Is this a lovely boat or what?

i think he's using Ebay to get interest - I guess all bidders will be invited to view but, he obviously needs to be carefull of sight-seers
 
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Seems a bit odd really - why would they want only oner person to view it???

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This a way to get a really widely read advert at very little cost. Did you notice his prominent email address. Clever.
 
Wow, Julie, did your mum really write that? I remember getting it for Christmas when I was about 6 or 7 and loving it. Most impressed.

Oh, by the way, nice Macwester. Do they sail to windward though?
 
Very pretty above the waterline, but down here where there's more than two inches of muddy water most of the time, I'll stick to my fin keel. I hope she doesn't sail like the 27 I was in many years back, she sliced through the waves like a brick through treacle.
 
It's not white, it's black /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Seriously though, I would be slightly wary of someone selling a boat on ebay who doesn't even know what model it is (The name is Macwester Wight).
 
I'll have to see if I can dig it out then... Er, from what I remember though, there wasn't that much of a nautical theme! Shouldn't you be a riding instructor???
 
If you do go look at her or any other centre cockpit of this genre, be aware of the heads run!

Leaving the aft cabin in your boxers or less can raise the odd eyebrow in a visitors raft. I know! It does not even matter if you wake in the early hours, what ever time you choose, some insomniac sod will be sat out in their cockpit.

The only way to consider this layout would be to have a cockpit tent, so ensure the boat comes with one or price one prior to purchase. This is not to put you off, just a point which I raise to any Heavenly Twinge purchasers who may over look this design point!

We have the aft cabin point on our boat if you were wondering!
 
yep - and he also has a power boat at Haslar, link to full speck, pictures etc but no make or model!

startign to smack of a semi commercial sale and really screwing eBay too - they won't be happy and would no doubt pull it if they saw it.
 
The mac Wester Wight 32foot ketches are built like a brick outhouse and are more of a motorsailer than a yacht but if thats what your after they are rugged sea boats with quite a bit of space.

There was one in The brokers at Portishead Marina recently up for offers on £15 k IIRC looked like a lot of boat for the money.
 
32 foot?

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The mac Wester Wight 32foot ketches are built like a brick outhouse and are more of a motorsailer than a yacht but if thats what your after they are rugged sea boats with quite a bit of space.

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That one looks more like the early Mark 1 30 foot version. My neighbour has one of the later Mark 2 32 footers. I helped him bring it from Holland and it was certainly a good sea boat. We had some nasty weather but the boat behaved well. Heaves to nicely as well.

Windward performance poor, as it always will be in a heavy shallow ketch. Off the wind, not sparkling but not bad. We kept pace with a Moody of similar size on a reach when we had a reef in and they didn't (around force 5) Not a light weather boat, but a fair sailer with a bit of wind and very handy.

I like my neighbour's boat, but don't know about the smaller version, which I'm sure this one is. If the seller says its 32 foot who am I to argue. But I don't think so.
 
Mizzen position

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I thought so too. But if you look at the photo of it on the low loader, the mizzen is forward of the rudder post by about an inch!!

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The position of the mizzen in relationship to the sternpost is not necessarily the defining characteristic of a ketch or yawl.

Judging by my neighbour's boat (as I said, the 32 foot version - this is the 30 foot) the mizzen is just about directly above the sternpost. However, the balance of sail area between the two masts and the hull design certainly make her a ketch.
 
Re: Mizzen position

This could be the start of an interesting discussion. I have done considerable research into finding definitions which differentiate between ketches and yawls. I have found several, two of which have already been used here. The position of the mizzen whether it be stepped forward of
a) the rudder stock, or
b) the steering position, or
c) the aftermost point of the designed waterline
are quite commonly used but,
others include whether the height of the mizzen mast is more or less than half that of the main mast, the relationship between the sail areas of main and mizzen and I am sure there are others, probably local, which I have not yet discovered.
I guess it is a case of you pays your money and takes your choice. I based my query on the size of the mizzen and the fact that it seemed to me from the photograph to overhang the stern by some way, which would be unusual for a ketch.
 
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