Wansworth
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Westerly Nomad,with a make over by Stephen Jones,especially underwater appendages and rudder!
Yes there have been some with a transom hung rudder.You could get rid of all the current appendages, and fit two high aspect ratio aerofoil daggerboards like the Red Fox, and modify the transom a bit to have a kick-up high aspect foil rudder?
SailboatData.com - NOMAD 22 (WESTERLY) Sailboat
Some nice photos of a Nomad here - Westerly Nomad - NOT FOR SALE, details for information only
I had a Nomad. Most comfortable boat of its size I ever came across, but most definitely needs the apologies for bilge keels replaced! Fine off the wind, but forget about beating. She would point well enough, but just sailed sideways! Hard work to make anything to windward at all. In its original form one of the better floating caravans of the era. But sailing? 'Blows along nicely' is about all you could say>No I like the look of the Nomad but Stephen Jones could probably work wonders with some airfoil leadkeels and a properrudder instead of a plate steel one!
Look at an Achilles. Fun sail, compact, suits height challenged.Westerly Nomad,with a make over by Stephen Jones,especially underwater appendages and rudder!
I imagine the Tiger was similar inside to the Cirrus. This had a solid door separating the forecabin and heads from the saloon, and a cave locker in the saloon that would take a folded Redcrest plus push-chair and golf clubs, leaving the cockpit locker free for essentials.I had a Westerly Tiger, the larger brother to the Cirrus at 25'. An excellent sailing boat and excellent accomodation for the length.
My parents first yacht was a Kingfisher 30 bought new in 1965. It was functional in a basic sort of way once some problems were fixed liked the keels used as petrol fuel tanks had the vent inside a stanchion each side. Unfortunately they drilled the fixing straight through the stanchion and vent pipe allowing water into the tanks. It was badly balanced under sail with lots of weather helm. As to boat speed, it was so slow. One trip with a Nich 32 and a Twister, we could not keep up, even using the engine! Of all the yachts I have sailed, it was the worst desgned by a long way. The 22 would be OK as a creek crawler, but there are plenty of better yachts you could choose in my opinion.Apologies if this is a nomad thread but a great small coastal cruiser is the Kingfisher 20+ ? ... spent many a damp summer cruising from the Clyde to Tobermory on my parents one in the late 70s (I was around 8 at the time and was the anchor winch) ... solid little boat with a neat swing-up inboard outboard and a proper loo - we were a family of 5 and we all fitted on board. It dried out nicely in Tobermory bay but never really made more than 3 knots over the ground. Bombproof though if you can find a good one.
Thanks for that,very thoughtfulI know that Wansworth has a soft spot for Westerly 22's - here is a nice story about one of them.
'A friend in a field'
The author of this Blog had sailed her across the Atlantic to the Caribbean and America in 1966 - here is the first part of his passage report about this adventure.
'Voyage to America': Young Tiger, part one
And part II -
'Voyage to America': Young Tiger, part two
With more discussion and some photos posted on Dan's thread about 'favourite boats that he hasn't tried' on page 10 -
Favourite boats I haven't tried