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Westerly Vulcan pilothouse
motor-sailer
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Brief details |
Builder |
Westerly Marine, Waterlooville, Hampshire |
The Westerly Vulcan
is a powerful motor-sailer with a fully enclosed deck saloon with
second internal steering position. The Vulcan was a radical departure
for Westerly - and as it was clearly a very expensive boat to build,
was probably never profitable. |
LOA |
34' 0" |
Sail area |
602 sq ft main and genoa
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LWL |
28' 5" |
Rig |
sloop |
Beam |
11' 9" |
Cabins |
2 plus saloon |
Draught |
4' 3" or 4' 9" |
Berths |
7 |
Displacement |
15,571 lbs |
Engine |
Volvo diesel |
Ballast |
6,840 lbs |
BHP |
60 |
Keel type |
Fin or bilge |
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The Westerly Vulcan was designed by Laurent
Giles, and introduced at the 1980 London Boat Show. The design
was aimed at producing an all-weather cruiser with a lot of
living accommodation, and in that respect was very successful,
although Vulcans were never the prettiest boat in Westerlys
range.
Around 45 were built between 1980 and 1983/84. Vulcans were built with either iron fin keels with 4' 9"
draught, or 4' 3" draught twin iron bilge keels.
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