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T4088 |
Westerly Merlin |
Lying |
Cornwall |
Builder |
Westerly Yachts, Hampshire |
Year |
1989 |
Price |
£25,000
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LOA |
28' 8" inc. rudder |
Sail area |
442 sq ft main and genoa |
Brief details |
LWL |
23' 7" |
Rig |
sloop |
An Ed Dubois design
for Westerly, intended to compete in the mid-80s yacht market with
French imports from Beneteau, Jeanneau and Dufour. The Merlin is
a modern-styled yacht with good accommodation and sailing performance,
plus Westerly's solid build quality. A
Plymouth marina mooring could be available with this yacht |
Beam |
9' 11" |
Cabins |
3 |
Draught |
5' 4" |
Berths |
6 |
Displacement |
7,694 lbs |
Engine |
Volvo diesel |
Ballast |
2,987 lbs |
BHP |
18 or 20 |
Keel type |
Iron fin keel with transom-hung rudder |
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Built from 1984 to 1992, the Westerly Merlin
was the second design that Westerly commissioned from Ed Dubois,
with the aim of higher performance and a more modern and spacious
hull form than the Laurent Giles designed Konsort. Although
smaller than a Konsort, the Merlin has what may for most people
be a better interior, with a good sized double aft berth.
The Merlin is also regarded as being generally faster than
the Konsort. Merlins were built with fin or bilge keels, the
plan at left showing the fin keel.
About 170 were built during the production run, and like all
Westerlys the hulls were moulded to Lloyds standards, and
each hull issued with a Lloyds Hull Construction certificate.
At different times different interior finishes were used,
the example for sale here having a teak finish interior.
Later model Merlins were called Merlin 28 or Merlin 29, the
main difference being a slight extension of the transom -
the interiors were no different in size, although some minor
layout changes were made. Most Merlins were fitted with 20
hp Bukh engines, though some later boats such as this one
had had Volvo 18 hp diesels.
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