Talk:Westsail 32
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Unresolved issues
[edit]- Was it the Atkin Eric or Thistle? The source I think is more reliable says the Eric.
- Figured it out — Thistle was a trunk-cabin Eric. So, I guess the Kendall really was an Eric, and the Westsail was a trunk-cabin Kendall. — Johan the Ghost seance 11:25, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
- What year was Archer's design?
- Any more info on Regis Voyager?
- Were the kit boats fitted with bulkheads at the factory?
- How many kits were sold without ballast installed?
- Could do with more info on interior layouts (mine was a kit).
- How many boats were ketch-rigged?
- 12 layers of fibreglass? I thought 12, but one reference says 24.
- Could use a lot more info on the impact of the design; what double-ended designs followed on, how many were directly inspired by the Westsail, etc.
- True North
- To what extent Bob Perry's boats (Valiant 40 etc)?
- What else?
- Probably should mention the impact of the oil crisis (on the price of resin, and hence boats being sold for pre-set prices at a loss).
- Statistics on the number of Westsails to circumnavigate? number still seaworthy?
- Can we work in anecdotes (eg. about Westsails that have survived rolls, or the one that survived being T-boned by a freighter) while remaining encyclopedic?
- Could do with info on production facilities.
- Any more ideas?
Feel free to add to the article and cross these off. But please provide references where possible. — Johan the Ghost seance 23:31, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
Removed inks
[edit]Wikipedia has a policy of no advertising links, hence I've removed the Worldcruiser link. (Sorry, Bud.) — Johan the Ghost seance 11:25, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
Kendall 32 article
[edit]I've made this article the Kendall 32 article too, as I don't think the Kendall warrants a separate article, unless we get a load more information on it. The two boats have a load in common, anyhow. So, we could do with covering the Kendall more in the "Design" section, for example by talking about the interior (very different to a Westsail, but I've only seen one). — Johan the Ghost seance 13:01, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
Images
[edit]The images that were here originally have apparently been removed because they were untagged. It would be great to get them back, or get other Westsail/Kendall images, but they have to have appropriate free licences. — Johan the Ghost seance 20:41, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
- I've filled in with some more pictures.... but they're all of the same boat (mine). If anyone else has some good pictures, feel free to contribute them. — Johan the Ghost seance 16:30, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
Robert M. Pirsig and Westsail 32 'Areté'
[edit]Robert M. Pirsig bought a Westsail 32 which he called 'Areté' with money earned from sales of his book 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance'. 'Areté' is the boat around which the narrative of Pirsig second book, 'Lila: An Inquiry into Morals' is based. Pirsig and his wife Wendy crossed the Atlantic to Cornwall, England in 1979, making landfall as the storm which badly disrupted the 1979 Fastnet Race hit.
Articles: - - - {the second article links to a YouTube video featuring a discussion with Wendy Pirsig about sailing on 'Areté'}