Westerly Centaur 26ft Sailing Boat Yacht Bilge Twin Keel

1978 Westerly Centaur Original price: £4,750. REDUCED CONSIDERABLY FROM THIS PRICE This Westerly Centaur is a well-established family cruiser, benefiting from Westerly’s solid build quality. They provide spacious accommodation and with their twin keels make them ideally suited to the shoal waters of the East coast. ClareFree has the desirable 'A' Layout, which gives the dinette/ double berth to port option, with 6 berths in total. The heads are forward and to port, with a sea toilet.

The galley to starboard has plenty of storage, with a cooker and sink. The dinette conversion will comfortably seat 4. Whilst she is currently in serviceable condition, it is fair to say that she will benefit from some work to ensure many more years of use, but many of these are of a cosmetic nature or relatively simple fixes. She is currently ashore (winterised) in Larkman’s Yard, Woodbridge, Suffolk. This Westerly Centaur is extremely reasonably priced as the owner wants a quick sale.

Please contact Chris on 0phone for further information or to arrange a viewing. It is most likely that the boat could remain at the yard and Larkman's have confirmed that on request from the new owner, they can not see any reason for this to be a problem. Clarefree is winterised at present so remasting etc., always carries a fee as does craning back into the water or keeping in the yard and the subsequent fees would have to be discussed with the yard. Larkman's yard have always been very accommodating and have the best fees in the area as each individual can negotiate directly with the family owned yard. I have been told that the boat can be kept in the yard during the summer if required but this will need to be discussed directly with the yard by the new owner.

For further information on the Westerly Centaur in general, please refer to Practical Boat Owner, issue number: 638, May 2019 Basic Boat Info: Boat Name: ClareFree Make: Westerly Model: Centaur Year: 1978 Condition: Used Category: Sail Builder: Westerly Marine Construction Designer: Laurent Giles Construction: Fiberglass (GRP) Keel Type: Twin Keel Dimensions: Length: 26 ft Length Overall: 26 ft Waterline Length: 21'4 ft Beam: 8'5 ft Max Draft: 3 ft Min Draft: 3 ft Displacement: 3,039.07 kg Cabin Headroom: 5'11 ft Ballast: 1270 kg Single Berths: 4 Double Berths: 1 Cabins Count: 2 Engine / Speed Engines: 1 Make: Bukh Drive Type: Shaft Drive Fuel: Diesel Engine Power: 20hp Type: Inboard Propeller Type: 3 Blade, Bronze Engine Location: Centre Cruising Speed: 5 kn Maximum Speed: 6 kn Engine hours: unknown Tanks Fuel Tanks: 1 Fuel Tank Capacity: 45 L (10 gallons) Fuel Tank Material: Stainless Steel Water Tanks: 2 Water Tank/s Capacity: 20 gallons Accommodation ClareFree has the desirable 'A' Layout. The accommodation offers up to 6 berths in two cabins. Forecabin with V berths with stowage above and below. Opening hatch to foredeck with vent. Two opening ports.

Separate heads compartment to port with new sea toilet (fitted 2017). Opening port. Hanging locker opposite to starboard with opening port. Saloon with dinette to port with table converting to a double berth. Storage above and below.

Galley opposite to starboard with Platimo Neptune 2500 two burner gas cooker with grill. Stainless steel sink with pressurised water supply. Generous stowage above and below. Navigation area aft to starboard. Two quarter berths aft with stowage above and below.

Steps up to self-draining cockpit with seating and stowage under. Full interior lighting. Curtains. Sails and Spars Masthead rigged sloop. Aluminium mast, boom and spinnaker pole. Stainless steel standing rigging.

Terylene running rigging. Roller mainsail reefing. Sailspar headsail furling system. Now has lazy jacks. Sails: 1 x Mainsail, good condition 1 x Genoa, good condition 1x Cruising chute, good condition Winches: 2 x Gibb sheet winchesLewmar 6 mast winch Mechanical Systems Located under the cockpit sole, Bukh 20hp diesel engine.

Sea water cooled. Single lever controls with electric start. Shaft drive to a fixed 3 blade fixed propeller. Cruising speed of 5 knots with max speed of 6 knots. Engine last serviced by the owner in Dec 2018 and previously, annually, by Peter Norris (Larkman’s boatyard).

· Alternator charging to 2 x 12 volt batteries.· 12 volt switch panel. Deck Equipment 25lb CQR anchor with chain Kedge anchor Red mainsail cover (faded) Red Sprayhood (faded) Cockpit Dodgers Boathook Various fenders and warps Outboard pad on pushpit Gibb sheet winches x2 Lewmar 6 mast winch Navigation Equipment Sestrel steering compass XMDSC Marine Radio (VHS/FM) NASA Clipper Depth Sounder Furuno GP31 GPS Wind direction indictor Navigation lights Masthead Tri-colour Safety Equipment 1 x Fire Extinguishers (new 2017) Fireblanket 2 x Jackstays Blipper Radar reflector Manual bilge pump Keel/Hull Iron Bilge Keels Tiller Steering Skeg Hung Rudder Construction This Westerly Centaur was built in 1978 by Westerly Marine Construction to a design by Laurent Giles & Partners. White GRP hull with teak rubbing strake. White GRP superstructure with blue painted non-slip decks and brown Treadmaster non-slip panels to cockpit seats. Teak coachroof grab rails.

Twin keels. Tiller steering to transomhung rudder. Self draining gas locker. Aft self-draining cockpit with seating and stowage under. Teak cockpit grating.

The yacht was last out of the water ashore in Oct 2018. She has been owned by the current owner for the last 4 years and sailed around the East coast.