Centaur interior like no other

[dylanwinter]

Most mornings I type the legend "Westerly Centaur" into google images, set the time to the last week and see what comes up

this morning I got this one

well blimey, never seen the like of it before

the rest of the images are here

http://www.keepturningleft.co.uk/sailing-around-britain/centaur-interior/

 

[Simonpk]

Oh dear, it appears to me that that you have caught the "Westerly" bug Mr W.
Googling Westerlies every morning is a severe case with probably no known cure, other than to buy another, cut a hole in it if you wish, (to get it out of your system), & then recovery should follow.

 

[Trundlebug]

Well it's bright and cheery!

Not sure how much sleep you'd get at night though

 

[ProDave]

I think the square tiles on a sloping floor like that would make me feel sea sick even when not moving.

 

[yachtorion]

Obviously a well loved boat.

 

[WestWittering]

Odd forepeak windows for a 1978 model - they should be square, so it is older than the agent reckons & the vinyl floor will be reasonably lethal when wet. Pretty, but in a shabby chic kind of way…..

Di

 

[Hydrozoan]

I think the square tiles on a sloping floor like that would make me feel sea sick even when not moving.

There are precedents: http://www.prdobson.com/album/hms-victory/photo/135/

 

[Daydream believer]

Head lining is sagging
Another £2K westerly It seems

 

[dylanwinter]

There are precedents: http://www.prdobson.com/album/hms-victory/photo/135/

well remembered that man

so this decor has a fine naval precedent

 

[yachtorion]

Give me a boat that's been loved by someone with odd (actually that's unkind, let's say particular) taste over a boat that's been neglected any day.

 

[dylanwinter]

Head lining is sagging
Another £2K westerly It seems

ah no...not quite

if the old engine still runs then it is work 5 to 6K

if the old engine has just stopped then it is 2K

if it is a new engine in a okay Centaur then it is 8K

A new engine in a great Centaur is 10K

D

 

[V1701]

It is lovely to see a well cared for older boat but I've seen some horrors as well, including a Longbow with a floral wallpapered quarterberth and a Nauticat 33 painted with (I think) Sadolin. Fence paint basically, looked like the whole thing had been smeared with you know what...

 

[Niander]

There's a nice one for sale in Whitby £7000 ish ...Those tiles are like something Alice in wonderland...Drugs?

 

[dylanwinter]

there is a bit of alice about it

and also sixties diner

http://www.gueugnot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/MG_4018.jpg

the whitby one is £7995

http://www.apolloduck.co.uk/display.phtml?aid=414170

old volvo....

overpriced

why people don't put more snaps in their adverts completely escapes me

D

 

[rogerball0]

How about this:

http://www.apolloduck.co.uk/image.phtml?id=395818&image=8

Very rare!

 

[dylanwinter]

How about this:

http://www.apolloduck.co.uk/image.phtml?id=395818&image=8

Very rare!

the cushions look okay

 

[Halo]

Big unanswered question is what does she smell like.? Some old boats smell great others have a whiff that is nasty and cannot be shifted. "If in doubt always follow your nose!

 

[Nicholas123]

Most mornings I type the legend "Westerly Centaur" into google images, set the time to the last week and see what comes up

this morning I got this one

well blimey, never seen the like of it before

the rest of the images are here

http://www.keepturningleft.co.uk/sailing-around-britain/centaur-interior/

Looks cheap & nasty to me but that is the general layout of Centaur's so can't see anything remarkable about it.They were cheaply mass produced & I used to know one very well respected boat builder who gave up because he could'nt stomach fibreglass & the dumbing down of mass produced fibreglass boats of exactly that Westerly type.
I'd as soon have a dentists waiting room!

 

[aquaplane]

Looks cheap & nasty to me but that is the general layout of Centaur's so can't see anything remarkable about it.They were cheaply mass produced & I used to know one very well respected boat builder who gave up because he could'nt stomach fibreglass & the dumbing down of mass produced fibreglass boats of exactly that Westerly type.
I'd as soon have a dentists waiting room!

Spoken like the owner of a Prestige Marque not a Macwester 27, a boat than only looses out to a Centaur on the looks and performance fronts, IMHO.

 

[rogerball0]

Looks cheap & nasty to me but that is the general layout of Centaur's so can't see anything remarkable about it.They were cheaply mass produced & I used to know one very well respected boat builder who gave up because he could'nt stomach fibreglass & the dumbing down of mass produced fibreglass boats of exactly that Westerly type.
I'd as soon have a dentists waiting room!

So let me get this straight your "very well respected boat builder" friend got pissed off with technological progress, i.e "he couldn't stomach fibreglass", and from your own comments on dentists waiting rooms i'm guessing you own or aspire to own an AWB, so infact a "cheaply-made mass-produced" boat then?