Westerly 22 v Kingfisher 20

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Has anyone experience of both of these performance wise? I would be interested to know if there's much difference between them, Nomad included.

I've narrowed my list of potential purchases down and these two are on it, they both meet my need for a sturdy stable little four berth boat that should'nt cost the earth to keep and I should'nt have to worry to much about what it sits on. They also seem to hold their value quite well so I can move on to something different in a few seasons maybe.

I like the linternal layout of the K2O and the high bridge deck, but then the head room in the Westerlys is good, so it would be interesting to hear if anyone has anything good or bad to point out, which one is the tortoise and which the snail?

They are obviously both happy in shallow coastal waters but which would be the happiest further offshore?
 
I have had a Westerley 25 for 15 years and sailed her from SE Ireland to Inverness and most places in between. She is the same as a 22 but has a longer stern including a stern locker. Long cruises with three people are fine but she is too crowded with 4 especially as I use one berth for the inflatable.
An inboard diesel is a great asset .
The shoal draft means you can use the larger canals and I have motered her coast to coast by three different routes.
She sails fine but on cruises I tend to motor sail to get minimum passage times (can usualy average 5 kn )
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Martin
 
The Kingfisher was built as a 20, then produced as a 20+ which was 20ft 10 inches, later versions are called Kingfisher 22 but I am not sure if that is a genuine name or just wishful thinking. There was a long cockpit version with the outboard on the stern or, more normally, an outboard in a well version with a sliding plate to cover the hole when sailing. I had the long cockpit version 20+ and it sailed very nicely but not over fast. My fastest was just over 6 knots with the gunnels under water. Most of the time 4 to 4.5knots. One of these went transatlantic and of course Blondie Hasler had one with a junk rig. Very good starter boat, just enough room for a small family, you won't get many 20 footers with a seperate heads and wet hanging locker.
 
Go for the westerly, great boat and as you say cheap to maintain. Had our for a 2 years and have had some fantastic times around solent etc. 3 is the max really for weekend sailing but great single handed. You are welcome to buy mine if you want - I'm going multihull next year, mainly due to the arrival of kids ! pm me if you would like a sail or just a look
 
Go for the westerly, great boat and as you say cheap to maintain. Had our for a 2 years and have had some fantastic times around solent etc. 3 is the max really for weekend sailing but great single handed. You are welcome to buy mine if you want - I'm going multihull next year, mainly due to the arrival of kids ! pm me if you would like a sail or just a look
 
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