Macwester photos and links sought

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Hi,

Other than limited information on the Macwester Owners Association website, it's quite difficult to reach Macwester info/imagery that isn't provided by the main brokers [promoting boats they have for sale]. With this in mind, over time I hope to build up a Macwester model photo bank on a purely non-commercial, keeping the marque alive type basis. This is not about selling your Macwester; it's more a snap-shot of Macwesters that are out there, or were out there at some stage.

If you have Macwester photos from the past or present that you hold copyright over and you would be happy to make these widely available, please feel free to send these to me for inclusion. Please send no more than five interior and/or exterior images per example to macwesterphotos [at] yahoo.com. Thanks to all of those who contribute.

Images should be 800 x 600 portrait or landscape and preferably in jpeg format. Please include:

Boat name

Model

Location [no precise locations; region, nation, or sea only]

Date [year]

Photo credit​
Also, if you are aware of any useful Macwester links [other than the owners club which I already have], please send details to the same e-mail address - macwesterphotos [at] yahoo.com

As this is a non-commercial hobby-based project, it may take some time to include images ...and I cannot guarantee inclusion of all images and links sent.

Thanks for reading
 
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Pondering buying a macwester so will be interested.Iagree in the main there are very few pic of macs or any other boats actually sailing,will make a note of your address.
 
I'll gather some together. In the mean time............. Ignore the sail marking. Had to borrow an Atlanta sail for the trip to Scotland
 
I've seen a few advertised recently and the price range is big. From £5K up to £14K. I think a fair price is around £8k if the boat is in good condition and is reasonably equipped I think there were 3 mks for the 27, each having slightly different layouts.

Here's an interesting site for a mk2 http://www.western-horizon.co.uk/archive_yacht-virtual-tour.php?boat_id=44
 
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daveyw said:
I've seen a few advertised recently and the price range is big. From £5K up to £14K. I think a fair price is around £8k if the boat is in good condition and is reasonably equipped I think there were 3 mks for the 27, each having slightly different layouts.
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Thanks for that will keep it in mind!!!
 
Not all 27's were deep keel/tall rig but the vast majority were. They sail much better than the 26. All the 28's were deep/tall but identical to the 27 but with a longer lazarette. Hang out for a re-engined good 27 - four years ago the chap next to us sold his clean 27 with a brand new 15hp Beta for £5k :(

They make good sea boats and can sail rather well, that is a hell of a lot of boat for the money, but if it needs any real work, just walk away. Asking prices for this type/age of boat bear absolutely no relation to final sale prices.
 
Thanks very much daveyw...

I have now uploaded two exterior shots of a Macwester 27. Could do with a few more Macwester 27 images especially interior shots ...AND of course both interior and exterior shots of all other Macwester models.

The model list as I understand it is:

>> Kelpie
>> Rowan 22
>> Rowan Crown
>> Rowan Rose / Rowan 8m
>> Creeler
>> Macwester 26
>> Macwester 27
>> Macwester 28
>> Macwester 30
>> Macwester Wight Mk I
>> Macwester Wight Mk II
>> Macwester Malin
>> Macwester Pelagian
>> Macwester Seaforth / Hebridean​
This list can be seen on this page: http://macwester.wordpress.com/macwester-photo-bank/ And if you click on the link to the Macwester 27 [the only link that has a page with photos on it as of 16th May 2011] you will see daveyw's images.

Please keep in mind that this is very early days and I'm still putting the website and image bank together. That said, if any Macwester gurus out there spot any errors then please feel free to let me know.

Thanks again to daveyw. If you have Macwester photos from the past or present that you hold copyright over and you would be happy to make these widely available, please send these to macwesterphotos [at] yahoo.com.
 
yodave said:
Please send no more than five interior and/or exterior images
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Images should be 800 x 600
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If your (admirable) goal is to build a comprehensive record, why would you want to restrict the number of pictures or their size?

The size question in particular has bitten me before - nearly ten years ago I ran a site which, among other things, contained a photo record of events. I decided to keep all the pictures at 640x480 resolution, which felt adequate for the purpose at the time. Now of course it feels very small indeed (BoatShed.com take note! :D) but there's nothing that can be done because the small copies are the only ones in existence.

