Westerly Centaur

Details

• Make: Westerly
• Model: Centaur
• Engine Make: Volvo Penta
• Horsepower: 25
• Drive Type: Sail
• Fuel Type: Diesel
• Cruise Speed: 5 knots
• Top Speed: 6 knots
• Price: £4,000
• Location: In Newcastle Upon Tyne
• Year: 1971
• LOA: 8m
• Keel: Twin Keel

Westerly Centaur, bilge keeled sailing yacht with 'B' internal layout. Recently serviced Volvo diesel engine. Brand new 12V batteries with isolator and shore power. Comprehensive electronic navigation aids including Standard Horizon Eclipse DSC VHF, Garmin Echomap 50s colour chartplotter, Raytheon autopilot, autohelm speed/depth and wind instrument. Below decks can sleep up to 5 persons over the forward cabin and saloon. Galley with oven and hob. Sea toilet.

Vessel is powered by a Volvo Penta MD2B, 25hp inboard diesel engine. Reduction gearbox driving a stainless steel shaft and 3-bladed fixed propeller. Although engine is original she fires on the key and will provide many years of good service. Most recent service in March 2024.
Engine start panel in cockpit with engine control adjacent.
12V systems powered by 2X12V batteries. These are brand new April 2024 and fitted with rotary style selector switch. Batteries recharged via engine alternator or via the solar panels mounted on the coach roof. Shore power cable with mains hook up. Plug in battery charger.

• Engine Serviced March 2024
• New batteries April 2024
• Solar panels

Navigation Aids

• Nasa Target Wind
• Autohelm Speed/Log/Depth
• NASA Clipper GPS
• Standard Horizon DSC VHF
• Raytheon ST60002 Auto pilot
• Garmin Echomap 50s Colour chartplotter

Deck Equipment

• Fortress Anchor
• CQR Anchor
• Anchor chain

General Chandlery

• Mooring warps
• Fenders
• Flag staff
• Cleaning buckets
• Seagull outboard engine

Safety Equipment

• Life raft
• Horseshoe buoy
• Electric bilge pump
• Fire extinguisher

Deck stepped, gold anodised aluminium mast and boom. Mast mounted spinnaker track with rigging and pole. Rotostay furling headsail system with genoa tracks mounted aft. Standing rigging is stainless steel wire. Inner shrouds are mounted on coachroof allowing easy access forward. Inner baby stay to fly storm jib (not included) .

• Boom mounted mainsail with sail cover and boot
• Roller furling headsail with UV strip
• Spinnaker pole

Below decks can sleep 5 over the forecabin and saloon. The quarter berth cushions are missing and will need replacing. This is the B layout which is more open plan and less obstructive. Galley on starboard side with gas fuelled oven with two burner hob. Sink with hand pumped fresh water. There is a saloon dining table with leg. The base needs replacing.
Between the saloon and the forepeak is the heads compartment with sea toilet. Opposite is a hanging locker with storage below.
Double berth in forepeak with infill cushion. Opening deck hatch and two ports for light and ventilation.
The headlingings have been replaced and are in good order. The 12V wiring and switch panels have been upgraded. The addition of a saloon carpet will add comfort.

GRP constructed yacht with smart blue painted topsides. Side decks and coach roof finished in pale blue deck paint. White superstructure. Flush foredeck with anchor bollard and mooring cleats. Stainless steel bow and stern rails conjoined by set of stainless steel stanchions and double set guard wires. Huge cockpit for a boat of this size with single locker to rear. Teak cockpit grate. Self draining cockpit sole.
Twincast iron bilge keels with spade rudder and tiller steering.

For a full, detailed specification with additional photographs and direct contact details for the listing office visit our website

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

Unless otherwise stated on the specification sheet the following presumptions are made
Sail drive and shaft seals are more than 5 years of age
Fuel and gas hoses and regulators are over 5 years old
Standing rigging and sails are more than 10 years old

NOTE - Please ring our offices prior to visiting, as the boat may be unavailable for viewing or located at a different marina.