Friends,
As some of you know, quite a few years ago I built a Westsail 32 "From a Bare Hull" as the popular book was titled. It was sold in the divorce from Hell in 1990, three years after she was launched. The construction took slightly over three years, 1984 - 1987.
I sold her to a nice couple in Myrtle Beach, they renamed her Aloha and eventually sold her to someone in Virginia. I lost track after that. The last I saw her was in 1990 in her new berth in Coquina Harbor, Myrtle Beach.
The only pictures I have are the rejects. The ex kept the albums (of course). Some of these pictures are posted in my profile area on this forum.
The last few years I've made feeble attempts to find her again or any information about her. You pour your soul into something like that and it sticks with you. And then I stumbled across this:
http://yachthub.com/list/yachts-for-...tsail-32/96013
That's her, in Malaysia! At least she got to cross oceans albeit without me. She looks pretty much as I built her on the inside. The bulkhead planking is maple, the trim, doors and drawers are teak, the sole is teak and ash, the counters are oak and the table top is herringbone walnut with inlays of padauk. I'd know her anywhere. There sure is a bunch of stuff on the outside but I guess that's what a serious cruising boat is supposed to look like.
I get a lump in my throat looking at the pics, wanted to share.
As some of you know, quite a few years ago I built a Westsail 32 "From a Bare Hull" as the popular book was titled. It was sold in the divorce from Hell in 1990, three years after she was launched. The construction took slightly over three years, 1984 - 1987.
I sold her to a nice couple in Myrtle Beach, they renamed her Aloha and eventually sold her to someone in Virginia. I lost track after that. The last I saw her was in 1990 in her new berth in Coquina Harbor, Myrtle Beach.
The only pictures I have are the rejects. The ex kept the albums (of course). Some of these pictures are posted in my profile area on this forum.
The last few years I've made feeble attempts to find her again or any information about her. You pour your soul into something like that and it sticks with you. And then I stumbled across this:
http://yachthub.com/list/yachts-for-...tsail-32/96013
That's her, in Malaysia! At least she got to cross oceans albeit without me. She looks pretty much as I built her on the inside. The bulkhead planking is maple, the trim, doors and drawers are teak, the sole is teak and ash, the counters are oak and the table top is herringbone walnut with inlays of padauk. I'd know her anywhere. There sure is a bunch of stuff on the outside but I guess that's what a serious cruising boat is supposed to look like.
I get a lump in my throat looking at the pics, wanted to share.