Even if you only display the pictures at 800x600, if you're maintaining any sort of archive it's worth keeping the full-resolution ones so that your options remain open in future. Disk space is a non-issue these days for still images in the sizes we're talking about.

Apologies if I'm teaching you to suck eggs, but do make sure you have a decent backup strategy too.

Pete
 
Good luck with the project.

We don't have a Macwester but did look half seriously at one once. I'lll send you a pic of a friend's Wight.

The son of C.S.J. Roy, the Macwester designer/builder, is a surveyor on the south coast. You might try asking if he is able (and willing) to provide you with any info. (I'll send contact details if I can lay my hands on them.)
 
@prv

Hello Pete, Thanks for your input.

In terms of restricting the amount of images, that's simply to make it a manageable project for me ...in case all of a sudden I become inundated with e-mails containing hundreds of images. I reasoned that five images of one boat, [N.B. not five images of one model] would be enough to show the specific boat. In other words I have put no restriction on the amount of boats per model; so for example there could be 40 x Macwester 27s for example. In this way I reckoned that over time, most aspects and angles of the model would be covered by different examples of the same model.

Restriction on the size is again an attempt to make it manageable and keep some sort of visual balance to the process. Yes I accept that resolutions creep relentlessly upwards, but if you look at an image of around 800 x 600 the eye can extract a fair bit of detail. Additionally, as these images will remain the copyright of the contributor, there's no real reason why they would need to be substantially bigger other than for print purposes ...so keeping the images at no more than 800 x 600 means they would only print at a small size [about 2.5 inches], and so nobody would be able to 'steal' an image for any half-decent print application. I guess I could retain larger originals, but then arguably I could be leaving myself open to liability of some sort ...and this is not a commercial thing, so I don't want any headaches - I am just trying to do something that might be of use to Macwester enthusiasts.

In terms of back-ups - this is all being done through Wordpress, and as a remote CRM solution I have to rely on them as I won't have a back-up elsewhere. Not ideal, but this isn't a commercial venture.

Re Boatshed ...I couldn't agree more; their images are frustratingly small. However part of their problem is not just the small size, but also the OTT level of compression that they use.

@LittleSister ...thanks very much. Any contributions would be much appreciated.
 
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There's a few pics of my 27 at ebay number 130512927373. I can let you have better quality pics if they are any use.
Dave
 
@islecastle1

Hi Dave, yep if you have better quality versions of those I'd be happy to include some on the Macwester 27 page.

Thanks for your offer/help. Please e-mail to macwesterphotos [at] yahoo.com when you get a chance.

Good luck with the sale : )
 
@islecastle1: thanks for the photos, they've been uploaded.

So far I have uploaded Macwester 27 images, but don't have any photos for any other Macwester models. If you can help, please e-mail to macwesterphotos [at] yahoo.com

Thanks
 
Black Kipper said:
All the 28's were deep/tall but identical to the 27 but with a longer lazarette.
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The Macwester 28s were Mac 26s with longer cockpits and lazarettes. The Atlanta 28s had either the deeper bilge keels of the Mac 27s or fin keels. The 27s have finer bows than the 26s and 28s, I think a boat with the 28's stern and the 27's bow would have been a nice looking boat.

Atlanta then developed the 8.5 from the 28 with fuller quarters giving more buoyancy at the stern and a slightly longer waterline, also the coachroof was extended further aft creating a larger saloon but with rather a lot of engine in the companionway area.
 
Two external photos of a Rowan 22 ... not sure we got any internal photos - not that there was much 'internal' space!!

She did have an old Jap engine - but we replaced that with a Volvo MD5a having given up on the 15hp outboard that came with her!
 
Thanks very much Fireball...

I've added a link to a new Macwester Rowan 22 section on the list. The list can be seen on this page: http://macwester.wordpress.com/macwester-photo-bank/ And if you click on the link to the Rowan 22, your pictures are displayed.

Thanks again!

Message to all: Do you have any Macwester interior or exterior photos that could be included in the Macwester Photo Bank that I'm building? If so, please e-mail them to macwesterphotos [at] yahoo.com.
 
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