ketch
inc. mizzen |
LWL |
28' 5" |
Rig |
sloop or ketch |
Beam |
11' 2" |
Cabins |
2 plus saloon |
Draught |
5' 5" |
Berths |
7 |
Displacement |
15,100 lbs |
Engine |
usually a Mercedes diesel |
Ballast |
6,157 lbs |
BHP |
36-42 |
Keel type |
Long iron fin keel and skeg-hung rudder |
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The Westerly Discus was a development of the
Westerly
33 hull design, and built in two versions. The original
version was introduced in 1980, and was what became known
as the "bridge deck version". This took the hull
of the Westerly 33 ketch and put on an aft-cockpit with a
broad, high bridge deck between cockpit well and main hatch.
Whilst a very seaworthy feature, and providing a "lounging
space" partly sheltered by the usual sprayhood, this
does make ingress to the saloon more awkward.
The "centre cockpit" Discus was more similar to
the original Westerly 33, but with a walkthrough to the aft
cabin in place of a cockpit hatch. The centre cockpit versions
seem less common. The first Discuses had sapele mahogany joinery,
later yachts having teak, as time went on Westerly progressively
mproved the quality of the joinery in their yachts.
Whereas the Westerly 33s were all ketch rigged, most Discuses
were sloop rigged, with ketch as an option. It also seems
to be more common to find fin-keelers rgather than bilge-keelers.
The move towards sloop rig had much to do with the availability
of reliable genoa roller reefing gears, making sloop rigs
much more manageable.
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