Help identifying Macwester models in photographs

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Hello,

I have a couple of unidentified Macwesters in photos taken back in the seventies. They look like either 26s or 28s to me. However I don't want to label them incorrectly, so thought that I'd ask for a second opinion first.

The page is here: http://macwester.wordpress.com/retro-umos/ The third and fourth image down are the ones that I'm trying to nail.

If you can help, please either comment here, or feel free to leave a comment on the page with the photos.

Thanks in advance.



P.S. still looking for more Macwester photos including: Kelpie, Rowan Crown, Wight, Malin, Pelagian, Seaforth, Hebridean, and any others that you might have captured. Please e-mail photos to: macwesterphotos [at] yahoo.com
 
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Nobody?

Approaching 100 views to this thread as at 5pm the day after it was posted ...so it can't be too easy then. Perhaps owners of 26's and 28's would be able to spot the difference.

I'd be happy with your best guess as a starter for ten!
 
Hi Dave,

Have you looked at the Macwester Owner's Association page on Boat History:

[url="http://www.macwester.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27&Itemid=117/"[/url]

Sorry if I've messed up the link, but it's my first try on this forum, LOL!

Geoff
 
I don't think the 1978 one is a 28, the lazarette doesn't look long enough. The only difference we saw with our 28 vs the 27 next door was an extra foot or so on the 'aft deck'.
 
Sorry I can't help with the identification but that photo number three really appeals to me. One of the best marine shots I have seen, well done Anthony Reynolds.
I wonder if I could print it out?
 
Third image down...

The Lazy Kipper: Thanks for your feedback and opinion. So that's one 28 owner (or previous owner) that reckons the third image down is not a 28. Which could mean that it's a more likely to be a 26.

doug748: I'm really glad you like the photographs. I'm sorry Doug, unfortunately I'm unable to give you permission to print the image in question. Anthony is a professional photographer, and therefore makes a living out of selling his photographs. I hope you can understand this.
 
Mc Westers

Hi I have a Bristow’s Book of Yachts and Motor cruisers dated 1970
And the list of yachts suggests it may be a 28 but the photos I have only shows a side profile and yours basically only shows the cockpit making it difficult to recognize?
The 28' in both my photos in the book, are the only ones, that show the chain plates fixing to the hull below the gunwale level?
However none of the sales bumf says that a bumpkin or Cutter rig is an option? so does it suggest that this may be a self build? Or later refurbishment of a derelict hull?

Also I notice that your photo seems to show it as having portholes?, where as the production models usually had one round window set in-between two oblong windows of different sizes, which also could point to a selfbuid?

It may be worth trying to source a Bristow’s Book of Yachts and Motor cruisers for late 70’s as they were brought out every year from 1963 onwards.

Published by, Yachting and Boating Weekly, mine in 1970 cost 25 Shillings?
 
yodave said:
Hello,
I have a couple of unidentified Macwesters in photos taken back in the seventies. They look like either 26s or 28s to me. If you can help, please either comment here, or feel free to leave a comment on the page with the photos. Thanks in advance.


This one is advertised local to me as a 1970 Macwester 30 if it helps.

Mike
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Appledore: I'm sorry. For some reason your reply wasn't visibile to me earlier. Welcome to the forum. Are you the same Appledore with a Mac blog that I have a link to from my website? I have visited the Macwester Owners Association previously, but the info there doesn't quite cover the level of detail required to identify the boats in the shot. Thanks nonetheless.

xeitosaphil: Thanks for the input. I haven't seen the Bristow's book of yacht and motor cruisers - is it a bit like the good yacht guide? Like you, I'm not overly familiar with portholes on Macwesters. I don't think that it was a self-build or a refurbishment, as the photos were taken by an in-house Macwester photographer ...good thinking though.

fortynine: Well spotted. I think the helmsman could well be the same chap, but keeping in mind that these were both Macwester in-house photos, it's feasible that the same helmsman was used time and time again. The same boat? I hadn't thought of that, and you may well be right. They certainly both appear to have portholes, and the sails look the same. However if you look at the close-up below, particularly the woodwork, it looks to me as though some of the detail isn't quite the identical ...so the jury's out. That said, it is beginning to look like they're both Mac 26s.

imagecomparison01.jpg


Caer Urfa: Thanks for your input Mike. If your photo is of a 30, I think that's a Macwester 30 Wight (Wight being the aft cabin version). Looks a bit like 'Iris May' or 'Puffin' (a Wight MkII), both of which live around the NE of England. Thanks : )

Once again (to save you scrolling back to the top), the images are here: http://macwester.wordpress.com/retro-umos/ The third and fourth image down are the ones that I'm trying to identify.
 
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yodave said:
Appledore: I'm sorry. For some reason your reply wasn't visibile to me earlier. Welcome to the forum. Are you the same Appledore with a blog that I have a link to from my website? I have visited the Macwester Owners Association previously, but the info there doesn't quite cover all of the info required to identify the boats in the shot. Thanks.
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Hi Dave,

Yes, that's me! I am new here, and thanks for the welcome. My posts are blocked until monitored, so although I sent a speedy reply, it wasn't showing until cleared. Don't know is this is the standard routine, or just until a newbie becomes a Registered User here.

Geoff
 
I havn't a clue about the types of macwesters in the pictures.

But I've noticed that the size, shape and position of windows in the Macwester range seems to change with the whim of the builder or perhaps it was which side of the bed he got out of that morning:confused:
If you compare some of the broker's sites, you'll probably see what I mean.

Here's some scans from my 1969 copy of Bristows book of yachts,that might be of interest. But I note that they seem to have used the same line drawing for all models!:(

Macwester_26.jpg


Macwester_28.jpg


Macwester_28_sp.jpg
 
Appledore: Ahh ...yes that explains it. I'm relatively new here too. Just signed up in the spring, but as a newbie to sailing, it's been a really useful resource for tackling problems that are beyond my ken. Obviously not every piece of advice is 100% accurate, however over the course of a thread's life you usually get to see all aspects of a problem and numerous solutions. Typically everyone who chips in, is trying to help any-which-way : )

Cap'n Creosote: These are really interesting and useful scans. Thank you for taking the time to share them here. There seems to be a lot more detail in the Bristow's publication than available in other 'good yacht guides' that I've seen; there's really good detail contained in the text, including the prices ...who'd have thought that your typical Macwester 26 is now three or four times the price it was when new?



Sooooo... I'm probably going to label both of the shots in question as examples of the Macwester 26, and then worry about any complaints as and when they happen.

Thanks to all contributors on this thread.

Don't forget: I'd be more than happy to receive any Macwester photographs that you have lying around. Please e-mail them to: macwesterphotos [at] yahoo.com

Thanks again!!
 
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