Westerly 25 outboard engine mount Video

[paul-essex]

I read somewhere a chap was asking for info on this setup as a lot of the 25's have this missing as my boat was stored unused in a aircraft hanger for quite a few years it is it very good condition and still in place, so as my engine is not on the boat and the boat is at home on the drive I have made a video of it
If any one what to come down to Braintree in Essex and make drawing and run a tape over it you are welcome as this season I will be selling my boat to upgrade in size

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=hQwWPUq0xWI

 

[VicS]

Thats interesting. Someone restored a W25 at the boat yard where I am based a few years ago. I knew about the outboard locker but I never saw the mechanism.

IIRC he had difficulty finding a modern engine that would fit. He has ended but by cutting a small slot so that the tip of the skeg projects slightly when stowed.

Manatee, previously Grey Owl IIRC

 

[paul-essex]

Thats interesting. Someone restored a W25 at the boat yard where I am based a few years ago. I knew about the outboard locker but I never saw the mechanism.

IIRC he had difficulty finding a modern engine that would fit. He has ended but by cutting a small slot so that the tip of the skeg projects slightly when stowed.

Manatee, previously Grey Owl IIRC

the boat came with a Mariner long shaft 8 hp around 1975 and fits in a treat and I still have
but I use a electric start Evenrude RS 25/35 hp and the skeg on that one pokes out around 50mm but most of the time I leave the back board out as I don't want to alter it
it is a surprising little boat it has two 6'4" births to the rear and a 6' deep by 6'6" tapering wide bunk to the front

 

[Searush]

Oh so many happy memories! Mine had a Johnson 9.9 LS & I nearly went over the stern deploying the engine a couple of times, so I got a pushpit made up & fitted it. Much easier to use then as I had a strong rail to hold onto to brace myself against the weight of the engine, which had a habit of taking over in a swell. I also had a rope to tie on the filler door so it couldn't be lost over the stern accidentally. Wonderful boats for their time.

 

[aquaplane]

Our Windrush had a Johnson 9.9 too. It also came fitted with a pushpit which made for a secure feeling when deploying or recovering the engine.

Those lockers either side had room for oodles of fuel and a gas bottle too. I seem to remember that the cooker was a double parafin pressure stove so I'm a bit hazy about why we carried gas, it may have been for a catalytic heater but I thought that was on the Leisure.

 

[paul-essex]

yes them rear locker are large around 3 foot long I keep 3 x 10lt fuel cans in one and gas bottles and beach BBQ packs in the other and still have more room
it is a nice boat for a small witch is just towable but I am 6'1" and our plans are for long weekends afloat so it a 6' headroom job this could turn into another centaur thread
in the original advert for W25 around 1964 it said it is towable by the average family car , picture a Cortina with a W25 on the hook

 

[VicS]

in the original advert for W25 around 1964 it said it is towable by the average family car , picture a Cortina with a W25 on the hook

Searush used to tow his with a Reliant Robin


Perhaps I am mixing him up with uncle Albert in Fools and Horses

 

[Searush]

Searush used to tow his with a Reliant Robin


Perhaps I am mixing him up with uncle Albert in Fools and Horses

it was a pre-production Range Rover actually, 4 wheels & 3.5ltr V8. still needed to change down even on Mway "hills".

 

[Halo]

As someone said what memories
I sailed my W25 right round the UK (via Cally so not N most bit) plus motoring Coast to Coast through the Leeds Liverpool and Forth Clyde canals with the mast down
Built like a brick outhouse and never let me down despite my occaisional stupidty and oversights
I have an article somewhere with a newly married couple sailing a W25 across the Atlantic !
Martin