Westsail-32 for sale

Introduction

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Boat is sold, October 2008

This site only for reference about "Watergeus", "Westsail-32".

My Westsail-32, S/V Watergeus, is for sale!

Asking price : $36,000.00 US
Current location: Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

In a couple of weeks moving to Panama. So, I don't have to say that this boat is ready to leave.

For more information about the boat see Sponsored By The Wind Blog

Front of Watergeus & some specs

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Originally uploaded by Watergeus.

Front of S/V Watergeus, a Westsail-32

Stainless steel bowsprit (new 1999)
Roller furling (new 2004)
Standing rigging with staylock (new 2004)
Lifelines (new 2004)
Anti-fouling (new 2006)
Raincatcher, windcatcher, suncovers with sunbrella (new 2006)

Aft of the boat

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Originally uploaded by Watergeus.

The Cap-Horn windvane does a perfect job.

You see the SS Boomkin, place to hang the outboard (5 hp), fishing lure out and the original not-rusting ladder (since 1998).

Basic Specs of Watergeus

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Basic specs:

LOA 32'
LWL 27'-6"
Beam: 11'-0"
Draft: 5'-0"
Ballast: 7000 LBS.
Displ: 20,000 LBS.
Sail area: 663 SQ. FT.
Cutter Rig
Diesel : Perkins 4-108, new 199?
Diesel storage: 80 gallons
Water storage: 80 gallons
Energy : 3 solar panels (2 new 2004), total of 180 Watts
SS bowsprit
SS boomkin
Roller Furling

Detailed Specs

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Watergeus Specifications:

Hull number : 275
in the water in 1975

Standing Rigging

Running Rigging

Engine

Electronics

Anchor gear

Galley

Interior design

Sails

Other things

Spares

Boat Registration

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S/V Watergeus is registered in the Netherlands.
Her home port is Amsterdam.

History of the boat

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The boat was build by the Westsail corporation in Costa Mesa. Hull number 275.

It was in the water in 1975 as a Canadian registered boat named Nadine-II. It was a present of a grandmother to her grandchild after he successfully finished his university. This happy grandkid took the boat out on the Pacific for an unknown number of years.

At a certain time the boat was sold to a couple living in Juneau, Alaska. The boat was renamed 'Tillikum'. They upgraded the boat and sailed it via the Panama-canal to Cartagena de Indias. They sailed it for some years in the area of Colombia, Panama and Costa-Rica.

In 1997 I came in contact with the owners and asked them to sail the boat to Amsterdam, the Netherlands or any port in the USA. So they did.
The boat ended up in Rockport, Texas where I bought the boat in the beginning of January 1998. I registered the boat under the name "Watergeus" in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. After arranging my leave from the Netherlands for half a year, I came to live on the boat in July 1998.
I renovated the boat during the hurricane-season of 1998. After that I took of to Veracruz, Mexico. Via Isla Mujeres I ended up in the Rio Dulce, Guatemala. The 1999 hurricane-season was spent in this safe hurricane-hole.

In 2000 we took of to the islands of Honduras, Providencia and Cartagena de Indias. We went to Panama and back again to Cartagena. From there our trip went to Jamaica and Haiti where we spent the hurricane-season of 2001.
In 2002 we were back in the Rio Dulce, Guatemala.
In 2003 we headed to Florida and Alabama to do a major renovation of the boat in Demopolis during the hurricane-season of that year.

In 2004 we finally left the USA, once more to the Rio Dulce in Guatemala. In 2005 we redid our first round of the Caribbean and included Cuba in the trip. We returned to the Rio Dulce in July 2006 where we live on the boat at this moment (Jan 2007).

Dinghy on deck

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Originally uploaded by Watergeus.

The dinghy sails, rows and comes in two parts.
Designed by Danny Green under the name 'Chameleon'.

It comes with an outboard (5 HP, 2-stroke, 2002), rarely used. It rows perfectly.

Radar alarm and main GPS

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Originally uploaded by Watergeus.

The new (2004) C.A.R.D. Radar alarm gives you the direction of boats in a 20 miles range. It consumes only .045 amps at 12 volts. A great security-item. (For more information see Mcintyre Marine Products).

Beside it is the main GPS, visible from the cockpit.

Ready to splash again

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Originally uploaded by Watergeus.

Finally, after a hot summer in Alabama the boat is ready to splash again.

Propellor

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Originally uploaded by Watergeus.

Propellor, three blade.
Treated with an epoxy-copper powder mix in 2004.
Since then, no barnacles any more.

Heck-view of S/V Watergeus

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Originally uploaded by Watergeus.

Good view of the new Cap-Horn windvane and the SS-boomkin.
(All done in 2004, perfectly working right now).

Hard Bimini

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Originally uploaded by Watergeus.

Hard Bimini in the making, Alabama, 2004.

Secure SS-grabrails on the three sides most used.

(this is during the big upgrading of the boat in 2004. Of course this is all done right now.)

New sampson post, 2004

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Originally uploaded by Watergeus.

New Sampson post in the making.
Wood is oak, laminated and epoxied.

Electrical

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Batteries:

Starter battery: Deep Cycle, ... (new 2005)

House-bank: 4 6-volt 225 Ah (new 2004)

Inverters:

Small inverter 50 Watt (laptop use)
500 Watt inverter

Electrical system:

12 Volt
110 Volt

Lights:

Fluorescent (12v and 110v)
Halogeen
LED's
'Normal' bulbs
Oil-lamps gimballed (2)

Shore power
Small charger

Solar panels:

Two Shell/Siemens 75W(?) (new 2006)
One small Siemens 50W(?)

Charge-controller (brand?)

Safety gear

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Life jackets
Life sling
Epirb
Jack lines
Pur Survivor water maker
Cone-drogues (2)
You don't know about drogues? Here is a small description. Most important to get an idea about the drogeus is the drawing, that covers a whole horizontal line.
Fire extinguishers (3)

Tankage

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Fuel:

Two 40 gallon tanks. One aluminum, one stainless steel.
One Jerry-can of 6.5 gallon.

Water:

Two 40 gallon tanks in the bilge with bafflers.

Holding tank:

One 25 gallon holding tank.

Galley

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Galley is on port-side, U-shaped with holding-strap and grab-rail.

Two burner solenoid shut-off gimbaled propane stove.
Brand: Force-10

One deep Stainless Steel sink.
Foot-pumps for sweet-water and salt-water.
Plastic sink for dishes.

Big coolbox with three level storage.

Backup cooking: one high pressure gasoline burner (Coleman)

Tanks: 2 aluminum propane-tanks, mounted in open air. (Each tank lasts about 4 months while cooking every day).

Two pressure-cookers, also used to bake bread, cakes...

Engine

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Inboard Diesel, 50 HP

Model: Perkins 4-108, 1994, 3000 hours.
Cooling with heat-exchanger.

Fuel: 80 gallons in two tanks of 40 gallon. One aluminum tank, one stainless.

Transmission: Hurth
Shaft: 1'', Stainless
No-drip seal.
Raw water strainer is bronze with monel filter.

Two Racor external fuel filters and a standard internal filter
Electrical fuel pump
3 blade propellor

Spare gaskets, maintenance-kit, injectors, impellors, v-belts, zincs

External links to "What is a Westsail 32?"

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The description of what a Westsail-32 is in WikiPedia

Nautical Quarterly, issue 4, 1978 (PDF)

A History of the Westsail edited by Linne and Snider Vick

Other Westsail-32 for sale at Bud Taplin's site