Westsail 32

About the Westsail 32

Researched from public sources for this model. Any individual boat may have been modified or repowered — confirm before relying on any figure.

Built

1971–1981

Builder

Westsail Corp. (Costa Mesa, CA); first hulls as Kendall 32

Designer

William Crealock (from William Atkin / Colin Archer lineage)

Length

32 ft

Waterline

27.5 ft

Beam

11 ft

Draft

5 ft

Displacement

19,500 lb

Ballast

7,000 lb

Hull / keel

full keel

Rig

cutter

Propulsion

inboard

Fuel

42 gal

Water

80 gal

Number built

834

Stern thruster

none

Transom-hung rudder on a long keel; lead ballast. Teak decks and wooden masts were rare options on early boats, not standard. Some 400 of 834 hulls were kits; the first 31 were Kendall 32s. Engine listed as Volvo or Perkins, 36 hp.

Known problems for this model

• Kit-finished boats (HIN prefix WSSK) hull
  About half the hulls were sold as kits in every stage of completion; a K in the hull number prefix means owner-finished, so build quality varies widely.
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• Mast compression post and support structure hull
  Owners advise checking the bulkhead corner post that carries the mast load, and the structure under the sole, for water damage or movement, plus cracking around the deck mast step.
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• Stem fitting and bowsprit rigging
  The stem fitting carries the heaviest rig load and experienced owners suggest inspecting or replacing it; the roughly 6 ft bowsprit also makes the boat about 40 ft for dockage.
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• Obsolete original Groco seacocks plumbing
  Factory seacocks were a discontinued Groco model with no replacement barrels, so plan on seacock replacement.
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• Deck hardware leaks / wet core deck
  Check everything fastened to deck and coachroof for water intrusion; later-mold (Mk II) boats also have bolted rudder gudgeons to check for leaks.
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Other Westsail models

• Westsail 28 1975–1979
• Westsail 42 / 43 1974–?