Westerly Storm

KenMcCulloch said:
Another endorsement. I sailed a Storm for a week a few years back and was delighted with it. The only weak points I found wer inadequate freshwater tankage, and a feeling that the rather shallow cockpit would be a bit exposed in heavier weather.

So far as the engine issue is concerned I agre with my namesake above; I spent many years sailing a 72' 35 ton boat with an engine of about 45hp and never had any trouble making it go where we wanted. The modern fashion for very powerful auxiliary engines in sailing yachts is completely misguided IMO.
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Ken
I think the Storm has 170 litres water capacity in total contained in two tanks, one under the forepeak bunk and the main one aft. We never ran out.
 
Wow! I'm glad I asked now. The reason I asked about the VP2002 is because the one I had in Racylady needed to be at 2500 revs to get 5knts out of her, and she only weighed 3 tons. As for the splines, I had the conversion done and the engine was 25 years old.
With regards the head linings, they have all been renewed along with the rig, both standing and running.
I feel an offer coming on.
 
contessa26 said:
Aux engine size? In 1935 Uffa Fox designed the 60 ton ketch 'Wishbone', welded steel, 10 foot draught, 83 feet overall. He specified a Coventry-Victor Diesel Cub engine of 12 hp, mounted in its own engine room, driving a 17 inch quarter prop via a belt drive. At her sea trials in flat calm water, she made 4 knots under power! (He gave lots of other super details, like the amount of anthracite the vessel's Aga cooker used per year, etc!)

Happy sailing.
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And in 1935 we were happy (or would have been - I wasnt born then) to drive an Austin Ruby as a four seater family car with 17bhp on a good day.

There are times when tacking to windward simply wont get you there in time and you need to motor. To drive a 33 ft boat into a 6, a 19bhp engine would be marginal, particularly with the sort of folder you are likely to have on a Storm.

I cannot forget the frustration of trying to drive a 33 footer ( not a Storm) against 20 knots and the tide away from our moorings and simply having to give up and re-moor. That was with a Yanmar 2gm and a 3 blade prop. OK that was a Prout cat but it didnt have that much windage
 
Bosun Higgs said:
And in 1935 we were happy (or would have been - I wasnt born then)
There are times when tacking to windward simply wont get you there in time and you need to motor. To drive a 33 ft boat into a 6, a 19bhp engine would be marginal, particularly with the sort of folder you are likely to have on a Storm.
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I have had a Storm for 6 years now, and if it is a force 6, you sail, great fun! Who needs an Engine?
 
I have never sailed a Storm. I have one of the bigger Westerlys. But the Storm has a reputation for speed and comfort, that I can tell you, beauties they are to look at too.:D
 
FlyingSpud said:
I have had a Storm for 6 years now, and if it is a force 6, you sail, great fun! Who needs an Engine?
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You might well do. With 19bhp I very much doubt if you could motor dead upwind into a 6 and get to your destination faster than you could tack there. Now leaving aside issues of room to tack, there are times when you have to make a deadline and as usual the wind is on the schnozz. Maybe happens more often to us here in the Bristol channel where tides are strong, and harbours dry, but it must also happen on the soft south coast.:D
 
Bosun Higgs said:
You might well do. With 19bhp I very much doubt if you could motor dead upwind into a 6 and get to your destination faster than you could tack there. Now leaving aside issues of room to tack, there are times when you have to make a deadline and as usual the wind is on the schnozz. Maybe happens more often to us here in the Bristol channel where tides are strong, and harbours dry, but it must also happen on the soft south coast.:D
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South Coast, perhaps, but we on the East coast are of sterner stuff .

Joking aside, I have never had any problem with the engine pushing us though the tides here, but as I say, when the wind gets up, on a Storm, you are almost always better off using the sails, the engine is for no wind days.
 
Storm

I owned one during 5 years ,she is a very good sailing boat not a motor sailer the engine is enough when you need it on a sailing boat:no or light wind and when taking your mooring ,if you to want to sail at 6 knot or more dead wind in a F6,you need a motor sailer .The cockpit is very secure with the winches inside,have a look at the fuel tank which is not stainless steel and the headlinings are often in poor condition and check for osmosis.Definitivly she is a very good boat
 
Westerley Storm

If you liked the storm and I would not disagree that they are great boats, but maybe think also of an MG335/346. Great for racing but with the large main and self tacking jib make excellent short handed cruising boats. The main advantage I would say over most older 33/34s is the back cabin where the head and shoulders of the person sleeping under the cockpit floor has the full height above them. They also have VP 2002's which give plenty of power. A range are availavble on the market at the moment. We have owned one since last Jan and are so thrilled with it is why I made the posting.
Best of luck with your search.
 
FlyingSpud said:
South Coast, perhaps, but we on the East coast are of sterner stuff .
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Ah! Thats the answer. With our prevailing west or south west winds, you lot on the east coast never need to sail to windwards. Its all beam reaches heading north or south. And you have no real tides either - just a few feet. :D Even softer sailing than the solent.
 
Bosun Higgs said:
Ah! Thats the answer. With our prevailing west or south west winds, you lot on the east coast never need to sail to windwards. Its all beam reaches heading north or south. And you have no real tides either - just a few feet. :D Even softer sailing than the solent.
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Tschh….you lot get panicked if you have less than 10 foot of water underneath you, we think we have loads with 10 inches.
 
VP 2002 18 HP in a Storm

A friend of mine with a Storm had a VP 2002 fitted .. It went very well under power as it is a very easily driven hull

KREW2 said:
Anybody on here had one, or sailed on one. My hunt goes on, yesterday I was in Dartmouth looking at a Sadler 32. The broker asked me had I considered a Westerly Storm, as we had had a long drive down I thought we may as well give it a look over while we were there. What a lovelly boat it was, my only concern was the engine, a VP2002. I had one in Racylady and it never missed a beat, so I am not questioning the reliability, I'm just wondering if 18hp is enough grunt for over 5 ton of boat.
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