1979 Westerly Centaur 26

• GRP construction
• Original gelcoat finish
• Bilge keels re-bedded 2017 (cost £1,654)
• Hull professionally blasted back to gelcoat below waterline 2017
• Non-slip finish to decks and cockpit seating
• Large self-draining cockpit
• Anchor locker with hawse pipe
• Teak trim, handrails and rubbing strake
• Last ashore and antifouled August 2017
• Last surveyed 2015

• 25hp Volvo Penta MD11C diesel inboard engine
• Shaft drive
• New starter motor October 2017
• New alternator October 2017
• Stainless steel fuel tank
• Single lever control
• Engine instrument panel in cockpit
• Sumlog speedometer
• Tiller steering
• 2 x 12V 115Ah batteries
• Master battery switch (Vetus 1/2/both/off)
• Seadog battery test rocker switch panel (2 battery)
• 12V fused switch panel

• Bermudan Masthead Sloop rig
• Alloy mast/spars
• Deck stepped mast with compression post under
• Some new standing rigging 2013
• 2 x bottom handle sheet winches
• 2 x halyard winches
• Slab reefing mainsail
• Roller reefing genoa with UV strip
• Sail cover (blue)

• 5 berths in 2 cabins
• Type B layout
• Recent new upholstery throughout (blue, good condition)
• Recent new headlining throughout (good condition)
• Dinette in saloon provides single berth
• 2 x quarter berths in saloon
• Two wooden pedestal tables (larger one useful for chart work)
• Galley with Origo 3000 meths stove (two burners, gimbals, pan clamp), sink (foot operated manual cold supply) and dedicated stowage
• Large insulated cool locker under dinette berth
• Separate heads compartment with chemical toilet (sea toilet also still available if required)
• V-berth (converts to double with infill) in forecabin
• Ample storage space under decks and berths, plus hanging space opposite heads
• LED cabin lighting
• Escape hatch with mushroom vent in forecabin
• Opening portlights
• Curtains and carpets where fitted
• PIR motion sensor alarm
• Pair of Riesen speakers
• Good headroom throughout (approximately 1.83m (6ft) in saloon and 1.63m (5ft 4in) in forecabin)

Navigation Equipment

• Deck level navigation lights
• Plastimo Contest bulkhead compass (double sided, cover needs replacing)
• NASA Target2 depth sounder (cover needs replacing)
• ICOM IC-M59 EURO VHF radio with masthead aerial
• Garmin echoMAP 45dv GPS with cockpit mount
• Simrad TP10 tiller pilot
• Masthead wind indicator
• Silva Universal compass in cabin
• Clock and barometer
• Chart-reading light

Safety Equipment

• Boat Safety Scheme certificate to September 2021
• 12V auto bilge pump
• Whale manual bilge pump
• Stainless steel pulpit and pushpit
• Stanchions with guard wires
• Stainless steel transom-mounted boarding ladder
• Firdell passive radar reflector
• Ring lifebuoy with pushpit mount
• 2 x fire extinguishers
• Smoke alarm
• Carbon monoxide alarm
• Manual fog horn

Deck Equipment

• Danforth anchor (stored on pulpit brackets) with chain
• Single bow roller
• Pushpit mounted outboard bracket
• Cockpit dodgers (blue) with name
• Tiller cover (blue)
• Pair of PVC cockpit cushions
• Spray hood (blue) with frame (not currently fitted)
• Various fenders
• Various warps

With almost 2,500 examples (all bilge/twin keelers) built between 1969 and 1980, the Westerly Centaur was Westerly’s most successful model and quite possibly the most popular British production sailing boat within this size range ever built! Renowned for sailing well and being strongly built, the Centaur offers great accommodation for her size with good standing headroom.

This Westerly Centaur has clearly been well looked after, with keels recently re-bedded (2017), and recent new headlining and upholstery. A very tidy example of the class.

MOORING: It’s understood that the vessel’s current summer mooring is transferable (current cost approximately £300 for summer season).